The antitrust authority in Italy slapped a tremendous of 10 million euros (roughly 12 million US {Dollars}) on Apple earlier this week. The corporate is being fined for “aggressive and deceptive” industrial practices for its iPhones.
In response to an ET report, the regulators mentioned in an announcement that the Cupertino primarily based large had been promoting sure elements relating to its iPhones which may not be true. The first wrongdoer right here is the water resistance claims that the corporate supplied. Apparently, the water resistance declare solely held true in sure managed environments, which was by no means clarified to its buyer. In different phrases, actual world situations for its water resistance didn’t maintain up fairly effectively, and that this false declare has been tracked down until the iPhone 8
Moreover, the problem additionally extends in direction of its guarantee service as effectively. Apple added a diclaimer that acknowledged that its iPhones weren’t lined beneath guarantee in the event that they suffere injury from liquids. This primarily tricked the purchasers that believed that their telephones have been waterproof, however couldn’t search assist in the case of the system getting broken on account of publicity to liquids, as acknowledged by the antitrust physique.
Sadly, Apple has declined to touch upon the matter in the mean time. So keep tuned for extra, as we shall be offering extra updates when extra data is offered relating to the matter, or when the corporate lastly publicly addresses the hefty tremendous it faces in Italy.
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