As the deliberated degradation of older iPhone, there is the growing number of lawsuit in South Korea. According to domestic consumers, they filed a lawsuit against Apple, the US smartphone maker for a collective damage last January 11th.

On the 11th, Consumer Sovereign Citizens' Assembly, citizen group, put in a claim for damages against Apple Korea and the US head office of Apple. Users of iPhone took part in the action of lawsuit, which is 122 people. Nevertheless, Apple knows the fact, but they did not notice the consumers that when you update the software, older iPhone will erode ability and speed. According to Hannuri, the number of applicants for class action lawsuits closed at 12:00 pm on 11th was over 380,000. However, the number of iPhone users participating in the class action litigation centered on the sovereignty of the consumers is 122 persons. The claimed amount will be changed to 2.2 million won, providing one million won for new cell phones and psychotic victims.

▲ A press conference was filed for the first collective damages claim against Apple iPhone.

On the 28th of last month, Apple Korea posted a message on its website to inform its customers about the battery and performance of the iPhone, which was "I understand that there are some people who are disappointed in Apple and apologize sincerely. However, it was a judged misunderstanding of the various claims and was stopped by an excuse. The latest products, 'iPhone X' and 'iPhone 8', are trying to hide and conceal their performance. There was a lot of misconception about this, according to Apple. They have not done this deliberately to delay the product's life cycle or reduce the user experience. Also, Apple said it will cut battery replacement costs from $ 79 to $ 29 for the iPhone 6 and later models by the end of the year.

▲ They are new iPhone, iPhoneX and iPhone8.

Citizen groups that have led class action lawsuits are expected to continue the second and third lawsuits in the future. In addition to asking Apple for civil liability, it plans to file a criminal complaint.

▲ It is a wepsite for suing Apple.

Jan.20th, by 김윤서