Apple iPhone charger class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: Elizabeth Steines filed a class action lawsuit against Apple Inc.
- Why: Steines claims Apple misleads consumers by not including a charger with the sale of a new iPhone device.
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in Illinois federal court.
Apple misleads consumers by not including a charger with the purchase of a new iPhone, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff Elizabeth Steines claims Apple began selling iPhones without the charger last year. Apple’s failure to include a charger with a new iPhone sale is not adequately disclosed to consumers, who are left unaware they purchased “an incomplete Product, devoid of essential functionality,” according to the Apple class action.
Apple only discloses in small print on the back of the iPhone product’s box that the iPhone Lighting Cable, power adapter and headphones are sold separately, the Apple class action states.
Steines argues that, by selling the iPhone without a charger, the product is “not adequate for its intended use, which was to function as a phone and mini-computer, because it requires power or energy to operate.”
Steines claims further that consumers who buy a new iPhone and don’t already own a charger are forced to spend more money to purchase one, ultimately increasing the price of the product, according to the lawsuit.
“When Defendant removed the charger, not only was the price of the Product not correspondingly reduced by the amount of the power adapter, the price increased, unrelated to other added functionality which could justify this increase,” the Apple class action states.
Apple claims environment as reason to not include iPhone charger with purchase
Apple claims its decision not to include a charger with an iPhone purchase is environmental, according to the Apple class action.
Steines argues, however, that Apple “could have taken other measures to promote environmental sustainability” instead of allegedly “rendering the Product non-functional unless an additional purchase was made.”
Apple is accused of unjust enrichment, fraud, negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract, as well as violating the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act, several state consumer fraud acts and the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.
Steines demands a jury trial and requests declaratory and injunctive relief along with an award of monetary, statutory and/or punitive damages for herself and all class members.
She wants to represent an Illinois class and multistate consumer fraud class of individuals who have purchased a new iPhone during the statute of limitations for each alleged cause of action.
Consumers filed a separate class action lawsuit against Apple earlier this month, arguing the company ignored privacy advocates by releasing AirTag devices that can be used by stalkers and abusers to track their victims.
Have you purchased a new iPhone from Apple that did not come with a charger? Let us know in the comments!
The plaintiff is represented by Spencer Sheehan of Sheehan & Associates, P.C.
The Apple iPhone charger class action lawsuit is Steines, et al. v. Apple Inc., Case No. 3:22-cv-03099, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
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1,563 thoughts onApple class action claims new iPhones don’t come with chargers
I purchased iPhone and had no charger
Please add me to this complaint, as I too, bought an Apple 13 Pro without the essential charger, and I ended up paying extra to add to my phone purchase!?!
Have purchased several Apple products since thy began no longer including the means of charging.
I bought two iphone without charger. Add me
Add me
Yes I have purchased an iPhone that did not come with the charger or ear buds
I brought a iphone and it didn’t come with a charge or the airpod
I bought iPhone recently and no charger. Plus it’s not the same kind as other iPhones.
Please add me.
yeah, I bought a new iphone pro 14 and obviously it doesn’t come with a charger. Apple got rid of that a while ago. Honestly, this isn’t a good class action lawsuit. Everyone has chargers by now. These should come without cables + chargers. We don’t need more waste. Things will be better soon once Apple is forced to switch to usb c charging so that’s one less cable for everyone.
This is laughable at best. The sales pages on the Apple website show you exactly what you get (or don’t get) in words AND pictures. Also it was announced repeatedly in articles that Apple was keeping the costs down by not including chargers. You have to be a sad sort of stupid not to get that you don’t get a charger. And no, I don’t work for Apple. I just think people need to start taking responsibility and not blaming everyone else for their own stupidity and to make a quick buck.
Bought my son new iphone 13, it didn’t come with a charger. Had buy one for him.