THE APPLE IPHONE WEAKNESS THAT COSTS YOU THOUSANDS IF NOT HUNDREDS OF UNWANTED DATA DOLLAR USEAGE - CALLED WIFI ASSIST WHEN THE ROTTEN APPLE IOS9 RELEAVES ITSELF OF THE WEAK WIFI FOR THE PREFERRED PROVIDER CELL DATA TO ADD MORE MONIES TO THE COFFERS OF THE INFLATED TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK COMPANIES - SO REMEMBER WHEN AT HOME SHUT OFF THAT CELL DATA SWITCH TO TELL THE IOS TO STAY ON THE WIFI SIGNAL - AND WITH THAT APPLE BEING SUED FOR ITS MISINFORMATION OR NONE INFORMATION

A DISGRUNTLED father has slammed Apple for its new Wi-Fi assist feature after it allegedly caused his son’s iPhone to rack up an unexpected $AUD2900 bill.

Jeff Feingold and his son Ashton have blamed Apple’s new Wi-Fi assist feature, which was switched on by default in iOS 9, the most recent version of iPhone’s software.
“It’s usually $250 a month and this was $2000,” Jeff told CBS.
Most phone providers send warnings when data is about go over the limit, but Ashton said he only received a message that said “maybe 65 per cent of your data has been used” and didn’t think much of it.
But when the bill came, he became worried.
“I thought my dad was going to kill me,” Ashton said.

Turn off Wi-Fi Assist to save mobile data
The new Wi-Fi assist feature automatically switches from Wi-Fi to cellular data when a Wi-Fi signal is weak.
When Ashton was using his phone, he was under the impression it was connected to his home’s Wi-Fi but it was actually guzzling up his phone’s data. Ashton accidentally used more than 144,000MB (144GB).
But experts at Cnet found the story of a text message that said “maybe 65 per cent of your data has been used” highly unlikely, as they always deal in definitives and not maybes.
Apple is currently facing a class-action law suit for not informing users of the new Wi-Fi Assist feature and its usage of data from cellular plans.
To disable Wi-Fi Assist, open Settings, choose Mobile, then scroll down to the bottom and flick the toggle button.

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