Apple & AT&T Being Sued over iPhone Battery Replacement
July 30, 2007 2:56 PM | AT&T | Apple | Comments (1)
| Apple and AT&T are being sued by Jose Trujillo, an iPhone owner, over the fee consumers must pay for replacing the iPhone battery. Consumer rights group, Foundation for Consumer and Taxpayer Rights, have also been attacking Apple and AT&T over this issue. Apple is charging $79 plus $6.95 for shipping costs to replace the iPhone battery. Ouch! It will take 3 business days, however, for an additional $29 Apple users can rent a loaner iPhone. The iPhone battery is soldered inside of the device and it cannot be changed by users. It's not understood why Apple would have this goofy policy for replacing the iPhone’s battery. With all the technology available today, why can't users replace their own battery? There are ways around soldering. This is just a money-making scheme for Apple. The Foundation for Consumer and Taxpayer Rights claims that Apple and AT&T didn't announce their battery replacement policy before launching the iPhone. Consumers should have been given notice before they purchased the device. |  |
Apple has stated that the iPhone battery will need to be replaced after 300-400 charges. For some users, this means their iPhone battery will need to be replaced every 10 months. To see when your iPhone battery may need replacing visit PC Magazine iPhone Death Widget.
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Posted by: monika | August 21, 2008 11:23 AM
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