Apple has long received accusations of using planned obsolescence to boost sales of their iPhones. Accusations have mostly surrounded the batteries in their smartphones and the issue is therefore sometimes referred to as “Batterygate”. This issue has been the motivation for numerous lawsuits against the company internationally, which have often ended in Apple settling or being fined. However the company maintains that they do not intentionally manipulate their devices to drive customers to upgrade, but have to control battery performance to maintain the stability of their devices. Is this unfair inbuilt obsolescence?

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