Apple Considering Rebates for Customers Who Paid Full Price for iPhone Batteries

One of the things that Apple tree did to make its customers happy later information technology accepted the fact that the company had been pushing software updates which throttles older iPhones, is that it cut the costs of iPhone battery replacements from $79 to $29.

Now, Apple is taking this one step further and considering to offer rebates to customers who already bought the battery replacement before the prices were dropped. In a letter written to US lawmakers, Apple said that the company has been seeing a strong need for replacement iPhone batteries since the cost cutting, and may offer rebates for consumers who paid full price for new batteries.

The alphabetic character from Apple was released by Senator John Ruthe who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee. Later on releasing the letter, Thune said that,

"Apple has acknowledged that its initial disclosures came upwards curt. Apple has also promised the committee some follow-up information, including an reply about additional steps information technology may take to address customers who purchased a new bombardment at full price."

Apple is nonetheless to comment on a statement released past Senator Thune, that said, the company also sent a letter to Republican representative Greg Walden, in which the Cupertino giant told that it would also consider extending the battery program across 2018 if no solution other than throttling the smartphone operation is found to forestall unexpected shutdowns.

It'due south clear that reducing the battery price has gone a long fashion in solving Apple's reputation trouble after the throttling woes and that the company is nifty on keeping the program alive. In other measures to address the fallout from 'Batterygate' Apple is too starting the scroll-out of the Beta 2 for iOS xi.three, which shows users the battery age, degradation and potential performance drops in a transparent mode. The Battery Health feature will hit iOS devices in the next couple of months.