Recent updates for newer iPhones are damaging the cell phones, claims a recently filed suit.
The suit filed June 9 in a California federal court, says the issue involves updates iOS 14.5, 14.5.1, and 14.6.
The updates are “causing their processing speeds to decrease dramatically, and their battery to drain faster,” says the suit, which seeks to be declared a class action that will permit all affected to be able to participate in the legal action.
The updates are allegedly adversely affecting at least iPhone models 11, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max.
“After hundreds of online complaints on forums, articles on technology blogs and on traditional media websites, and hundreds of complaints on social media, Apple has failed to acknowledge improperly damaging user’s iPhones without disclosure, which is illegal and actionable pursuant to the state and federal laws,” the suit alleges.
“So, while Apple admitted that devices with iOS software prior to 14.6 had ‘reduced performance,’ it only admitted that said reduction in performance was ‘during start up’ and it did not admit to the performance issues – even though benchmark testing by consumers showed as much.”
