The British Columbia Supreme Court has approved a countrywide multimillion-dollar settlement of a class-action lawsuit against Apple over software updates that allegedly slowed down older iPhones.

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Garcha said in an interview that the judge in the case approved the settlement at a hearing Tuesday.

Class members who make claims on the $14.4-million settlement can expect to receive between $17.50 and $150 each, depending on how many people submit a claim for the settlement money, he said.

The agreement covers eligible residents of Canada except those in Quebec, which Garcha said is about nine million people.

The settlement process took a couple of years, with Apple agreeing to a 91裸聊视频渃ompromise91裸聊视频� without admitting any wrongdoing, Garcha said.

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The company 91裸聊视频渧igorously defended the thing up until the settlement negotiations,91裸聊视频� Garcha added.

He said the class-action lawsuit involved novel legal theories about the company putting software on devices without the owners91裸聊视频� consent.

People who owned iPhone models covered by the settlement have six months to make a claim, and the online process requires a person91裸聊视频檚 name, address and iPhone serial number.

People also have to declare under oath that they downloaded or installed certain software updates on a variety of iPhone 6 and 7 models before Dec. 21, 2017.

They would have also had to have 91裸聊视频渆xperienced diminished performance on that device after the relevant iOS version was installed or downloaded.91裸聊视频�

The settlement agreement with Apple will see the company pay out between $11,137,500 and $14,427,500 depending on how many claims are made and approved.

The claims website for the 91裸聊视频淐anadian iPhone Power Management Class Action,91裸聊视频� says Quebec residents are excluded from the settlement because there91裸聊视频檚 a separate, ongoing case before the courts in that province.

The B.C. lawsuit was originally filed in 2018, and Apple settled a similar case in the United States involving so-called throttling of iPhone 6 and 7 models, and Garcha said American class members ended up with US$92 payouts.

At a hearing in Vancouver in late January, Apple91裸聊视频檚 lawyer Jill Yates told the court the company has never admitted wrongdoing.

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The company did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment about the settlement approval.

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