Apple to pay Israeli iPhone users 10M shekels in battery slowdown settlement
Apple to pay Israeli iPhone users 10M shekels in battery slowdown settlement
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Publish Date: 2026-04-30 12:35:00
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The 2017 iPhone slowdown case has officially come to an end in Israel after the Tel Aviv District Court approved a settlement Thursday under which Apple will pay a total of 10 million shekels to eligible Israeli customers. The maximum compensation per eligible device will be 1,890 shekels.
The amended settlement, approved by Judge Hadas Ovadia, was filed as part of five requests to certify class-action lawsuits that were consolidated after being submitted against Apple in 2017 and 2018.
The settlement does not constitute an admission of the claims raised in the class-action requests, all of which Apple denied. The judge wrote that “after reviewing the parties’ arguments, I found that the settlement reflects an appropriate, fair and balanced solution.”
Apple was accused nearly nine years ago of slowing certain iPhones through software updates in order to preserve battery life and prevent the devices from unexpectedly shutting down. The company previously allowed customers to replace batteries at a reduced price, but some users said that was not enough.
Users around the world, including in Israel, filed class-action requests against the company. Some cases abroad ended in significant settlements, including a similar class action in the United States that was approved by the federal court for the Northern District of California without any admission or acknowledgment of liability or wrongdoing.
In Israel, the applicants claimed that Apple installed software on some of its devices, through operating system updates, that slowed and disrupted the phones without users’ knowledge.
They also claimed Apple concealed from users that replacing the battery could improve the device’s speed, and alleged that the conduct caused customers to upgrade to newer models.
Apple strongly denied all allegations of wrongdoing and liability. The company argued that it has never done, and would never do, anything to intentionally shorten the life of any product or harm the user…
