Apple saw the end of the year 2017 surrounded by a sea of lawsuits as the company publicly admitted to slowing down iPhones due to low battery health. The user community was obviously raged, and the company has been slammed with at least 26 class-action Lawsuits. While the company has started offering discounted battery replacements, the customers, including many in the US, still aren’t satisfied and want more answers.
As reported by HotHardware, Apple is now facing a potential inquiry from US House Republicans regarding their throttling policy. Four of the US House Republicans, including the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, wrote a letter to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook on Friday.
Four of the U.S. House Republicans, including the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, wrote a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook on Friday.
As per the letter, Apple’s CEO has been enquired about various queries regarding the throttling on older iPhones. Furthermore, there were also questions regarding an iPhone battery that overheated and began to smoke recently in Switzerland.
Apple has also recently received letters of inquiry from the US Senate as well with Senator John Thune, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. As of this writing, there happens to be no word from anyone at Apple.