Apple faces $73mn lawsuit in Europe over throttling iPhones

London, Jan 26 : Apple has been sued once again in Europe, this time seeking $73 million in damages over intentionally throttling older iPhones that affected the battery performance.
According to TechCrunch, the class-action lawsuit — a third in Europe — filed by a consumer advocacy group in Italy seeks nearly $73 million in compensation for owners of iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S, and 6S Plus models sold in the country between 2014 and 2020.
This amounts to at least $73 in average compensation per iPhone owner.
Euroconsumers, an umbrella advocacy organisation in the EU that includes Italy’s Altroconsumo, said the $73 compensation is the “average amount consumers paid to replace their devices’ batteries”.
The suit is the third to be filed in Europe — following suits filed in Belgium and Spain last month. A fourth — in Portugal — is slated to be filed shortly.
“When consumers buy Apple iPhones, they expect sustainable quality products. Unfortunately, that is not what happened with the iPhone 6 series,” Els Bruggeman, Euroconsumers’ head of policy and enforcement, said in a statement.