Italy's Competition Authority has fined Apple and Samsung for reducing the speed of older models of smartphones planned by software updates. Both devices have been ordered to pay fine of 15 million and 57 million dollars respectively.
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Italy's Competition Authority said in a statement on Wednesday that US technology major Apple and South Korea-based Samsung smartphone market's top two device makers. The two companies dominate the global smartphone market. Both companies have taken unfair advantage in the Italian market. Although the devices of the two companies are used in the long run, the performance of the company is reduced in a few years. When the users begin to investigate this allegation, the software update, with the planned updating, comes with the idea of reducing the old model smartphone's speed on both sides. Apple and Samsung have done the job to take advantage of unfair trade.
Authorities claim, both organizations are slowing down the performance of older models to increase the sales of new versions of their smartphones. As a part of this strategy, customers are encouraged to update their operating system software at the beginning. Customers update software to get new features and secure operating system. But after the software update, the performance of the device decreased. Customers are forced to buy a new smartphone. Apple and Samsung have implemented an unfair business practice in Italy by adopting such techniques.
According to Reuters reports, Samsung recently suggested the installation of a new version of the Android operating system for users of Galaxy Note 4. Although the version of the Android operating system was suitable for the Galaxy Note 7 handset. All the Galaxy Note 4 users who updated the software, according to the instructions of the device-maker organization, all of which complained about the speed of the device. Similarly, Apple's iPhone 6 users were advised to install an operating system designed for the iPhone 7. Many iPhone 6 users have faced problems following the instructions of the iPhone Manufacturers' Association.
Apple has failed to provide details about the necessary characteristic of the lithium battery in front of the competition authorities in Italy. The company could not provide the most important information about the average battery performance and how the battery backup can be increased. That's why Apple has been fined more than competitor Samsung.
In January, the Italian Anti-Trust Authority started an investigation against two organizations in connection with complaints of customers. At the same time in France, the investigation started in similar complaints against Apple and Samsung.