Meanings
- A controversy in which Apple intentionally slowed down the performance of older iPhones.
If there was one positive that came out of Batterygate, it was an increased public awareness and support for Right to Repair legislation.
2018 August 9, Arthur Shi, “Batterygate: A Complete History of Apple Throttling iPhones”, in iFixit2 more examples
Consumers riled up about Apple's Batterygate. We spoke to iPhone owners in the historic Gaslamp district of San Diego about Apple's admission that it slowed down older phones purposely.
2017 December 30, Jefferson Graham, “Apple's apology for Batterygate didn't go far enough”, in USA TODAYApple's Batterygate is a bit different than the Volkswagen scandal -- there's no direct environmental damage here (other than old phones prematurely destined for trash heaps) but the loss of trust the company is likely to incur might be just as significant.
2018 February 1, Jason Perlow, “Batterygate: Apple betrayed its customers and now it faces a world of hurt”, in ZDNET
Origin
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Batterygate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Batterygate
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