Apple has agreed to pay out a weighty $ 53 million to settle a lawsuit which saw the fellowship accuse of not right observe warrant of iPhone and iPod Touches , report Wired .
The settlement should in hypothesis see ten of thousands of Apple customers , previously deny repairs or replacement computer hardware under warrantee , receive cash payouts . It ’s amusing to note , however , that Apple admits no wrongdoing in the colonization ( see PDF below ) .
The case revolves around a white magnetic tape indicator , embedded in the iPhone and iPod Touch , which was used to evaluate the effects of water damage . If it turned pinkish or cherry — supposedly from the presence of water — Apple refused to repair the hardware . But the tape producer , 3 meter , has said that humidity — not lineal H2O exposure — could actually cause that change .
So , if you were resist warranty divine service over piddle photograph for a the original iPhone , iPhone 3 G , iPhone 3GS , or a first- , second or third - generation iPod Touch , you could be in for a payout . The sums are expected to be in the region of $ 200 . [ wire ]
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