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Apple raised controversy during the announcement of the iPhone 12 a few months ago after that decided to do without the charger and headphones in their new cell phones, which they attribute to reduce environmental impact and the first millionaire fine has already fallen.
The sites Tilt and MacRumors reported that the consumer protection agency Procon-SP from São Paulo Brazil has imposed a fine on the apple company with nearly 10.55 million reais, about $ 1.92 million for not including the current charger in the new iPhone, as well as the new production run of the iPhones old.
According to Procon-SP, the measure of Apple it was “a violation of the country’s consumer protection code” and they informed the company of the fine in December. The response reiterated that it would reduce CO2 emissions and rare earth mining as many customers ‘already had spare chargers’.
The CEO of Procon-SP Fernando Capez, he assured it they had to respect Brazilian lawsas the South American country is one of the largest telephony markets in the world and challenging these markets presents a risk of losing business, showing that the response Apple did not convince them.
The fine Brazil also refers to alleged misleading claims, since Apple he would have refused to fix it iPhones who have sustained water damage despite having a warranty as they stated at launch that the devices are waterproof for a long time.
It’s hardly the first fine, though Apple I could follow in the footsteps of Samsung, a company that gave in to pressure and agreed to it Procon-SP including the charger in presale orders of the Galaxy S21