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Spanish and Belgian consumer groups launch Apple 'batterygate' class action

2020-12-02 16:06:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Brussels-based European consumer protection body Euroconsumers announced that Spain's OCU and Belgium's Test Achats are the first two consumer rights groups to launch class actions against Apple's planned obsolescence of older iPhones. The lawsuits have been brought on behalf of owners of iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S and 6S Plus models and allege that Apple engaged in unfair and misleading commercial practices, for which the company should pay compensation of at least EUR 60 for each affected consumer in the countries involved. "Planned obsolescence represents not only a deliberate unfair practice towards consumers but is also environmentally irresponsible," said Euroconsumers in a statement, adding that "consumers are increasingly frustrated by products wearing out way too fast."

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Italy fines Apple EUR 10 million for 'misleading' water resistance claims

2020-11-30 09:23:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Italian antitrust watchdog AGCM has fined Apple EUR 10 million for using "misleading and aggressive" commercial practices to sell its iPhones in the country. Specifically, the regulator accused the company of claiming that several iPhone models (the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11pro and iPhone 11 pro Max) were water-resistant without clarifying they were only so under certain controlled circumstances, namely in "laboratory tests conducted with the use of static and pure water."

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Universal Electronics to launch Apple TV remote control for MVPDs

2020-11-20 10:00:59| Digital TV News

Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI) has introduced a remote control for Apple TV developed and designed to meet the needs of cable, satellite, IPTV and other Multichannel Video Program Distributors (MVPDs).

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