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Do you own or have you ever owned an iPhone 6 or 7? You may be eligible for payment from Apple under a Canadian-wide class action settlement worth up to $14.4 million.
The class action settlement with Apple was approved by the British Columbia Supreme Court last month and is related to a lawsuit over software updates and alleged defects in older iPhones.
Class members include residents of Canada, other than Quebec, on June 15, 2023, who purchased or had iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, SE, 7 or 7 Plus smartphones, and updated to version iOS 10.2. 1 or before 21 December, 2017.
All eligible class members who meet these criteria have until September 2, 2024, to submit their claims online.
They can do so by filling in a form on the settlement’s website.
If people are unsure if this class action applies to them, they can confirm by entering their serial number on the settlement website.
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Those Canadians who submit their claim by the deadline could receive up to $150 after deducting legal fees.
This class action against Apple was launched in 2018.
It claims that the technology giant deliberately hid the performance mitigation features of iOS versions 10.2.1, 10.3, 11 and / or 11.2.
The class action also alleged that defects caused the iPhones to age prematurely, degrade and shut down unexpectedly as well as battery problems.
Apple has denied these allegations but has agreed to pay between $11.1 million and $14.4 million under the settlement.
This class action was certified in June 2023 by the BC Supreme Court, but it affects Apple customers in various provinces other than Quebec, which has a separate ongoing case raising similar concerns about older iPhone models.
In 2020, Apple settled a similar case in the United States related to so-called “throttling” on iPhone 6 and 7 models, agreeing to pay up to $US500 million.
— with file from The Canadian Press
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