Arizona leading probe into Apple iPhone slowdowns

Arizona is heading up a multistate investigation into whether Apple Inc. violated trade laws when it deliberately throttled and slowed down older iPhones, according to a Reuters report. The news agency obtained documents through a public records request that revealed inspectors have been asking Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) since October 2018 about shutdowns and slowdowns of iPhones through power management software. After processor testing revealed in 2017 that some iPhones were slowing down with age,…