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In Australia, Apple Fined $2.5 Million For '4G' Advertising Claims

Posted by timothy on from the we-thought-this-island-was-for-crime dept.

Whiney Mac Fanboy writes "Apple has agreed to pay a $2.25 million (AUD) fine (along with 300k legal costs) to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission for misleading advertising. Apple misrepresented their iPad product as being a '4G' device, when in fact they're only compatible with a very small percentage of 4G networks around the world. The Age online has the full story."

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  1. Pocket change... by __Paul__ · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...and the resulting exposure probably saved them tens of millions in advertising.

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  2. Re:So, that's about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    We really are talking about 3-4 minutes of Apple profits. That's how much money they're raking in.