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A report this morning says a South Korean court ruled Thursday that Apple did not intentionally slow down the performance of its iPhones, dismissing a 2 billion won ($1.64 million) lawsuit by some 9,800 Korean smartphone buyers. against United States electronic equipment. giant.

According to Korea Herald“The lawsuit has been dismissed”, said a judge of the court briefly, without giving details about the reason for the decision. The judgment also held that the plaintiffs are responsible for all attorneys’ fees.

The decision comes five years after the Korean electronics consumer group filed a civil suit seeking damages of 200,000 won each, which was then billed as the largest class action in Korean history, with some 64,000 plaintiffs initially.

The lawsuit alleged that Apple pushed users of the iPhone 6, 7 and their variants to make a software upgrade in 2016 that caused a slowdown in its mobile processors, so that users were forced to replace their products with new ones. Users also claimed that they were not given any advance notice of what is also known as “throttling” after the upgrade.

Apple has denied the claims, saying the phone slowdown was meant to preserve aging battery life after a software upgrade, not to sell new products.

Finally, the report noted that “Hannuri, the law firm representing the users, said in a statement Thursday that the ruling highlighted the need for changes in Korea’s judicial system so that all those harmed by wrongful conduct are not present in the lawsuit, as well as a discovery process to compel plaintiffs and defendants to disclose evidence that will be presented from the beginning of the trial.”

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