FILE: Paris prosecutors probe Apple over 'planned obsolescence' Paris prosecutors have launched a probe of US tech giant Apple over suspected "planned obsolescence" in some of its iPhone models, a judicial source told AFP on Monday. It comes after a complaint by the association Stop Planned Obsolescence (HOP or Halte a l'Obsolescence Programmee) that followed Apple's admission last month that it intentionally slowed down older models of its iPhones over time. Samuel Sauvage, the president of the HOP organization, talks about the case. FILE IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES of Samuel Sauvage's interview