If your battery is getting old, iOS would cap peak performances as your battery might not be able to handle quick peaks of power draw. The result of those peaks is that your iPhone might shut down abruptly. While that feature is technically fine, Apple failed to inform users that it was capping performances on some devices. The settlement will cover models 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, 7, 7 Plus, and SE devices that installed the software updates before December 21, Then, owners of other iPhone models claimed that their devices were having similar shutdown issues and that the problem was more widespread than Apple would admit.
Apple responded with a software update that reduced the number of shutdowns significantly. Apple said it was merely trying to compensate for the degradation that naturally comes with aging batteries.
Many customers, however, believed the company was really trying to force them to purchase new phones by making their old ones that much harder to use. It also released another software update that allowed users to turn off the throttling feature. Customers were not placated by this. Multiple class action lawsuits were filed in the US and were later consolidated into this one lawsuit, which Apple is now settling. Still, the symbolic impact of such a large settlement might lead some to wonder how Apple feels about recent pressure from Washington over antitrust concerns.
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