According to Australian media news.com.au reported that the Queensland law firm Shine Lawyers is currently considering behalf of the old iPhone cell phone users in Australia filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc. Shine Lawyers law firm class litigation expert Jan Saddler said that at present for Apple may be brought The suit includes the shortcomings of the iPhone 6, 6S, SE and 7, tentatively scheduled to start litigation in early 2018.
Recently, according to the latest BGR news from foreign media, Apple re-explained its battery replacement policy. As long as iPhone 6 and follow-up models of mobile phone users are willing to pay 29 US dollars (about 189 yuan) costs, and the device is not damaged, then Apple The battery can be replaced without the need for additional battery condition detection.The foreign media also said that if the customer previously purchased battery repair price of 79 US dollars, then they will get a refund.But Apple officials have not yet made it clear statement.
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According to media reports, in mid-December 2017, social networking sites Reddit members found that Apple Inc. released an update that led to the slowdown in the older iPhone processors.After Apple released a formal statement, said the updates aimed at extending However, many consumers are dissatisfied that Apple's lack of transparency of the performance limitations of mobile phones, that this is Apple's promotion of new mobile phone sales means.
Then the iPhone users in the United States filed a class action lawsuit against Apple, accusing the latter of causing the user's mobile phone to slow down without informing the user in advance.
According to PatentlyAPPle website, Apple Corp suffered a class-action lawsuit due to the slowdown of iPhone battery.At last Friday, consumers in Missouri and Mississippi brought 16th apple and 17th apple Litigation in North America after the outbreak of the Apple Downloader event, 15 lawsuits have been filed in North America, with Kim Burton of Missouri, William Ellis of Missouri and Neill McInnis of Mississippi and J. Scott Archer filing two further suits and suing the incident From 17.
Israel claimed $ 125 million in a class action lawsuit against Apple on December 25, 2017. The indictment alleges that iPhone users' judgment of the phone and its operating system is entirely dependent on the company's own evaluation, and Apple did not say that the software update would Mobile phone operation has a negative impact, violating the user's basic rights.Apple should inform users prior to download or update the operating system may slow down the problem.The indictment also accused Apple 'concealment of the message to the customer is obviously for profit , Because the company tends to allow users to buy a new machine as soon as possible to replace the old one.
On the 28th, Apple Inc. issued an open letter to apologize to users after the company was criticized for slowing down the old iPhone with older batteries, while a consumer association in France filed a complaint against the company, demanding a crackdown on the company practice.
Recently, a South Korean lawyer named Hannuri said it will release a recruitment announcement within the next two weeks and will start a class-action lawsuit against Apple in early next year seeking compensation. The law firm's lawyer said that Apple violated the "consumption" Protection Act. "In addition, there are a number of South Korean law firms to carry out collective litigation on Apple, the South Korean government also 'speeding door' to investigate and asked Apple South Korea to explain. However, due to legal issues, Apple is not as a multinational company South Korea's "Telecommunications Business Law" regulation, the Korean government lacks the legal basis for the investigation of Apple.