Russians can also sue the "braking" iPhone "

The French prosecutor initiated a preliminary investigation into Apple's alleged fraud and the planned obsolescence of its products. The case was initiated by the French consumer association, which operates under the motto "Stop the planned obsolescence". Do consumers have a chance to win lawsuits against manufacturing companies? Advocate, partner of the law firm «YUST» Alexander Bolomatov, commented the situation for IA «FederalPress» on:

"Probably, there is no particular perspective in the matter: the manufacturer most likely will say that in this case he sold the phone with the software that was at the time of acquisition, while the new systems that the owner of the device poses may otherwise work on this. Therefore, the logic is if you want the usual work of the phone, do not put new software, and if you put it, we reserve the modality of the phone's operation with the new software. Perhaps we can catch here only for the seller’s informing duty between the customers. It is possible that due to lack of information, buyers could not make a qualitative conclusion about whether or not to install new software, and there is no way to return to the old system. I think that these reasons could be heard. Similarly, in the Russian court, I believe it is possible to initiate the process due to the lack of sufficient information from buyers on this issue.

In general, I think that the manufacturer's declaration (Apple admitted to a reduction in the iPhone performance with old batteries in order to "prevent the device from shutting down automatically under heavy loads" in December 2017) is made with the understanding that consumers will be sued all over the world. Perhaps this is one of many ways to advertise themselfes. In this case the manufacturer's position can be a advertising move, as any news is better than silence. For instance, the last case with the iPhone’s competitor "Samsung" shows that even exploding batteries could be turned into advertising. "