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The Seoul High Court ruled on February 2nd that the plaintiff lost the 12.7 billion won (about US$9 millions) lawsuit filed by 9,851 iPhone users against Apple headquarters and Apple Korea.
Back in the first half of 2017, Apple's intentional slowdown in performance sparked controversy. At the time, allegations were raised that Apple had updated the software of older iPhones to reduce CPU performance due to battery life without the user's knowledge.
Apple explained that the iPhone 6, 6S, and SE introduced a performance-degrading function to prevent sudden power cuts, but lawsuits from overseas users began, and Korean consumers also filed lawsuits in 2018.
Similar lawsuits against Apple have been filed one after another, with 9,851 plaintiffs alone and claims for damages reaching the 12.7 billion won mark.
Consumers believe that Apple intentionally degraded the performance of older iPhone devices under the pretext of updating the iPhone operating system to boost sales of new iPhones.
On the other hand, the court that tried this case was originally scheduled to make a first-instance judgment on January 19th, but it was postponed once, saying that it was necessary to consider it, and the judgment was made today.
2023/02/08 09:46 KST
