U.S. users received nearly $1,000 in compensation, and Chinese users didn't get a penny.
There are reports that since the "batterygate" incident involved multiple iPhones, the company will pay 92 percent to iPhone consumers in the United States$17 in damages, and some of these U.S. consumers are expected to receive nearly $1,000 in compensation.
Batterygate" involves many models, such as the iPhone 6+6 S, iPhone 6 S Plus, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone SE, so that many loyal Apple fans can get a large amount of compensation, enough to buy a new iPhone 15 Pro.
The "battery gate" has been started many years ago, and many iPhone users will feel a strange phenomenon after updating the new operating system, although it was later explained by Apple as because of the lack of power, but no one will think so, because the previous iPhone, except for this time, the other models have not been stuck.
After that, the Americans took the matter to court, and in the face of a large amount of solid evidence, Apple had to come up with $500 million to settle the case, and only compensated American iPhone users, and now, this compensation has been received by the Americans.
Not only Americans, but also South Korean iPhone users, they sued Apple together, but the first ruling sided with Apple, only 7 iPhone users continued to appeal, and finally the South Korean court ended the lawsuit with 70,000 yuan in compensation, while the rest of the Korean netizens who did not file a complaint got nothing.
Apple's offer of compensation to U.S. iPhone users has upset Chinese iPhone users, who feel that Chinese iPhones cannot enjoy any discounts, a move that is seen as an insult to Chinese.
For example, foreign customers can get a free replacement, but Chinese customers do not have such privileges, because Chinese customers are not united for their rights, so they can save less.
It is clear that users in the United States were fined as a result of the "batterygate" incident, so the issue of their batteries has once again attracted great attention from the media. The iPhone does not have a long range of Android, and some foreign users say that the iPhone 14 Pro will have a much greater power consumption than other models at the end of 2023, and within a year, the power of the iPhone 14 Pro has dropped to below 90%.
Industry insiders speculate that this may be a deliberate decision made by Apple, after all, parts and after-sales service are the company's largest profit channels, The cost of parts for iphone mobile phones is very high, just a charge costs more than 500 yuan, and the charging cost of iPhone14 Pro is 748, compared to 519 of iPhone13, more than 40% higher, if the battery ages too fast, consumers have to replace the battery as soon as possible, so as to earn more for Apple, iPhone consumers have become fish on Apple's chopping board, and they can squeeze more out of it.
Unlike Jobs, Cook has always been a profit-oriented person, since Cook took office, Apple's revenue and profits have grown steadily, many people say that Cook is not as creative as Jobs, but Cook is indeed a good manager, under the leadership of Cook, Apple's revenue and profits are several times that of the Jobs period, and when Cook took office, Apple's value has reached 300 billion US dollars, which also makes Apple's value reach a record high.