Apple accused of bricking old iPhones to boost sales
Summary: A lawsuit filed at the Superior Court in San Diego claims that Apple used the iOS4 update to effectively brick older handsets in an attempt to sell newer iPhones.
A lawsuit filed at the Superior Court in San Diego claims that Apple used the iOS4 update to effectively brick older handsets in an attempt to sell newer iPhones.
Here's the meat of the complaint:
The true fact of the matter, as verifiable by information technology experts, is that the iOS 4 is a substantial 'downgrade' for earlier iPhone devices and renders many of them virtually useless iBricks. Nonetheless, in reasonable and detrimental reliance upon Apple's false representations, false statements and false claims of full compatibility, thousands upon thousands of iPhone 3 users were intentionally misled into installing iOS 4 on their devices.
Basically, once users installed iOS4 onto their iPhone 3G handsets there was no way for most customers to effectively downgrade the OS, leaving customers with a handset that was virtually unusable. Apple's support forums are full of discussion relating to this issue.
The plaintiff, Bianca Wofford, is seeking reimbursement for every plaintiff the cost of the iPhone, plus an additional $5,000 in damages.
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RE: Apple accused of bricking old iPhones to boost sales
So when are you filing your lawsuit?
No, I'm serious. You obviously feel you have a great case. Please let us know when you file your lawsuit.
PS: PWN2OWN :) :) :)
RE: Apple accused of bricking old iPhones to boost sales
In other news, ShazAmerica shows his idiocy yet again
How do people like him make it through life anyhow? Probally on the goodwill of others, most likely. ;)
Luckily, I dumped my MS shares and bought
All apple shares when it was at $7, so Ive been living on that. And I tried to spread the wealth when Apple was at $192 on these very boards but MS shills or lovers would rather just keep knocking Apple instead of taking advantage of 100% interest rates but I digress.
For all of you little kiddies that read thaws boards, the running joke for years was how MS advertised each version as "most secure yet" and if you would take the time to read the transcripts of their antitrust trial, you would see, in their own words, how they lied repeatedly about windows .
But, since it is a proven fact that people like to only believe things that confirm their own beliefs and not learn anything new, the odds of ms shills reading testimony given by Gates and co. under oath is nil
RE: Apple accused of bricking old iPhones to boost sales
"But, since it is a proven fact that people like to only believe things that confirm their own beliefs"
Been looking in the mirror again?
Oh, so THAT explains your post.
You're looking out for the interests of Apple shareholders rather than the users of Apple products. Thanks for clearing that up.
RE: Apple accused of bricking old iPhones to boost sales
RE: Apple accused of bricking old iPhones to boost sales
You sir are a liar! You are lying straight through your teeth! Want to know why? Because Apple has NEVER, and I mean NEVER traded at 7 USD. I am sure you will come back and say, "yes Apple traded at 7 because if you look at Yahoo finance it clearly states 7"
Well, ain't that special because what Yahoo does is reverse calculate splits and when you thought it was trading at 7 it was actually trading at 14! Don't believe me? Check out the historical data, not the charts and it will show that you sir are a liar!
Next time if you try and sound like a "market guy" do at least some due diligence and make sound like you actually know what you are doing.
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Sorry Shaz, I'm not buying it
Yet
I don't see Vista riddled with malware.... Nor do I see 7 riddled with malware.
Yep, you have a slam dunk case there buddy.
I do believe that was his point
When I read Shaz' comment I mentally inserted "sarcasm" tags. I actually think you and he are saying the exact same thing, just that you are doing it more directly.
RE: Apple accused of bricking old iPhones to boost sales
Fact of the matter is, Windows 7 is more secure, but it still suffers from exploits. Software is always one of those things that always needs improvement.
RE: Apple accused of bricking old iPhones to boost sales
RE: Apple accused of bricking old iPhones to boost sales
RE: Apple accused of bricking old iPhones to boost sales
RE: Apple accused of bricking old iPhones to boost sales
Bull. I got to TONS of porn sites and have never gotten viruses/malware/spyware from them. In fact, the VERY FEW times I have gotten a message saying that I downloaded a virus from NIS, it has been from an AD on a website, porn or not!
RE: Apple accused of bricking old iPhones to boost sales