Apple and Samsung are fined for unsuspecting mobile phones

It's at this fall that suspicions have pushed Apple to deliberately slam older phones, which has also been confirmed by Apple itself after a while. When the batteries of models such as Iphone 6S and Iphone 7 have become obsolete, a software function is entered as the maximum CPU load. Apple itself claimed that it was about reducing the unintended downtime that hit many models of Iphone when the batteries were too worn out.

Once under the hood of Apple, several other manufacturers, including Samsung, were also enlightened. Italian authorities have been investigating the two tech giants since last January and are now being fined to Apple and Samsung in Italy. He writes The Guardian.

Analysis: "Apple should have been more transparent from the beginning"

Apple must shell out 10 million euros (Samsung 104 million) and Samsung 5 million (about 52 million euros), as a result of accusations that new operating systems would slow down old phones, which "creates major malfunctions and significantly reduces performance, and thus accelerates the aging of phones."

For Samsung, the allegations relate more specifically to the fact that the company is supposed to have encouraged Galaxy Note 4 users to upgrade to an Android version "intended for Note 7", which should have slowed down the old Note 4 .

According to Apple, Iphone 6 users would have been asked to install an operating system for Iphone 7 and would not have provided enough information about the behavior of lithium batteries.

Since then, Apple has apologized, offered replacement batteries at a lower price, presented more information and presented an option to disable the ban feature of Iphone models that have enabled. Despite this, both companies are accused of misinforming their users about the consequences of updating operating systems and not having the opportunity to restore the "original functionality of the products".

A spokesman for Samsung claims to be disappointed with the judgment and that the company will appeal. Apple has not commented on the verdict yet.