Jackson Cane
Staff Writers
On Friday, Dec. 14, a lawsuit was filed
accusing Apple’s iPhone X series display specs and how they aren’t accurate to
what they say. There were two plaintiffs that filed the suit in the U.S.
District Court of Northern California alleging Apple falsely advertised both
the screen sizes and pixel counts of the displays in its iPhone X, iPhone XS
and iPhone XS Max phones.
Apple
claimed when these phones first came out it was all screen, but as others are
discovering, they really aren’t. As reported in the New York Times, a 55-page
complaint was filed by two plaintiffs accusing the company of false
advertising. For example, the iPhone X's screen size is supposed to be 5.8
inches, but the plaintiffs measured that it's "only about 5.6875
inches." Many users may look at this and not really care, but other users,
such as the plaintiffs, care about it and know they are being lied to.
They
also allege about the iPhone X series and their screen resolutions. They claim
they have a lower screen resolution then what they think they are getting. The
iPhone X is supposed to have a resolution of 2436x1125 pixels, but the phone
doesn't have any true pixels with red, green and blue subpixels in each pixel,
according to the plaintiffs. iPhone X allegedly only has two subpixels per
pixel, which is less than what they say. The most surprising thing that they
claim about this is that the iPhone 8 Plus has a higher-quality screen than
iPhone X.
If
this lawsuit is elevated to a class action, there could be many people in the
world being affected but a ton of users are affected at the New Hope-Solebury
High School where the iPhone is far and away the preferred mobile device. When
the newer iPhones dropped, tons of teens got it. Even though most of the people
buying the phone do not really care about a miniscule screen change, Apple
would probably do something with people being affected with the phone.
As
something this big for Apple, this isn’t the first time they have been accused
over a flaw or falsely advertised product. Tons of customers in March of 2018
sued Apple in a total of 59 separate lawsuits over a software change that
supposedly slowed down some older iPhones. The company claimed it was done to
conserve battery while plaintiffs charged it was a marketing scheme to buy new
ones.
In the end
of the day, millions across the globe still will use the revolutionary device
that changed the world. From kids to teens to adults to elders, it will remain
one of the top devices on the market.
