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Apple and AT&T Sued, Again, Over 3G

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the overly-litigious dept.

Macworld is reporting that Apple and AT&T are being sued, again, for the lack of delivery on their 3G network. This follows a long line of other lawsuits in San Jose, San Diego, Alabama, Florida, Texas, and New York "The lawsuit charges the companies with Negligence, Breach of Express Warranty, Breach of Implied Warranty of Merchantability, Unjust Enrichment, Negligent Misrepresentation, Violation of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act and Other Similar State Statutes, and Breach of Contract. Dickerson is seeking to force Apple and AT&T to correct its labeling and advertising, as well as to recover compensatory, statutory and punitive damages."

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  1. WTF? by jaavaaguru · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you don't like the service, don't use it. It's that simple. Nobody's forcing you to choose Apple/AT&T.

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    1. Re:WTF? by ILuvRamen · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      maybe they changed it but isn't Apple doing exactly that? They're forcing people to use AT&T unless they hack their iPhones and unlock them? I mean nobody's forcing you to buy one of those stupid, proprietary pieces of crap from Apple in the first place but they're still forcing AT&T's inferior service down people's throats and then not delivering on their promises.

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    2. Re:WTF? by EvilBudMan · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      --You need a whole other phone if you want to use verizon or sprint.--

      Complete BS. They want to keep it that way, charging us double for a tenth of the bandwidth you can get over there too. I'm gonna bitch about it too. What does the US still have economically in it's favor = Nothing?

  2. can you hear me now? by get+quad · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Gooood. If you can do without the iphone, go Verizon for 3G and don't look back.

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  3. Re:Sue-Happy by Samschnooks · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Jeeze, if every consumer that was dissatisfied with their purchase were to sue, we'd all be in court for a lifetime. Get over it.

    Or, how about businesses represent their products truthfully? For example, unlimited actually meaning unlimited - no bullshit mice type with "conditions". The same goes for Apple. And maybe, just maybe, if there were more lawsuits, business would stop BSing people and tell the truth about their product. I have to wonder, how many people paid all that money for Apple's phone because they expected the performance advertised. I think Apple hyped the product to justify their outlandish price.

  4. Re:Sue-Happy by The+End+Of+Days · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I believe you have thirty days to return the phone and cancel the contract without the early termination charges, which brings this back firmly into the land of whiny bitch.

    From AT&T's website:

    Cancellations/Early Termination Fee: An Early Termination Fee of $175 may be assessed against you in the event that you terminate your Wireless Service Agreement and/or selected plan before the expiration of its term. For Service activated on or after May 25, 2008, the Early Termination Fee will be reduced by $5.00 for each full month toward your minimum term that you complete. You may cancel your service, for any reason and without incurring the Early Termination Fee, within thirty (30) days of signing your Wireless Service Agreement, PROVIDED, however, that if you cancel service you will remain responsible for any service fees and charges incurred. If you cancel within three (3) days of signing your Wireless Service Agreement, you will be entitled to a refund of your activation fee, if any. If you exercise this option, you may be required to return devices and associated accessories purchased in connection with your Wireless Service Agreement.

  5. Looking at some of the mods here. by Samschnooks · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    I can see that many fanboys have mod points.

    Way to go fanboys! You're show'in us real good!

    Oh, wait. To rescue this post...

    Apple has the bestest products int the World and they're out to help everyone to live free, happy, creatively, and lovingly! Apple is our savior! They will save us from ugliness, poor GUIs, and they will enlighten us to be more loving, warm, kind, generous, souls, who will turn the Earth into a paradise.

    Mod this post down and you're against Apple! You're against Peace! You're against living and humanity and you want the Earth to die in a fiery, CO2, ice cap melting, Hell!