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The administrative court in Lazio (Italy) upheld the request of the Antimonopoly bodies for the Apple pay 10 million euros to local consumers. About it reports the edition iMore, citing the recent online documents.

The company will be required to pay this amount to the iPhone in Italy for the slowing of smartphones, caused by the update. The American Corporation had intended to appeal against the fine in the higher courts, but the court rejected the appeal of Apple.

The decision on the penalty was issued to the manufacturer of smartphones Antimonopoly service of Italy (AGCM) in October 2018. The office has substantiated five million penalties a lower efficiency of vehicles, another five million — the lack of recommendations for customers on proper maintenance of the batteries of their devices. In addition, Apple will also assume payment of legal fees in the amount of seven thousand euros. In 2018, the AGCM also fined five million euros Samsung.

In early March, Apple agreed to pay $ 500 million as compensation to the owners of the old iPhone. According to the decision of the Corporation, the owner of each iPhone, which became slower as a result of updates, will receive $ 25. The amount of the payments can be adjusted in both directions in each case.

At the end of 2017, Apple admitted that slowed performance outdated iPhone. The company explained this concern about the consumer, because otherwise the CPU of the device could not withstand the workload, which would lead to disconnection. However, in iOS 11.3 has the opportunity of diagnostics of a condition of the battery and deactivate the slow.