It’s alive! ‘Batterygate’ lives on in new class action lawsuit — Apple World Today

Another day, another lawsuit — and “Batterygate” lives on! As noted by AppleInsider, a new class action lawsuit filed in California targets an iOS battery management tool that allegedly hindered the performance of certain iPhone 6, iPhone 7, and iPhone SE series devices.

Filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the complaint comes on the same day as a submission deadline for iPhone owners to file claims in a US$500 million settlement that was reached earlier this year. The new lawsuit claims battery management tools were pushed out to “camouflage” a “defect” in iPhone, specifically battery designs that were “inadequate because they could not handle the power demands of the software Apple mandated users to run.”