Apple faces slew of lawsuits for slowing devices with battery problems
San Francisco/Beijing — Apple, which is facing a slew of lawsuits over its admission that it slowed iPhones, may also slash its sales forecast for its new iPhone X. Apple defrauded iPhone users by slowing devices without warning to compensate for poor battery performance, eight lawsuits filed in various federal courts in the week since the company opened up about the year-old software change. The tweak may have led iPhone owners to misguided attempts to resolve issues over the past year, the lawsuits contend. All the lawsuits — filed in US District Courts in California, New York and Illinois — seek class action to represent potentially millions of iPhone owners nationwide. A similar case was lodged in an Israeli court on Monday, the newspaper Haaretz reported. Apple did not respond to an e-mail seeking comment on the filings. Shares drop Shares in Apple and several of its Asian suppliers fell on Tuesday after a report by Taiwan’s Economic Daily and comments from some analysts sugges...
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