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Apple could pay those who bought an iPhone 6 thanks to the OCU

Do you remember those famous Apple updates that slowed down their phones depending on how degraded the battery was? It was a mechanism that ended up being uncovered and that affected millions of users around the world. Apple claimed to do it for the good of its customers, but the public seemed not to agree, so the OCU (Organization of Consumers and Users) decided to take action on the matter.

A class action lawsuit

Iphone 6

Today, many users have received an unexpected email from the OCU in which they are invited to complete a form with which they can join a collective claim against Apple for the events caused by the famous battery Applegate .

In the lawsuit, they state that users will claim compensation included between the 99 and 189 euros for battery change (between 29 and 89 euros) and moral damages caused by the manipulation of the performance of the iPhone 6, 6S, 6 Plus and 6S Plus (10% of the purchase price of the terminal).

And it is that all those users who saw how their phone worked worse and worse, were forced to change the terminal, change the battery or barely live with a device that worked slower and slower. The lack of transparency, manipulation and moral damage caused have led the organization to defend the consumer and stand up to Apple in an action that seems to be progressing favorably.

Email OCU iPhone

Apple has delivered the data

Iphone 6

The email arrives after the OCU asked Apple for the emails of all those users who had bought an iPhone 6 in any of its variants, in order to communicate with them under the Article 15 of the Civil Procedure Law.

Said email invites those affected to participate in the collective action that is responsible for claiming the calculated economic amount from Apple, an action that will have no cost for users who claim if the sentence ends up being unfavorable, but which we assume will have a cost (a% of the amount to receive, we imagine) in case it ends in favor (they do not specify it anywhere).

What does Apple say?

iPhone 6S

From El Output we have contacted Apple and we are waiting for an official response that will help us clearly see the whole situation, so we will update when we know something about it.

At the moment, they are 1,115 users those who have already registered in the claim, so we would be talking about a total compensation that would range between 110,00 and 210,000 euros at this time.

Thank you Elio for the warning.

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