A Feb. 19 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) features a man with an iPhone in front of an Apple Store. The video is captioned, "That's why they slow phones down after 2 years."
While portraying a customer, the man contends Apple illegally throttled his device when it launched a new model.
"We know, and that's why we have to pay anyone with a slowed-down phone $700 if they claim it," he says while playing the part of an Apple representative.
The video was liked more than 90,000 times in nine days.
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Apple's last known settlement in the U.S. over battery slowdowns will not pay anything near $700 per phone, according to a legal expert and settlement terms. And there's nothing available for users to "claim." The deadline in that case was in 2020, and based on the number of claims payouts are likely to be around $200.
The video doesn't say what the $700 figure is based on or how a consumer could get the money. However, a judge recently approved the settlement of a 2017 class action lawsuit against Apple for slowing down iPhones when updating the operating system.
At this point, it is too late for someone to join that settlement, according to Rory Van Loo, a Boston University law professor. And individuals will not get anywhere close to what the post claims.
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