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Old iPhone batteries

What are they?

Defective. That’s according to consumer campaigner Justin Gutmann, who has just been granted permission by the Competition Appeal Tribunal to sue Apple in a group lawsuit. He claims the company deceived iPhone users by “throttling” their devices (see box below right) without them knowing in order to stop their batteries failing.

What does throttling mean?

In Gutmann’s terms, it

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