Australian Consumer Watchdog Sues Apple Over iPad Marketing

Fluffeh writes "Australia's competition regulator will today take iconic technology giant Apple to court for advertising its new iPad tablet as featuring '4G' speeds — which are not supported on Australian telecommunications networks. One of the key features of the new iPad is support for 4G speeds, however, the 4G speeds which the new iPad supports will not be available in Australia, with Apple's technical specifications page only listing it as supporting the 700Mhz and 2100Mhz spectrum bands, neither of which are being used by Australian telcos to provide 4G services. The case may be a bit shaky, though, as Apple does state in the fine print: '4G LTE is supported only on AT&T and Verizon networks in the US; and on Bell, Rogers and Telus networks in Canada. Data plans sold separately. See your carrier for details.'"

Comments

Why sue only Apple?

[SvnLyrBrto]

It's not as if ANY of the supposedly "4g" devices on the market really meet the 4g spec. (The real 4g spec... before the carriers shoveled a bunch of money into the pockets whoever at the ITU made the call to change the rule so that that LTE and HSPA+ qualify.)

Oh, that's right. We're talking about Apple. And anything Apple does is uniquely evil and must be punished top the exclusion of all others; no matter that it's common practice in the entire industry.