Italian government issues throttling fines to Apple and... Samsung?!

An investigation may have just breathed new life into Batterygate. But not for Apple — for Samsung.

The Italian government fined Apple €10 million ($11.4 million) for slowing down (or "throttling") older iPhone models, according to Reuters. The government's anti-trust watchdog issued the fine, which included €5 million for the actual throttling, and €5 million for not making iPhone battery replacement easy or transparent.

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Surprisingly, the agency also fined Samsung for throttling. In January, Samsung denied that it ever purposely slowed down old phones, and Samsung throttling has not been a widespread cause of a suspicion, as it had been with Apple. But the Italian government nonetheless opened an investigation in January, and has now seen fit to fine the Android phone maker, too. Read more...

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