Here are some of the biggest iPhone scandals you might’ve forgotten about. Bendgate, 2014that time when Samsung mocked Apple about the iPhone 6 bendgate situation pic.twitter.com/AH00f0JHLc — Holly – I like tech (@AnxiousHolly) June 29, 2024Ahh, the rose-gold iPhone 6. Batterygate, 2017Funny how the new @Apple iPhone comes out and all of a sudden old iPhone batteries are not lasting after the latest update 😆 — Matthew Bowater (@MBowater) September 25, 2025In 2017, Apple admitted to secretly slowing down older iPhones to “preserve battery life and unexpected shutdowns”. In response, Apple said: “Siri has been engineered to protect user privacy from the beginning.” Ok Apple… give us nothing. The only question: How many Apple iPhone scandals will it take before customers stop lining up every September?