Owners of the iPhone and iPod touch, which filed a lawsuit against Apple for breach of warranty, began to receive compensation from the company. The users of mobile devices is transferred from 100 to 300 dollars.
In May last year, Apple has agreed to pay $ 53 million for breach of warranty iPhone and iPad.We are talking about the class action lawsuit from a few thousand owners of "apple" devices against the American company, which was considered by the Federal Court in San Francisco.
Themis representatives came to the conclusion that Apple did not fulfill the warranty repair iPhone smartphones second and third generation, as well as players iPod touch, citing refusal guilty of breakdowns of the clients themselves.
Penetration of water into the housing of the mobile device is one of the most common causes of electronics failure, water can destroy electronic components, mechanics and chemistry. If the iPhone or iPad will be in the water, a sensor inside the body when exposed to water shows. In the Apple service center refused to repair under warranty smartphone, referring to the meter reading - Moist devices are not covered by the program.
The plaintiffs (the suit joined a total of 153 000 users) were the owners of smartphones iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS and iPod touch players the first three generations. Indicators wet for these devices produced of 3M. Production company recognized that the indicators could not only work when wet device, but also with high humidity or high temperature.
Apple will pay for the class action lawsuit brought $ 53 million, with each claimant will receive in compensation from $ 100 to $ 300 depending on the model. In particular, the owners of the second-generation iPod touch will be paid $ 105 and users 16 GB iPhone 2G - the maximum amount of $ 300.