Apple iPhone 4, 5 Power Button Class Action Website Active

A website has been established as a landing zone for potential Class Members in an iPhone class action lawsuit.

In January 2019, the Superior Court of California for the County of San Diego certified the following two Classes in an iPhone class action lawsuit:

• iPhone 4 and 4S Class: All California citizens who purchased an iPhone 4 from June 24, 2010 through Oct. 10, 2011 or an iPhone 4S from Oct. 11, 2011 through Sept. 20, 2012, and whose sleep/wake (power) button stopped working or worked intermittently during a one year period from date of purchase.
• iPhone 5 Class: All California citizens who purchased an iPhone 5 smartphones prior to April 1, 2013, and whose sleep/wake (power) button stopped working or worked intermittently during a three year period from date of purchase.

People who had their phones repaired or replaced by Apple due to a non-working sleep/wake button are excluded from the Classes.

Since these two Classes were approved by the court, a website has been established to provide information to the Class.

If a settlement is reached in the iPhone class action or if a court awards compensation, the website will help inform Class Members and provide resources.

In the Apple class action lawsuit’s fourth amended complaint, plaintiffs Anthony Shamrell, Daryl Rysdyk, and Jeffery Muse claim that the power button on the iPhone 4, 4S, and 5 fail before the express warranty on the phones. The failure is allegedly caused by a defect associated with the power button which causes it to fail prematurely.

“The iPhone is immensely important to Apple. The iPhone is Apple’s most popular product and accounts for more than half of Apple’s reported profits,” the iPhone class action lawsuit notes. “Apple chose to launch these iPhones, despite knowing the devices contained power buttons that would malfunction at higher than normal rates.”

When the power button fails on the iPhone models, it can be annoying and a hassle. Customers pay a high price for Apple phones and allegedly do not get their money’s worth when the power button fails.

Despite countless customers complaining about the issue and making warranty claims, Apple allegedly failed to resolve the issue.

Instead of fixing the power button, Apple reportedly replaced the defective iPhones with another iPhone model “containing the same power button defect.”

The company allegedly told customers that the problem was fixed to create the perception that all was well, but this was reportedly false.

A trial for the iPhone class action lawsuit is set to begin on Oct. 25, 2019. To be excluded from either Class, Class Members need to send in their request by Aug. 26, 2019.

The Apple iPhone class action website administrator can be reached at 1-855-336-4060 or by emailing admin@PowerButtonClassAction.com

Class Members are represented by William J. Doyle II, John L. Lowther, and Chris W. Cantrell of Doyle Lowther LLP; and John H. Gomez and Deborah S. Dixon of Gomez Trial Attorneys.

The iPhone 4/4S/5 Power Button Class Action Lawsuit is Shamrell, et al. v. Apple Inc., Case No. 37-2013-00055830-CU-PL-CTL, in the Superior Court of California for the County of San Diego.

UPDATE: November 2019, the California iPhone 4, 4S, 5 power button class action settlement is now open. Click here to file a claim.

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