
Apple error 53 sting operation caught staff misleading customers, court documents allege | Technology | The Guardian
Australias consumer watchdog carried out a sting operation against Apple whoch it says caught staff repeatedly misleading iPhone customers about their legal rights to a free repair or replacement after a so-called error 53 malfunction, court documents reveal.Australian authorities lodged a high-profile case against Apple this year, after iPhone and iPad customers experienced a malfunction that rendered phones useless if it detects that a repair has been carried out by a non-Apple technician. The fault occurred between late 2014 until early last year.The case, set to go to trial in mid-December, accuses Apple of wrongly telling customers they were not entitled to free replacements or repair if they had taken their devices to an unauthorised third-party repairer.Error 53 fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 Read moreThat advice was allegedly given even where the repair a screen replacement, for example was not related to the fault.
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