The Brazilian court fines Apple $19 million for marketing iPhones without charging cables and imposed a sales ban on all iPhones without chargers. The Cupertino corporation was once more hit with a hefty fine for the same offense today.
The Sao Paulo civil court on Thursday or the Brazilian court fines Apple $19 million and ruled that all new iPhones sold in the nation must include battery chargers, according to a Reuters report.
Reason behind Brazilian court fines Apple $19 million
Judge Caramuru Afonso Francisco also mandated in his decision that Apple furnish chargers to all Brazilian customers who bought iPhone 12 or iPhone 13 devices in the previous two years. It can still be appealed further because it is not a final ruling.
According to the court’s ruling, “it is apparent that, under the rationale of a “green initiative,” the defendant forces the consumer to buy charging adaptors that were previously included with the product.”
Due to the same issue, Apple was already penalized by Brazil’s justice ministry and prohibited from selling the iPhone 12 and 13 without chargers. The tech giant responded by claiming that leaving out the power adaptor has positive environmental effects and reduces waste.
Apple stopped including chargers with its phones with the release of the 2020 iPhone 12 series. As a result, premium gadgets from other manufacturers, including Samsung and Google, no longer come with power adaptors.
In related developments, EU parliamentarians recently adopted a new directive requiring manufacturers to provide USB-C as a standard charging connector across a variety of devices by 2024. This will compel Apple to use USB-C chargers for its forthcoming iPhone models.
