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Apple sued again for iPhone 3G network woes, iPhone 3G case cracks

The iPhone 3G isn’t just a media magnet, it’s also a lawsuit magnet. Apple has been hit with more lawsuits regarding its market-smashing iPhone 3G than has any other smartphone manufacturer on the planet. The latest lawsuit against the Cupertino-based Apple cites the iPhone 3G’s failure to live up to Apple’s claims that the iPhone 3G is “twice as fast” as the original iPhone. This time around, the lawsuit also cites that Apple is ignoring reports of users finding cracks in their iPhone 3G casing.

The lawsuit, filed in New York district court by Nassau County resident Avi Koschitzki, charges Apple and AT&T of misleading potential customers as to the speed of the iPhone 3G internet connection. The issue at hand is Apple’s knowledge of, and AT&T’s failure to address network insufficiencies that force iPhone 3G users to surf the web at EDGE data speeds, even in areas that should have more than adequate 3G support.

“Based upon information and belief the 3G iPhones demand too much power from the 3G bandwidths and the AT&T infrastructure is insufficient to handle this overwhelming 3G signal based on the high volume of 3G iPhones it and Apple have sold.”

And, as a first for lawsuits filed against the iPhone 3G maker, Koschitzki claims that Apple has filed to act on reports that hairline and more pronounced cracks are starting to affect the iPhone 3G.

“Although Apple was and is aware that the iPhones were and are defective, and that consumers have experienced repeated instances of cracked housing, Apple has nevertheless allowed the defectively designed iPhones to be sold to the public.”

Koschitzki is seeking class-action status for the lawsuit, which may give iPhone 3G users with cracked cases the option to demand compensation for defective iPhone 3G’s.

[Via: CrunchGear]

Lawsuit adds cracks to complaint list for iPhone 3G

A new lawsuit filed over problems with the iPhone 3G has brought forward the question of casing, documents show.

The suit was filed by Avi Koschitzki in a New York district court, and mainly focuses on the common complaint of misrepresenting performance, charging Apple and AT&T with deceiving people about the speed of iPhones on the latter’s 3G network.

Koschitzki’s case is based on “information and belief the 3G iPhones demand too much power from the 3G bandwidths and the AT&T infrastructure is insufficient to handle this overwhelming 3G signal based on the high volume of 3G iPhones it and Apple have sold,” according to his lawyers.

Koschitzki notes that many iPhone owners have been unable to stay on a 3G connection, and are instead being forced to drop to EDGE in areas that should have widespread 3G reception.

The suit is novel for being only the second to introduce the issue of hairline cracks in the iPhone’s casing, which can form around ports and buttons on the device, sometimes before a person has even used it for the first time. “Although Apple was and is aware that the iPhones were and are defective, and that consumers have experienced repeated instances of cracked housing,” reads Koschitzki’s filing, “Apple has nevertheless allowed the defectively designed iPhones to be sold to the public.”

Additional criticisms are leveled over a lack of software updates, namely for application crashes and the aforementioned connection problems. Class-action status is being sought for the suit.

[Thanks: http://www.macnn.com]