Apple Apologizes for Secretly Slowing Down Old iPhones

By Rob Quinn

December 29, 2017

Apple says it is sorry about secretly slowing down older models of iPhone—and to make sure there are no hard feelings, it will offer battery replacements at a reduced price. In a letter on its website, the company says it would never "do anything to intentionally shorten the life of any Apple product," but it decided to slow down the older phones in an update around a year ago to prevent unexpected shutdowns caused by aged lithium-ion batteries being unable to deliver heavy energy loads, TechCrunch reports.

Apple says the cost of out-of-warrant batteries for anyone with an iPhone 6 or later will be reduced from $79 to $29 from the end of January until the end of 2018.

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