Apple CEO Vows to Fix Controversial ‘Batterygate’ Slowdown

Apple CEO Vows to Fix Controversial ‘Batterygate’ Slowdown
A battery is exposed as a man tries to repair an iPhone in a repair store in New York on Feb. 17, 2016. (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo}
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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Apple CEO Tim Cook has said that users of older iPhone models will soon be able to undo the controversial performance slowdowns that the company imposed without notifying customers, in an incident that became known as “batterygate.”

Cook again apologized to customers and said a fix is on the way to reverse the intentional battery slowdowns, the ABC reported.

Users of affected handsets will be able to switch off this performance-reducing function in the next version of the iOS operating system.

Prior to its official launch, expected in March, a beta version of iOS for developers will be issued sometime in February, and this version will already feature the fix.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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