Enlarge / A functional iPhone X, unlike the ones that went through recent stress testing. (credit: Samuel Axon)
After public outrage, a US Senator has posed questions to Apple about its deliberate slowdown of older iPhones due to aging battery issues. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), who chairs the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, wrote a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook questioning the level of transparency the tech giant should have provided users before slowing down its devices.
According to a Reuters’ report, Thune writes in the letter that “the large volume of consumer criticism leveled against the company in light of its admission suggests that there should have been better transparency.”
Thune asks Apple if the company had made any of these practices known in software update details and if users had the option to decline installing software updates. Thune then also questions if Apple considered offering free battery replacements to affected customers or rebates to those who had already paid full price for a battery replacement. Thune’s deadline for Apple to reply with answers is January 23.
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