Tuesday, October 9th 2007
Another Lawsuit for Apple iPhone
Second anti-iPhone lawsuit in two weeks alleges that Apple violated antitrust laws. A California man filed a lawsuit accusing Apple Inc. of violating antitrust law because its iPhone forces buyers to use AT&T Inc. as their wireless carrier and the company "bricked" phones that had been modified to call over other networks. Timothy Smith filed the lawsuit Friday with a California state court in San Jose seeking class-action status. The suit demands that Apple be barred from selling locked iPhones and that it be required to provide warranty service for owners of unlocked devices. The lawsuit also asks for unspecified monetary damages. In the lawsuit Smith alleges that Apple violated several California antitrust statutes when it tied the smart phone to AT&T and prohibited customers from using other carriers. Click here to read the full story.
Source:
Computerworld
16 Comments on Another Lawsuit for Apple iPhone
With so much drama over a cell phone, im beginning to forget there are real problems out there, like .....War in Iraq.
Die apple die.
I agree I dont like the fact that Apple locked peoples iPhones with the new update, but guess what buddy if Apple only wants AT&T then they should be allowed to only sell their iPhone on AT&T:pimp::pimp:
Or how about a PC linked to a particular vendors electricity supply. Move to another state/utility company, and watch your PC fry.
Or how about your water supply being linked to a particular vendor's tap/fawcet? If they catch you using a different tap, they are allowed to turn off your water supply.
Nonesense, isn't it?
I have to disagree with jocksteeluk and bose. It's not about "whats in the terms and conditions", but consumer protection laws that limit what is allowed to be in "terms and conditions". There has to be a limit as to where a corporate can *bs* paying customers.
It may be against the freedom of the consumer but it is the standard and we do agree to it. I'm sure the 1.1.1 update had an Agree/Disagree option when it was installed. People need to read the contracts they are agreeing to.
Its not corporate BS. If you dont like it, then buy something else, no one is forcing you to buy the phone or sign the contract. I made the phone, i make the rules, you signed the contract, then you have to abide by it. Termination fees have been around since for ever, no one ever complained until now. Thats how it is.
As much as i dont care about Apple, all these law suits are getting out of hand. Only in US people will sure cause their toilet paper wasn't soft enough for their fat asses. So this needs to stop.
There are literally a million cell phones if not more. Apple had produced the iphone and cingular (now the new AT&T) came calling with a deal that made sense to Apple, hence thats who Apple contracts through. HAd it been Sprint, Verizon Wireless, Virgin Mobile, etc, would they still be bickering about it?
Truth be told, the guy has no base to lay claim to this lawsuit. I hope Apple Countersues the endless stream of morons,
My whole point is Why cant cell phone companies just try to get along, Im not condoning them to work together since that would create even worse monopolies than they already are?.:shadedshu:shadedshu:shadedshu:shadedshu