Apple and AT&T under attack

In an interesting turn of events Apple and AT&T are now being sued by a consortium of consumers for the latest firmware update to the Apple iPhone. No paltry list of charges either — California Business and Profession’s Code, The Cartwright Act, The Sherman Act, The Federal Trade Commission Act, The Communications Act of 1934, and The Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Now does this suit have a prayer? Probably not as most likely it will be settled out of court. Alternately nullified by certain provisions of the DMCA. But it does show that with any closed platform dependent on a multilevel producer-consumer architecture is doomed if the product does not meet expectations. The enumerable battery, screen and memory failures is high in the iPhone. Not only that but the dealer network supporting this product is more likely to blame the customer than the shoddy quality control by Apple.
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Photo Attribution: Industrial Light and Magic.