DOJ And SEC Begin Investigations Into Apple

As many know, Apple has acknowledged throttling peak speeds of old iPhones in order to increase battery life and prevent unexpected shutdowns. However, this decision did not sit well with iPhone customers. 50 discount) but has stated that they will continue to throttle peak speeds on all future iPhones. Remember that this applies to the iPhone 6, iPhone 6S, iPhone 7, iPhone SE, and all plus variants of the aforementioned iPhones. This peak speed throttling has not occurred with their flagship iPhone 8 and iPhone X which, according to Apple, do not have degraded batteries due to their recent releases.

Apple has also stated that in iOS 11.3, they plan to give users more control over the battery of their iPhone. Users will be able to see battery health as well as turn off Apple's throttling program running the risk of iPhones shutting down unexpectedly. On January 7, French regulators began an investigation on Apple in their iPhone-battery business practices.

Now, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are both inquiring information from Apple according to Bloomberg. The article also cautions that these investigations are in the early stages and are not official investigations yet. The SEC and the DOJ are also looking into public statements made by Apple and how Apple communicated this software update to iPhone users. ] did say what it was, but I don’t think a lot of people were paying attention.

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