Monday 12 February 2018

Apple reportedly under investigation by SEC and DOJ for phone slowdown

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Protection and Exchange Commission are jointly analyse Apple’s communications about the software update that slowed down older examples of the iPhone, Bloomberg is reporting.

Citing sources familiar with the issues, the government has reportedly sought detailed information about the company’s communications about the software update.

The Bloomberg report indicates the two agencies are in very early stages of their investigation.

We’ve contacted out to Apple, the SEC and the DOJ for remark and will revise when we hear back.

For background, Apple got into a lot of any problems with customers who noticed that the accomplishment of its older prototype phones was cheapening over season. Apple was propagandized to disclose that it had problem a software update that privileged dominance administration over operation in older manoeuvres that had degraded batteries.

There was, unsurprisingly, some pushback, and Apple was forced to apologize for the nature it treated updated information.

The U.S. isn’t the only country where people are pulping Apple for more information. Consumer advocacy groups around the world -- from Europe to Asia -- are pressing for an investigation into the slowdown.

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