Charlie Sorrel
Gear

Moronic Lawsuit of the Day: iPhone Battery

Had Trijillo or his lawyer cared to check the Apple website, they would have found this statement: A properly maintained iPhone battery is designed to retain up to 80% of its original capacity at 400 full charge and discharge cycles.... The suit also addresses the fact that the battery is soldered in place and is therefore not user replaceable (true), but best of all, listed under "Substantive Allegations", is this zinger: Apple marketed it's [sic] iPhone as a "revolutionary new mobile phone" that incorporates "high technology".

Mwk22WmbFoolish Illinois lawyer Larry Drury didn't bother to actually check the facts before filing a suit for his client Jose Trujillo. Trujillo bought an iPhone and then started to whine that it could only be charged 300 times before the battery would need to be replaced. In a perfect illustration of US litigation culture, he decided to sue Apple. Had Trijillo or his lawyer cared to check the Apple website, they would have found this statement:

A properly maintained iPhone battery is designed to retain up to 80% of its original capacity at 400 full charge and discharge cycles.

Eighty percent capacity? That doesn't sound like it needs to be replaced. The suit also addresses the fact that the battery is soldered in place and is therefore not user replaceable (true), but best of all, listed under "Substantive Allegations", is this zinger:

Apple marketed it's [sic] iPhone as a "revolutionary new mobile phone" that incorporates "high technology".

And? Head over to Gizmodo for scans of the full document.

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