Apple is in hot water for shipping iphones with hairline cracks in the casing.
The latest court case against the Cupertino outfit says that, not only did Jobs' Mob ship shonky phones with 3G reception that cut out, they also came with hairline cracks that ultimately would lead to the death of the phone.
New Yorker Avi Koschitzki said that that many of the hairline cracks are visible on unopened, unused iPhones.
He claims that Apple willingly and knowingly sold iPhones with the unsightly lines. Of course the cracks in the casing would not be just a cosmetic problem, even if most of Apple's marketing is geared to producing something that looks nice. Cracked casings will ultimately allow moisture into the toy and cause it to go bang, much like my old Apple II did.
If Koschitzki proves his case, it will be the second major build quality issue to hit the Iphone. The other was installing a cheap 3G chipset that had known reception problems in Europe.
"Although Apple was and is aware that the handsets were and are defective, and that consumers have experienced repeated instances of cracked housings, Apple has nevertheless allowed the defectively designed Iphones to be sold to the public," the complaint says.
The 23-page suit, which has been filed in a New York district court by Nassau County resident Avi Koschitzki, also claims that Apple misrepresented the performance of the touchscreen handset by advertising it as "twice as fast" as its predecessor.
Of course we don't think it will damage sales at all. Apple fanboys would buy dog poo if it had an Apple logo on it and Steve Jobs told them it was wonderful.
Apple Insider