I miss the good old days of low res panels that just worked aside from occasional dead pixels. How did they take a technology that was super easy on the eyes and screw it all up?
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Apple Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over 'Jelly Scrolling' on iPad Mini
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Trolls looking to get rich I hope the judge fines him for stupidity
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What if the judge order is he can no longer buy Apple products, LOL!
i like the part concerning computer engineers from iFixIt determined the problem in the document. They don’t represent themselves as such whatsoever.
While you can just take advantage of the return policy (I did, couldn't stand the jelly scroll), and while I wouldn't do it, at least these types of lawsuits brings it to the media's/publics attention and could potentially force Apple to do better in the future - to avoid more bad PR.
The jelly scroll on the ipad mini is the first time I've seen this effect because it's so obvious (cheaper screen/controller maybe) but it now means I see it on the ipad pros as well, just to a lesser degree.
The jelly scroll on the ipad mini is the first time I've seen this effect because it's so obvious (cheaper screen/controller maybe) but it now means I see it on the ipad pros as well, just to a lesser degree.
OMG, I never noticed this before and now it's driving me crazy!!!!!! I think I'm also going to start another class action suit against Christopher Bryan for making me see this and the fact I can't unsee now. I also feel a need to eat jelly donuts now and I never liked sweets before. That should be another class action suit too!
They probably assumed Apple would fix it, which they didn't.
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The lawsuit is unlikely to succeed, but maybe it will nudge Apple to change the display controller for the next model.
The law firm maybe, and still... The possibility of your lawsuit (as a plaintif) being argued frivolous by the defendant (in cases like these against big corporations with big legal budgets) would likely deter a lot of people from filing lawsuits that have merit, debatable or not. It would tip the legal system even more in favor of the people with the deeper pockets.
Maybe sanctions for repeat offending lawfirms?
I do agree though that this one seems frivolous and should promptly be thrown out of court.
"I don't like something about this product I chose to buy, so I'm going to sue the company after they openly acknowledged it as expected behavior!"
This may at least be a sign to Apple that they need to fix the issue. Except now if they fix the issue, they will have to admit there was an issue in the first place so this won't be fixed until the next iPad mini.
Folks that don't like the lawsuit - I get it -- it feels overly litigious in the USA these days.
That said -- anything that might help force Apple to upgrade the screen on the Mini would be really welcome.
The screen is "fine" if the jelly doesn't bother you, but it's nothing more than that.
When you spend any time with modern Apple devices at stores now, the Mini 6 stands out as probably the worst screen quality/experience across their entire product line up.
That said -- anything that might help force Apple to upgrade the screen on the Mini would be really welcome.
The screen is "fine" if the jelly doesn't bother you, but it's nothing more than that.
When you spend any time with modern Apple devices at stores now, the Mini 6 stands out as probably the worst screen quality/experience across their entire product line up.
60-80% would likely run afoul of this: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/..._rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_5_fees/
Also many states cap the amount of contingency a lawyer can charge.
I digress, browsing a website sweet talking a brand new and better screen with muddy animations does the trick better.
Big talk about a great screen that can’t even keep up with itself isn’t a good look.
However, I too question if a CAL is the right thing to do. I don’t believe Apple is forcing anyone to use their iPads. Surely it’s a bummer that the screen is this way, but that’s it.
If it was another Flex Gate, sure, but it’s not.
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Everything is a lawsuit, everything is a class action. Litigious societies reduce everything to "I am harmed now pay me." But is our legal system that offers an incentive to lawyers to create these lawsuits since generally in this type of lawsuit they are the only party that actually benefits.
There is a return policy when you don't like an Apple product.
That's actually a fair point. Some customers think that it's a software fixable issue when it's actually a hardware issue that can't be fixed. So, from that point of view the class action is justified for visibility and education.
What if they're past the return period? Perhaps the class action is seeking recourse for customers in this predicament.
Apple has a generous return policy.
If you buy it and don’t like how it works, you can return it.
If you decide to keep it, how can you sue?
If you buy it and don’t like how it works, you can return it.
If you decide to keep it, how can you sue?
It's a really good point actually
Jelly scroll gives the impression, to the general user who notices it, that software is slightly bugged and that maybe an update could fix it.
At holidays maybe, but the normal 14 days isn't some grand gesture of generosity
The disparity between their holiday return policy (I get the reasons) and their normal policy is a bit jarring actually.
It'd be nice if they were at 30 days as normal.
That is the jest of this whole case. Taking every comment they found online and try to prove that Apple did willfully in some way harm the buying party in such a cruel way to make life for them a forever torture. It had a year warranty, if it was worst than normal, he could have successfully exchanged the product multiple times, to the point that Apple would have just taken it back.
Look at how weak this case is.
They describe the iPad mini 6 base model (64 GB) as a premium product. They fail to show that the user even returned it or exchange it. The lawyers involved are not local, but out of state law firm to the injured party.