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Apple Faces $5 Million Lawsuit Over Allegedly Slowing the iPhone 4S With iOS 9 (mashable.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the slowing-things-down dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A $5 million lawsuit filed in New York federal court alleges that Apple's iOS 9 mobile operating software significantly slows down the iPhone 4S. According to the complaint: "The update significantly slowed down their iPhones and interfered with the normal usage of the device, leaving Plaintiff with a difficult choice: use a slow and buggy device that disrupts everyday life or spend hundreds of dollars to buy a new phone. Apple explicitly represented to the public that iOS 9 is compatible with and supports the iPhone 4S. And Apple failed to warn iPhone 4S owners that the update may or will interfere with the device's performance."

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  1. Re:expectation? by danomatika · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Is this just an apple user thing or something?

    It partially is. The whole "it just works" thing is double edged as in people expect their expensive hardware doesn't do everything and do it well forever.

    Then again, that's not *everyone*. I'm still using my iPhone 3GS because it just keeps doing everything I want it to do. Sure, Safari sometimes crashes on a JS heavy webpage, but then I just restart it and use Reader mode or disable JS or, heaven forbid, read on my laptop. Email works fine, phone works fine (for what iPhone signal quality is), Dropbox works fine. Do I do Periscope live streaming with it? No. I just replace to battery when it can't last a day. I think it's on the 3rd or fourth battery now. I replaced the case and some buttons. Still going.

  2. Re: Meanwhile in cuppertino... by Miamicanes · · Score: 3, Interesting

    there *is* one possible valid complaint they might have: Apple's refusal to allow reverting or reinstalling old versions after they quit issuing keys.

  3. Re:Could be easily solved by allowing ios downgrad by Demena · · Score: 1, Interesting

    No. Apple is atheist. They provide a free devkit (Xcode) that allows you to create the software you want for any Apple device.

    Apple's "walled garden" is remarkably lowly fenced and Apple provides a four lane highway right into the heart of it. So why do you say such silliness? If you lack the ability to code or the money to hire someone else to code then it gets a bit hard. I am quite happy with that. It keeps out the dross. Is that where you see yourself?