{"id":391413,"date":"2018-01-14T10:50:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T10:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=391413"},"modified":"2018-01-14T11:45:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T11:45:55","slug":"congress-questions-apple-batterygate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/congress-questions-apple-batterygate\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress has questions for Apple about batterygate"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0The drama surrounding\u00a0Apple’s old\u00a0iPhone\u00a0batteries isn’t over yet.Four U.S. House Republicans sent a letter to\u00a0Apple\u00a0CEO Tim Cook on Friday asking for answers on\u00a0batterygate.<\/p>\n
In December,\u00a0Apple admitted to throttling the speed of older iPhones\u00a0to increase\u00a0batteryperformance, a long-time conspiracy theory among\u00a0iPhone\u00a0users that turned out to be true. As a result,\u00a0Apple\u00a0issued an\u00a0apology to its customers, and announced reduced pricing for out-of-warranty\u00a0iPhone\u00a0battery\u00a0replacement, from $79 to $29.<\/p>\n
But the apology and explanation from the billion dollar company wasn’t enough for House Republicans, who want more answers on the subject,\u00a0according to Reuters.<\/p>\n
The report also notes that U.S. Senator John Thune sent a similar letter to\u00a0Apple\u00a0on Tuesday. Thune is the chair on the the Senate Commerce Committee.<\/p>\n
Cook reportedly made $12.8 million in 2017, according to\u00a0a statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0The drama surrounding\u00a0Apple’s old\u00a0iPhone\u00a0batteries isn’t over yet.Four U.S. House Republicans sent a letter to\u00a0Apple\u00a0CEO Tim Cook on Friday asking for answers on\u00a0batterygate. In December,\u00a0Apple admitted to throttling the speed of older iPhones\u00a0to increase\u00a0batteryperformance, a long-time conspiracy theory among\u00a0iPhone\u00a0users that turned out to be true. As a result,\u00a0Apple\u00a0issued an\u00a0apology to its customers, and announced reduced pricing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":190803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[106],"tags":[224,9797],"yoast_head":"\n