Yes, you can. You can sue for anything you want. It doesn't mean you'll win though.
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Well said! I hope they get sued in the US too. I wouldn’t like to get $1075 back but $25 for the charging adapter I paid for my iPhone.
This ruling was for only one person but opens up a can of worms for sure. Nothing to keep EVERY Brazilian who purchased a charger free iPhone from trying to get the $$. Apple should try everything to not pay. Ridiculous and sets a bad precedent.
Apple must compensate a Brazilian customer who recently purchased an iPhone for selling the device without a charger included in the box, which violates consumer law, a judge has ruled.
Apple's decision to remove the charger in the box sparked controversy in 2020. Apple claims the move is for environmental reasons, claiming the decision is equivalent to removing nearly 450,000 cars from the road per year.
Nonetheless, the move has sparked some public and legal outcry. In the latest development, a judge in Brazil, a country that has long-questioned Apple's reasoning to remove the accessory, is forcing Apple to compensate a customer nearly $1,075 for the lack of a charger. As reported by Tecmundo:
Last year, Brazil fined Apple $2 million as a punishment for violating consumer law and disrespecting Brazilian customers, according to the head of the consumer group Procon-SP, Fernando Capez.
At one point, it seemed plausible that Brazil would have forced Apple to include a charger in the box for every iPhone sold in the country. Procon-SP said that the charger is an "essential part" of the smartphone experience.
By not providing one alongside the device, Apple was therefore breaching the Brazilian Consumer Defense Code, according to the consumer protection agency. Apple responded by arguing that many customers already have chargers in their homes, adding the environmental benefits of removing the charger and significantly reducing the overall iPhone box footprint.
Article Link: Apple Must Compensate Brazilian Customer Over $1,000 for Selling iPhone Without a Charger, Judge Rules
An you cite the local law that apple must follow? Be specific, since you like to play semantics.
This probably is still against the law in Brazil because again you are now implicitly adding a tie to the sale. They would probably have to make iPhones with and without charger the same price and try and use marketing and advertising to convince consumers to choose the charger free iPhones (if they already have a charger).
The big deal is Apple didn't reduce the price of the iPhone to reflect the removal of the charger. Apple just decided to pocket the money.
Wrong, Apple ignoring the law for years and getting away with it sets a bad precedent. If they have to basically refund half of every iPhone maybe they will actually bother to follow the law.
I paid over $1000 for a phone and they didn't even provide me a goat. Least they could give me store credit for some feta cheese or mutton curry if they truly cared about the environment, not profit. Not including goat products is the stupidest thing that many other companies are following. Disgusting!
iPhone 12 Pro ships with a USB-C to Lightening cable... USB-A charger is worthless.Which model did you choose that didn't work with any of your existing lightning cords and USBA chargers?
(LOL @ people "disagreeing" with a simple question...)
There is nothing wrong with that at the scale apples sells iPhones. The EU wants to apple to be more environmentally friendly and Brazil not so much. We’ll see where this lands.
a simple check box while ordering to either include a charger or credit 30$ into total price would have been the righteous thing to do, anything else is corporate greed. apple is not your friend, they are selling you highly overpriced products with the nr1 goal being turning a hefty profit. people put emotions into places they shouldnt sometimes
Considering I was able to get an iPhone SE 2020 when it first came out where it came with both the power adapter and EarPods and the price remained the same after Apple remove them both... I'm going with Apple pocketed the extra profit by removing them.
How do you know that not including the charger didn't help Apple offset an even bigger price increase incurred in the iPhone from including other technologies or normal year-over-year inflation? It's not like the full retail cost of the charger was included in the price of every previous iPhone. Worst case, it was a $5 component cost, but more likely well under $2.
Can’t fathom huh? Have you missed the last 40 years of electronics? Stop defending a company. They aren’t your friends.
And yet they charge a premium for this component that you deem to be low cost.
You paid almost $1,600 for a phone but the lack of a charger that probably only cost them a couple bucks in parts is where you draw the line on greed? They raked you over the coals on storage pricing and you didn't bat an eye, but having to buy a charger separately, IF you actually needed one, is a bridge too far?
