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Apple Sued Over iPhone Non-Replaceable Batteries
UnknowingFool writes "A customer named Jose Trujillo has filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple over the iPhone batteries. According to the suit, Apple did not disclose that the batteries of the iPhone were not user-replaceable. Also the plaintiff alleges that the battery will need to replaced every year. When a battery needs to be replaced, the customer will be without a phone for several days unless the customer pays $29.95 for a loaner phone service. Lastly, the plaintiff alleges that the battery information was difficult to find on Apple's website."
But if he pulls it off, maybe it will open the doors to suing printer companies for shitty cartridges that are too replaceable.
Wow. I'm a law student, so I like to think I understand that people can and will sue over anything. But Wow. This is shameful.
WAAAAAAAAHHHH!
Although he probably shouldn't win this trial, You would thank that Apple would have learned their lesson by now. With all the complaints about iPods having non-user-replaceable batteries, you would think that they would have changed the design. Especially on a cell phone, as I have never had a cell phone who's battery laster more than 1.5 years, and I'm not even a heavy user. Also, the fact that most people cannot be without their phone for a week while it's being repaired. If you can't listen to your music, it kind of sucks. If you can't contact any of your business contacts, or have to wait by a landline, or get a loaner phone, which probably doesn't have all your calendar and address book information, that a lot worse.
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
...that really perk up my Monday mornings with a full serving of outrage and indignation.
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A new Apple iThingy with a sealed in battery! No. You're kidding! Go on.
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"A microprocessor... is a terrible thing to waste." --
GeneralEmergency
Release an official statement.
Mr X should return his iphone for a refund. Call us.
Ah yes, because selling 7,500 iPhones per hour in the first 30 hours of its release is "crappy".
First of all, it is a fully functional browser, it's just not extensible with plugins.
Secondly, standard practices give rise to reasonable expectations. If every single phone on the market has a replaceable battery, then a replaceable battery is a reasonable expectation. It's a reasonable expectation that a car will come with a fuel tank, that your lamp's light bulb will be replaceable, and that your refrigerator will keep your food cold enough to delay spoilage. If that's not the case, you expect to be notified.
Thirdly, to address the GP, it's not always about replacing a battery that doesn't hold a charge. Plenty of people carry a spare battery for their electronics, especially for travel.
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
You just can't say anything bad about Apple here, or you'll be modded troll/flamebait by hordes of trendy Apple snobs wearing fashionable clothes who wasted $5000 on their last stylish Mac because of its slick exterior design, being the perfect complement for their iPods and the central hub of their digital lifestyle. Being important members of the blogosphere, they need to surf the cyberspace with class as they update their MySpace. They are complete iDolts.
I was about to say 13256278887989457651018865901401704640, but it appears this number is private property.
No need. That's already covered in the iTunes EULA.
You DID read the EULA, right?
You must live in a trailer park.
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