Judge Orders Apple To Pay Brazilian Man $1K For Not Including Charger With His iPhone

Apple Ordered To Pay Man $1K For Not Including Charger With His iPhone

A judge in Brazil has ordered Apple to pay one of their customers $1,000 for not including a charger with their latest iPhone.

A male customer is expected to receive $1,000( 5,000 Brazilian real) from the company after Judge Vandelei Caires Pinheiro ruled in favor of his lawsuit.

Pinheiro claims Apple violated Brazil’s Article 39 of the Consumer Code and deemed it a “tie sale” which is considered an abusive practice by not including a charger with the iPhone.

 

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According to article 39 of the Consumer Code (CDC), “tie sale” is an abusive and prohibited practice in Brazil, so it is not allowed to sell cell phones and chargers separately. Therefore, Apple is being sentenced to selling an iPhone model and charger separately to a consumer in the city of Goiânia.

According to the result issued by Judge Vanderlei Caires Pinheiro, of the 6th Civil Court of Goiânia, Apple must compensate the consumer R$ 5 thousand for carrying out the “tie sale” of the company’s devices,” the judge said in a statement.

Android Authorityreports a tie sale is defined as a practice of forcing a consumer to purchase two products in order to make them work. Apple argued in court that most people who owned previous iPhone models already have chargers.

Back in 2020, the company announced in a statement that they would stop including charges with their cellphones and claimed it was more environmentally friendly.