In the recent news, it is rumored that Apple is slowing down the iPhones by shortening the life of old batteries. Other smartphone manufacturers accounted this news and informed that they won\'t be following Apple’s most deplored exercise of late. As HTC and Motorola previously gave consent that they do not suppress the smartphones in relation to old batteries, now LG and Samsung also confirmed that they do not follow the practice of Apple as well.
Samsung and LG, which cover the share in manufacturing smartphone across the world had confirmed on 30 December that they will not support the slow down with the utilization of any software change on the old batteries, the practice is confirmed to use in iPhones to escape from unexpected shutdowns issue.
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Samsung said,"Product quality has been and will always be Samsung Mobile\'s top priority. We ensure extended battery life through multi-layer safety measures, which include software algorithms that govern the battery charging current and charging duration." Further said, “We do not reduce CPU performance through software updates over the lifecycles of the phone.”
Supporting Samsung’s claim, LG also confirmed a favoring statement that it does not support slowing of the smartphone.
Moreover, HTC and Motorola also affirmed on December 28 that it will not slow down the smartphones by using old batteries.
Apple informed users in a statement-cum-apology letter for using old batteries with iPhones to prevent shutdown issue and resulting in slow down of smartphones without the acknowledgment of the users, in favor Apple also declared that the company would render battery replacement at a low price than previous.
The company further said it would decrease the price of battery replacement for an iPhone 6 or later variants from approx Rs 5,050 to Rs 1,850.
Right now, the company is facing eight lawsuits filed against it over the issue in the US and also confronting additional legal action in countries like France and Israel.