{"id":105420,"date":"2021-01-25T13:02:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T13:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=105420"},"modified":"2021-01-25T13:02:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T13:02:57","slug":"italy-consumer-association-sues-apple-for-planned-iphone-obsolescence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/italy-consumer-association-sues-apple-for-planned-iphone-obsolescence\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy consumer association sues Apple for planned iPhone obsolescence"},"content":{"rendered":"<figcaption>Apple&#8217;s logo is seen outside flagship store downtown Milan, Italy, October 23, 2018. REUTERS\/Stefano Rellandini<\/figcaption><p>MILAN (Reuters) &#8211; Italian consumer association Altroconsumo said on Monday it had told Apple it has launched a class action against the U.S. tech giant for the practice of planned obsolescence.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Altroconsumo said it was asking for damages of 60 million euros ($73 million) on behalf of Italian consumers tricked by the practice which had also been recognised by Italian authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Altroconsumo said the lawsuit covers owners of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, 6S and 6S Plus, sales of which in Italy totalled some 1 million phones between 2014 and 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Apple said in an email that it had never done anything to intentionally shorten the life of any Apple product, or degrade the user experience to drive customer upgrades.<\/p>\n<p>Two similar lawsuits against Apple have been filed in Belgium and Spain for the planned obsolescence of iPhones.<\/p>\n<p>European consumer association Euroconsumers, which is coordinating the three lawsuits, said it was also planning to launch a class action in Portugal in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-italy-apple-class-action\/italy-consumer-association-sues-apple-for-planned-iphone-obsolescence-idUSKBN29U1BB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple&#8217;s logo is seen outside flagship store downtown Milan, Italy, October 23, 2018. REUTERS\/Stefano RellandiniMILAN (Reuters) &#8211; Italian consumer association Altroconsumo said on Monday it [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":105419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Italy consumer association sues Apple for planned iPhone obsolescence - Fin2me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/italy-consumer-association-sues-apple-for-planned-iphone-obsolescence\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Italy consumer association sues Apple for planned iPhone obsolescence - Fin2me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Apple&#8217;s logo is seen outside flagship store downtown Milan, Italy, October 23, 2018. 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