Apple, AT&T sued for iPhone misrepresentations
p2pnet news view | Mobiles:- William J. Gillis jr is suing Apple and AT&T for “false and misleading” advertising and “unlawful” business practices, says Justin McLachlan.
The two partners, “misrepresented the speed, strength and performance of the 3G-bandwidth network,” the complaint says, according to McLachlan.
Gillis is also looking to have his lawsuit certified as a class action, says the story, adding:
“The suit asks for an award of punitive damages to ‘deter and punish’, an injunction forcing Apple and AT&T to tell the public about the iPhone’s true capabilities and compensatory damages from the company’s ‘ill-gotten gains’.”
Real reporters
Meanwhile, to digress somewhat, the story is being widely quoted as having originated with AppleInsider but,” I had the story a full day before them and … they know about it only because of me, the one who sent them a copy of the plaintiff’s complaint when they asked,” says McLachlan.
“I thought nothing of it, I used to share documents with other reporters when asked all the time. (I always credit my non-confidential sources). It’s just good form. Real reporters would know that. I won’t make that mistake again.”
Sadly, big sites hi-jacking stories from smaller ones is a fact of life online. Don’t worry about it.
Justin McLachlan – Apple and AT&T misrepresented the iPhone, says lawsuit, September 2, 2008
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September 3rd, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Before I spend a fortune on a phone and 2 years worth of service… I checked which (and how many) parts of the country had 3G.
Even without *ANY* 3G… the iPhone is still pretty amazing… with no service… and EDGE, Analog, and Wi-Fi.
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:54 pm
No wonder why it takes 2 months to go to court for a parking ticket, These people don’t read anything before they by it. Read the small print it clearly states that twice the speed it will give you but only in 3g areas. Help yourself to some books and stop trying to cheat everyone out of money. Just because you didn’t read your contract doesn’t mean that they were misleading you. We all need to grow a set or our country is going to get even worse then it already is.
September 3rd, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Apple fanbois. You gotta love ‘em.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:29 am
this is dumb. I was at volcano national park last week and got 5 bars of 3g that was plenty fast. In the crater of an active volcano! Works for me.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:40 am
misprepresentation means that
YOU MAKE BIG LETTERS SAYING DOUBLE SPEED
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.then in tiny letters say otherwise after 500 other legalise words.
you also over phone or other communication may neglect to mention things.
ISP’s never misrepresent things do they.
“BELL is not going to honor your contract. PERIOD” – bell representative then they not only charge me early termination fees when i take hte legal right to leave contract without penalty. BUT do not cancel the acocunt and then go after a credit card on the same account after giving hte fees back on my bill
PERFECT example how they try and use the phone to say shit and then just do as they wish.
Also if a EULA or agreement is seen as too one sided you may also find that the side trying to get too much gets in trouble if they take advantage of the other.
( if bell cna charge me 100$ for early termination , why can’t i charge them for terminating my contract just cause they can? )
the above would be 3-4 separate CCTS investigations and could cost the ISP 1000$ per each they decide to investigate.
That threat alone makes em stand up better.