Millions of iPhone customers can now submit claims of up to $95 each as part of a $250 million settlement agreed upon by Apple to resolve a class-action lawsuit, as the filing period started this week.
The operator of the Apple settlement website on Monday said that members of the settlement class, or certain iPhone customers, can now make their filing. The deadline to file is Dec. 21, 2026.
Who Is Eligible?
Customers must reside in the United States and have purchased an Apple iPhone model between June 10, 2024, and March 29, 2025, including the iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16, iPhone 16e, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, or iPhone 16 Pro Max.
The purchase must have been made in the United States for business or personal use, not a resale device, and the customer making the claim must be the original purchaser of the item.
Apple is to pay $250 million into a settlement fund that will be distributed to customers who are part of the class, according to the settlement website’s questions-and-answers section.
Settlement class members must submit a claim form to get the payment, according to the website, and they will receive a sum of “$25 per device, which may be adjusted up or down with a maximum payment of $95 per device.”
“The payment amount may be increased or decreased pro rata depending on the total number of valid claims submitted and Eligible Devices claimed, as well as the amount of any attorneys’ fees or Service Awards awarded by the Court and notice and administrative costs,” the administrators also said.
The lawsuit, filed by Peter Landsheft in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 2024, arose after the iPhone manufacturer announced and advertised a bevy of AI, or artificial intelligence, upgrades at its annual software developer conference in 2024, while saying they would become available with new iPhones that fall.
The iPhones launched without those features, the plaintiffs argued, saying that Apple allegedly misled class members into paying a price premium for their iPhones.
What the Lawsuit Entailed
The plaintiffs’ lawsuit took aim at Apple’s marketing of AI capabilities that would have allegedly been in those iPhone models at the time.
The claimants argued that Apple “promoted AI capabilities that did not exist at the time, do not exist now, and will not exist for two or more years.”
Apple also “saturated the internet, television, and other airwaves to cultivate a clear and reasonable consumer expectation that these transformative features would be available upon the iPhone’s release,” according to the lawsuit.
“This drove unprecedented excitement in the market, even for Apple, as the company knew it would, and as part of Apple’s ongoing effort to convince consumers to upgrade at a premium price and to distinguish itself from competitors deemed to be winning the AI arms race,” the complaint said.
Apple Denies Wrongdoing
Apple told media outlets in May 2026 that it had “reached a settlement to resolve claims related to the availability of two additional features.”
“We resolved this matter to stay focused on doing what we do best,” the company statement added, “delivering the most innovative products and services to our users.”
The operators of the settlement site, meanwhile, noted that “the proposed settlement to resolve this case is not an admission of guilt or wrongdoing of any kind by Apple.”
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sept. 21.
Apple Starts Rolling Out Siri AI
On Sept. 14, the Cupertino, California-based tech giant announced that Siri AI “is here” and said it will be “rolling out today in beta in English, and will expand to French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish next month.”
Apple unveiled the Siri version in June at its Worldwide Developers Conference. The voice-activated feature is built on Google’s Gemini AI system.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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