Is iPhone 4 sweating yet"?
Two separate complaints were filed against Apple Inc. in federal court in San Francisco on 30 June, accusing the company of unfair business practices and false and misleading advertising because of reception problems with its new iPhone 4.
The two lawsuits were filed separately by a New Jersey resident and a Massachusetts resident. They had bought the new iPhone 4 and seek to represent other buyers of the new mobile phone in a class action, or group, lawsuit.
The iPhone 4 was launched on 24 June but criticism surfaced over diminishing signal strength when users cover the bottom left corner of the phone with their palm.
Apple has sold 1.7 million iPhone 4 within the first three days of its launch, making it the fastest selling gadget Apple has launched to date.
Apple has recommended that users either hold the phone differently or use a case to avoid the problem. Apple sells its own iPhone 4 cases in six colours for US$29 each. The case is made of a piece of rubber – called a “bumper” – surrounding the outer rim of the mobile phone.
Bloomberg reports that “Dydyk, in his complaint, asked that Apple ship a bumper for free to customers who pre-ordered an iPhone 4 before its release or that the company be ordered to pay for customers’ bumpers.”