The bone of contention? Allegations that Apple veiled battery glitches and intentionally put brakes on the processors in over 44 million iPhones.
The aftershocks of this alleged maneuver? A whopping £853 million (or $1.07 billion) in damages.
The Order of Disclosure and Lingering Shadows of Doubt
The drama amplified when Turner steered the narrative to Apple’s inner workings. He demanded a transparent gaze into customer complaints linked to the controversial power-saving feature.
Furthermore, he tasked Apple’s director of iPhone integration, Alex Crumlin, with spotlighting such documents.
Anneli Howard KC, the legal force supporting Gutmann, shone a light on Apple’s oblique compliance with the disclosure order from the previous summer.
Drawing an analogy, she lamented that Apple’s disclosure was like a jigsaw puzzle – fragmented, cryptic, and bereft of clarity.
It was riddled with jargon understood solely by its creators, leading claimants through a convoluted maze.
Apple Criticized Over Confidentiality: The Defense Strikes Back
Representing the tech titan, David Wolfson KC of One Essex Court, navigated the stormy waters with a promise to demystify the disclosed documents. However, he took umbrage at Howard’s choice of words against Apple’s Crumlin, citing them as potentially perilous in such a public arena.
