When Apple launched iPhone 4, users reported reception issues when they held the iPhone in a particular way.
Apple didn't do a good job of handling the Angtennagate controversy, they first said it didn't exist and that users should avoid gripping it in lower corner or use a case, then said that it was due to a software issue, which was quite bizarre, then they admitted it existed but was a industry wide issue and ended up giving a free iPhone 4 bumper case to all users and then stopped the program after a few months saying it didn't exist anymore.
This led a to number of class action lawsuit from iPhone 4 users. CNET reports that Apple has reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit, which claimed:
"Apple was
misrepresenting and concealing material information in the marketing,
advertising, sale, and servicing of its iPhone 4--particularly as it
relates to the quality of the mobile phone antenna and reception and
related software."
CNET reports that the settlement comes from 18 separate lawsuits that were consolidated into one.
As part of the preliminary approval,
Apple has agreed to give all original iPhone 4 users in the U.S. an
iPhone 4 Bumper, which are available for $29 or $15 in cash.
If you're in the U.S. and had bought an
iPhone 4 then you should be able to get information about the settlement
and how to claim it from www.iPhone4Settlement.com (which doesn't seem to be live currently).
Apple is also supposed to be sending
emails to original buyers informing them about the settlement before
April 30, 2012 and users will have 120 days to claim their iPhone 4
bumper or $15 in cash.
Though one can debate if the amount that
Apple is paying is enough or not, the settlement seems to be fair as
all iPhone 4 owners now have the right to claim it.
It remains to be seen how Apple plans to compensate international iPhone 4 users.
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