Again in September, the Brazilian Ministry of Justice ordered the suspension of iPhone gross sales within the nation after deciding that Apple harms customers by promoting the product with out the ability adapter. Apple has continued promoting iPhones in Brazil regardless of the ban, and a Brazilian courtroom on Tuesday fined Apple – as soon as once more – for not together with the accent within the telephone’s field.
Brazilian courtroom desires to pressure Apple to ship iPhones with a charger
This time, the choice got here from a courtroom within the state of São Paulo. In keeping with the decide (through Reuters), what Apple does is a “tie-in sale” since there are customers who don’t have a appropriate energy adapter at dwelling and are compelled to purchase a brand new one, which has been offered individually since 2020.
Apple, after all, claims that it not ships the iPhone with the ability adapter included as a approach to scale back carbon emissions and digital waste. Nonetheless, the Brazilian courtroom believes that that is only a means for the corporate to make more cash by promoting its personal equipment.
Because of this, Apple was fined R$100 million (which is about $19 million) by the São Paulo Courtroom of Justice. The courtroom additionally ordered Apple to incorporate the ability adapter in iPhones offered in Brazil. Apple has mentioned that it’s going to attraction the choice, simply because it did when the Brazilian Ministry of Justice ordered a halt to iPhone gross sales within the nation.
Beforehand, Apple had already gathered greater than R$20 million (about $3.7 million) in fines in Brazil for not promoting iPhones with a charger included. After all, the corporate’s determination to attraction the ruling buys some additional time to maintain promoting the units in Brazil whereas it prepares its protection in courtroom.
It’s price noting that pre-orders for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Professional started in Brazil final week, with the official launch set for this Friday. At the least for now, the telephones will ship with out a charger included.
Earlier this yr, Samsung was hit with the identical requirement in Brazil. Nonetheless, not like Apple, the South Korean firm determined to be compliant with the Brazilian authorities and is now together with the plug adapter with its newest merchandise, such because the Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Galaxy Z Fold 4.
USB-C might turn into obligatory in Brazil
However the dispute between Apple and the Brazilian authorities might not cease there. The Brazilian telecom regulatory company, also called Anatel, has proposed that each smartphone offered within the nation ought to undertake USB-C as a regular.
Unsurprisingly, this aligns with the current European Union determination, which will even pressure Apple to undertake USB-C within the iPhone beginning in 2024. The US Senate can be contemplating an identical proposal, which implies that the Lightning connector could also be in its final days.
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