Apple iPhone 7 Users May Be Owed a Slice of a $35 Million Settlement — Here's How to Claim Your Share

Jul 02, 2024 12:54 AM - 4 months ago 57864

Time is moving retired to declare portion of a projected $35 cardinal colony connected a people action suit leveled against Apple 5 years ago.

The lawsuit, revenge successful nan U.S. District Court for nan Northern District of California successful 2019 arsenic Tabak, et al. v. Apple Inc., alleged that nan iPhone 7 and 7 Plus had a faulty audio chip, which led to audio issues and constricted calling and sound features. The iPhone 7 was nan first Apple telephone without an audio jack.

Apple denied nan allegations and agreed to a $35 cardinal people colony successful May 2023 to resoluteness them.

Now iPhone 7 aliases 7 Plus users who knowledgeable audio issues and owned either exemplary betwixt September 16, 2016 and January 3, 2023 could beryllium eligible for a portion of up to $349 of nan projected settlement.

The iPhone 7 connected September 17, 2016. (Photo by Hitoshi Yamada/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The colony applies only to U.S. residents who reported audio issues pinch nan iPhone 7 and 7 Plus to Apple wrong nan specified timeframe, including problems pinch nan telephone speaker, microphone, and receiver.

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Anyone who paid Apple retired of pouch for repairs aliases replacements related to those issues is eligible too.

The costs will beryllium astatine slightest $50 and a maximum of $349 for those who paid Apple for repairs aliases replacements, and up to $125 for anyone who reported nan audio-related issues pinch nan telephone to Apple.

This intends that immoderate could get backmost what they paid Apple for repairs. Apple's statement successful nan colony connection shows that, connected average, customers paid nan tech elephantine $193 to hole nan issues covered successful nan filing.

The deadline to record a declare is July 3. Affected Apple customers tin entree nan declare shape connected the colony website.

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Apple is facing different lawsuits including one successful March from nan Department of Justice alleging anticompetitive practices.

The DOJ targeted Apple's developer fees and said nan institution made it difficult for customers to spell extracurricular its ecosystem.

Apple said nan suit was "wrong connected nan facts and nan law," and nan institution will "vigorously take sides against it."

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