Could you be in the money today? Well, if consumer watchdog wins their £750m court battle today that could well be the case.
Tech giant Apple could bit hit with a massive bill that will see a pay out for iPhone users if the watchdog wins.
The court battle is set to take place today after claims by Justin Gutmann that Apple Apple deliberately slowed down the performance of its iPhone handsets by hiding a power management tool in software updates.
Justin believes they did this to to combat performance issues and stop older devices from shutting down suddenly.
Their claim was launched with the with the Competition Appeal Tribunal, and they are seeking damages of £768million for up to 25 million UK owners, for a range of older iPhone models.
The power management tool was released in a January 2017 software update, rolled out to slow down older iPhone models with ageing batteries.
Justin Gutmann claims Apple introduced the tool to disguise that iPhone batters were unable to cope with new iOS processing demands.
The claim relates to the iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus, SE, 7, 7 Plus, 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X models.
The claim continues to say the company didn't make it clear that it would slow down older iPhones and that the mention of the tool on the website came at a later date.
At the time, Apple said it would never do anything to intentionally shorten the life of a product.
Gutmann said: "Instead of doing the honourable and legal thing by their customers and offering a free replacement, repair service or compensation, Apple instead misled people by concealing a tool in software updates that slowed their devices by up to 58%.
"I’m launching this case so that millions of iPhone users across the UK will receive redress for the harm suffered by Apple’s actions.
“If this case is successful, I hope dominant companies will re-evaluate their business models and refrain from this kind of conduct.”
Apple said in a statement: "We have never – and would never – do anything to intentionally shorten the life of any Apple product, or degrade the user experience to drive customer upgrades.
"Our goal has always been to create products that our customers love, and making iPhones last as long as possible is an important part of that."
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