New Lawsuit Against Apple’s Bricking of Unlocked iPhones

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The iPhone has brought Apple a great number of lawsuits, on account of … 1998 states that mobile phone owners have a right to unlock such devices for …

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10 October 2007
Steve Jobs takes its
iPhone to court
By: Elena Balan, Communications News Editor
New Lawsuit Against Apple’s Bricking of Unlocked iPhones
Apple’s in trouble….
The iPhone has brought Apple a great number of lawsuits, on account of various issues.
The company’s recent decision of bricking unlocked handsets has also triggered a great
number of reactions from some users that had to suffer from it.
Apple had to answer in front of the court on the iPhone’s battery changing solution, on its
keyboard and even on a touchscreen copyright matter. This time, it’s about the fact that the
company’s most recent firmware upgrade made all unlocked handsets useless.
The class-action filing complained that “Apple forced plaintiff and the class members to pay
substantially more for the iPhone and cell phone service than they would have paid in a
competitive marketplace either for the iPhone or for AT&T’s cell phone service”. There is
also some legal background for these complaints. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of
1998 states that mobile phone owners have a right to unlock such devices for personal use.
Because of this, Apple’s move to brick unlocked iPhones with the v1.1.1 firmware update…