Set the region of your iPhone to France to increase performance?
However, numerous lawsuits have been filed against Apple, which was then accused of resorting to illegal practices of planned obsolescence encouraging overconsumption.
Indeed, the American giant would have made sure to reduce the performance of its old iPhones to encourage sales of new models.
Apple paid $113 million in the United States in November 2020. The goal was to close this “Batterygate” and avoid lawsuits. But in Europe, the case continued.
In France, the firm was sued. Without the Paris prosecutor's office condemning it for planned obsolescence, Apple had to pay 25 million euros and undertook to change its processes.
A little significant gain
Now, the battery optimization algorithm that reduces the performance of some iPhones is not activated in France.
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