Apple Brazil has reportedly requested the country’s government to allow it to continue selling the iPhone until a final decision is made.
iPhones were seized from carrier stores and authorized reseller shops in Brazil after a federal consumer protection regulator slammed the Cupertino-based tech giant for noncompliance.
Apple iPhones sold without power adapters were seized after a federal consumer protection regulator slammed the Cupertino-based tech giant for non-compliance, while seizing iPhones from carrier stores and the company’s authorized reseller stores Started “Operation Discharge”.
In September, the Brazilian Justice Ministry barred Apple from selling iPhones in Brazil without an in-box power adapter—something it deemed necessary.
Now, despite being fined $2.3 million in September, Apple still failed to comply with the rules, and as a result, now, according to a report from 9to5Google, the company has come under the radar of a federal district-based consumer protection regulator. .
For those unaware, Apple stopped bundling power adapters starting with the iPhone 12 series in 2020. And, according to 9to5Google, “the regulator has ordered a ban on any iPhone model that lacks a charger included in the box.”
Apple Brazil has reportedly requested the country’s government to allow it to continue selling the iPhone until a final decision is made.
Judge Diego Camara Alves allowed Apple to continue selling iPhones in the country until a final ruling, and he doesn’t think Apple is violating any consumer rights. Furthermore, it is believed that the Brazilian regulator is “abusing its power” with this decision.
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