Apple is now facing lawsuits after admitting they intentionally slow down older phones

On December 20th, the conspiracy iPhone users have been whispering about for years was revealed to be true — Apple does slow down older iPhones. The mega tech company fully admitted to the claim. And Apple is now facing a federal lawsuit in Chicago.

According to The Chicago Sun Times,five Apple customers — two from Illinois, and the other three from Ohio, Indiana, and North Carolina — sued the company on December 21st. The suit is based on Apple’s supposed “deceptive, immoral and unethical” practices, which the plaintiffs say violate consumer protection laws.

The plaintiffs, who each owned iPhone models ranging from the iPhone 5 to the iPhone 7, claim that Apple’s iOS updates, “were engineered to purposefully slow down or ‘throttle down’ the performance speeds,” of later-model phones.

Attorney James Vlahakis believes that Apple’s deceptive actions have ultimately forced people to buy newer, expensive phones. The company has remained quiet about the option to replace an older phone’s battery, which could expand the phone’s life and reduce slow-downs.

"Corporations have to realize that people are sophisticated and that when people spend their hard-earned dollars on a product they expect it to perform as expected," Vlahakis said. "Instead, Apple appears to have obscured and concealed why older phones were slowing down."

Another man in Los Angeles has also filed a lawsuit against Apple and has asked the company to pay compensation to affected consumers.

So it's true Apple intentionally slow down old iPhones. Proof: My iPhone 6 was bought 3years ago and recently got really slow. APP 'CPU DasherX' shows iPhone CPU is under clocked running at 600MHz. After a iPhone battery replacement. CPU speed resumed to factory setting 1400MHz. pic.twitter.com/pML3y0Jkp2

— Sam S (@Sam_RMSI) December 20, 2017

Apple released a statement to TheVerge.com on December 20th explaining why older models become sluggish. The statement read,

"Lithium-ion batteries become less capable of supplying peak current demands when in cold conditions, have a low battery charge or as they age over time, which can result in the device unexpectedly shutting down to protect its electronic components."

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From a technical standpoint, the slowing down makes sense. The issue is that Apple has not made it known that replacement batteries can be purchased for $79 and can resolve the issue. This lack of transparency has caused consumers to purchase newer iPhones models earlier than they would have otherwise.

These two lawsuits raise compelling points against the tech giant, and we’re interested to see how this unfolds.