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04-06-2017, 01:18 PM
Apple faces legal action for refusing to repair iPhones bricked by 'error 53'
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Remember the dreaded "error 53 (http://mashable.com/2016/02/05/iphone-error-53/)?" Apple apologised for the bug (http://mashable.com/2016/02/18/apple-fixes-error-53/) in early 2016, when it turned out its iPhone 6 and 6 Plus smartphones were being bricked if the user had the home button repaired somewhere other than Apple.
**w Australia's top consumer watchdog is taking on the company for allegedly refusing to fix defective devices if they'd been repaired by an unauthorised third party—even if the repair was for something unrelated to the bug, like a *****ed screen.
SEE ALSO: Rental bidding startup seems good for landlords. Tenants? **t so much. (http://mashable.com/2017/04/05/rentberry-app-australia/)
On Thursday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) an**unced it was beginning proceedings in Federal Court against Apple for "false, misleading, or deceptive representations about consumer rights." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/05/apple-error-53-accc-iphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Remember the dreaded "error 53 (http://mashable.com/2016/02/05/iphone-error-53/)?" Apple apologised for the bug (http://mashable.com/2016/02/18/apple-fixes-error-53/) in early 2016, when it turned out its iPhone 6 and 6 Plus smartphones were being bricked if the user had the home button repaired somewhere other than Apple.
**w Australia's top consumer watchdog is taking on the company for allegedly refusing to fix defective devices if they'd been repaired by an unauthorised third party—even if the repair was for something unrelated to the bug, like a *****ed screen.
SEE ALSO: Rental bidding startup seems good for landlords. Tenants? **t so much. (http://mashable.com/2017/04/05/rentberry-app-australia/)
On Thursday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) an**unced it was beginning proceedings in Federal Court against Apple for "false, misleading, or deceptive representations about consumer rights." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/05/apple-error-53-accc-iphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Iphone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Consumer Law (http://mashable.com/category/consumer-law/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Accc (http://mashable.com/category/accc/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Iphone 6 Plus (http://mashable.com/category/iphone-6-plus/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Iphone 6 (http://mashable.com/category/iphone-6/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/kUxX4ZlArLM