Tech-giant Apple has apologized for slowing down its old iPhones and has dropped the price for battery replacements as a way of making amends. Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images
Facing mounting public pressure, Apple has apologized for slowing down its iPhones as their batteries aged.
The tech giant posted an apology on its website on Thursday, a week after it confirmed that it had been slowing down iPhones with lower-capacity batteries, in a bid to avoid accidental shutdowns.