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Another iPhone Battery Class-Action Lawsuit Filed

Monday, August 20th, 2007 at 2:20 PM - by

A second class-action lawsuit has been filed against Apple regarding the iPhone battery. The suit claims that Apple and AT&T failed to tell early buyers about battery replacement fees.

The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and is similar to another one filed previously by Mr. Jose Trujillo in July.

This time, Mr. Sydney Leung said that Apple and AT&T did not fully inform customers about the costs of replacing the iPhone and made assertions about the expected battery life of the iPhone which would force the user to incur the charges.

While Apple has not commented on the lawsuit, they do have a Webpage that discusses the iPhone battery and procedures for use as well as replacement policy.

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geoduck said:

member since 30 Dec 2003 with 1917 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:27 pm

Greedy SOBs

That the battery is not user replaceable was made public from the initial announcement*. It was a subject of online debate prior to the release. Ask the sales people and they will tell you it's not user replaceable. The iPod battery is not user replaceable. I understand it's even printed on the box and the brochure.

Why is it not extortion when you use a lawyer?

*average user that is. Technically savvy people have replaced their own iPod batteries and probably could do an iPhone should the need arise.

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yakirz said:

member since 22 Nov 2002 with 457 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:43 am

I also knew about the non-user replaceable battery, and I don't even have an iPhone yet.

Did they expect Apple to say "when your battery dies, send your iPhone to us, postage-free, and we'll send you a free replacement with twice the capacity, and 1000 free iTunes Store downloads for your trouble."

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