If batteries were replaceable, this wouldn't be an issue. You can qualify a battery as a consumable item if it can be easily replaced. Because Apple decided to glue batteries in (both in their phones and in their computers), it's no longer a consumable item unless the entire gadget is qualified as a consumable.
Why aren’t they suing Samsung then? What about all the other devices with non user replaceable batteries? Why just Apple? I’d like to see you explain this.
Per the article, the class action is a multi-part action. It's concerned with the battery durability and AppleCare. Specifically, how AppleCare is sold with regards to the Consumer Protection Act. Samsung doesn't sell AppleCare. From a practical standpoint, they can't sue everybody at the same time. So they, like anyone with common sense, would choose to go after the biggest purse to potentially get the largest ROI from the time and resources committed to the action. Hypothetically, a successful suit against Apple could give them enough of a war chest to chase other vendors, but they can't attack on multiple fronts simultaneously.
I just re-read the article and it sounds like AppleCare is included but not a necessary part of the suit (i.e. it applies to all iPhones whether the buyer purchased AppleCare or not)
From the article: "..the class action also alleges that consumers were not informed of the legal gaurantee avaialble to them under Quebec's Consumer Protection Act. Law firm Vathilakis has stated that Apple has a responsibility to disclose to customers the guarantees provided by the act prior to purchasing AppleCare."
To me that reads as if they're alleging the way AppleCare is sold (not informing customer guarantee available under the QCPA) violates the QCPA. It seems separate from the battery allegation. That's why I said it's a multi-part action. Looking at it, I guess it could be interpreted another way. Regardless of interpretation it still serves the purpose of responding to lkrupp's query of why no one else was sued.
Yeah, I read the ‘also’ and interpreted that to mean that it wasn’t just AppleCare, but was related to the batteries themselves. Who knows. It may be both.
If you can even argue that a consumable is a problem, how is this magically a problem for only Apple smartphones? Oh right, deep pockets from a single company ... suit filed by ambulance-chasing law firms, not consumers ...
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