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What? Another iPhone Lawsuit?

Posted October 9, 2007 8:00 AM by Jovan Washington
Categories: Apple News Scoop 

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Perhaps we all should play a game—perhaps a drinking game? Here are the rules: Whenever you hear about or see an Apple lawsuit, you drink!

Last week, it was someone complaining about the $200 price drop on the iPhone. Today, it’s a California resident, Timothy Smith, claiming that Apple has violated state antitrust laws by forcing you to use your iPhone with AT&T, preventing unlocking for other carriers, and bricking phones that have been unlocked. Very similar to Damian Fernández’s lawsuit.

Smith doesn’t quote a figure for damages in the suit, but asks for an injunction that would bar Apple from selling the iPhone with a software lock in place. At the moment, Smith is the only plaintiff in the suit.

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  1. Well let’s sue all manufactures and carriers for their exclusive phones! And the Federal Government for allowing this, and Apple for just existing, and consumers for accepting the contractual conditions for using a cell phone submitted by the carrier and/or the manufacturer. If you don’t like a locked phone DO NOT BUY IT. Law suits is just what this country needs so we can enjoy a competitive market (yeah right!). So far I’m enjoying my iPhone as is with AT&T. I have been using phone PDAs for years and always a client of AT&T. Not a single service problem that I can really complain and that they did not take care of immediately.

    Posted by GMH on October 10, 2007 9:42 AM

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