Good for customers in the US to get some relief even though it is a small amount. Don't know whether they are design issues as I have seen other models of Apple watch having detached screen due to swollen battery.
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Apple Watch Swollen Battery Settlement Payments Arriving This Week
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Is there a similar class action lawsuit in the UK? (Or it might be called a ... Group Litigation or GLO)
The settlement of a US class action is naturally only going to apply to impacted customers in the US, but perhaps similar claims could be successfully litigated in other jurisdictions too.
Same. The Series 3 I bought for my mother lasted just over a year, at which point the battery swelled and pushed the screen off the case. Apple wanted almost the cost of buying a new watch to fix it. 🫤
I would differ, it is more like buying a single Mentos. But either way, it is a lot of money - just not for Apple.
My natural gas bill allows you to make a payment even if your balance is zero. So I always load up prepaid cards to this bill ending up with a negative account balance much of the year.
I’ve had so many apple watches with swollen batteries replaced in the last 7 years that this would make me… a thousandaire. 😄 If I lived in the US.
But also 99% of the units have been replaced free of charge as a part of apple’s quality program, so I don’t see how somebody felt the urge to sue them over it. Sounds like a shakedown to me.
But also 99% of the units have been replaced free of charge as a part of apple’s quality program, so I don’t see how somebody felt the urge to sue them over it. Sounds like a shakedown to me.
Annoying but at the same time I think $20 is a pretty nominal amount of cash as compensation.
Reminds me of a pay-out I got from the USA after a site called 'Macs 4 All' charged me ~$600 for a CPU upgrade (for a G4 cube back in the day) and never delivered as it was a scam shop that only shipped ~50% of orders (so was semi-legit but got caught in the end). Many years later I received a ~$10 cheque from the US Federal Reserve as compensation.
I framed it instead of cashing it as I thought it was hilarious. Wish I got my $600 back though.
I must have missed something, what's Masimo done that's making them come across as shifty? I think to most people who've been following this it's Apple that massively comes across as the 'shifty' party.
I'm not a fan of class action lawsuits for this reason, too. It's not like Apple designed a faulty product... batteries swell. Was this an issue of Apple declining to help customers whose warranties expired, or not covering this issue under an active warranty? I'm not sure how $25 helps an individual. Really just a waste of everybody's time, except the lawyers.
Yeah my series 0 swole and died. Apple replaced. They knew. The lawyers screwed us over by not including us in some coverage for damages.
Wasn’t quiet. I submitted it for repair and said to give me an estimate. They entered it into the system, got a text about picking it up, and was told it was free, all with Apple paperwork and everything.
Good idea. Never thought of using all the stupid gift card remainders to pay utilities. They don’t care how many micropayments they get.
Read the article. More than just replacement.
“Apple was accused of knowing about the defect and selling the Apple Watch models anyway, with the plaintiffs seeking general, special, incidental, statutory, punitive, and consequential damages, as well as the costs for replacing their Apple Watches.”
The trackpad on my Intel MBP stopped working years back and after I opened it up I saw the battery all Swoled and obviously pressing the “buttons” from the inside out. Replaced the battery, trackpad worked again.
How were you damaged? Did you suffer mental anguish when your device broke and Apple promptly repaired or replaced it for free?
The settlement is stupid. It gives money to people who suffered no damage but hardly makes whole the people who did suffer and had to pay for the repair.
At least it’s not $25 in Itchy and Scratchy dollars.
The settlement is stupid. It gives money to people who suffered no damage but hardly makes whole the people who did suffer and had to pay for the repair.
At least it’s not $25 in Itchy and Scratchy dollars.
They didn’t leave spare room in the case for known expansion is the argument I would assume.
Yup and they don’t care if you use the rebate card(s) for a partial payment or even more than your owed balance, thereby running a credit. Even if you moved before burning through your credit balance (unlikely for most!) the utility company would eventually cut you a check.