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| Apple knows it's selling defective MacBook Pro displays |
A federal judge ruled that in response to a class-action lawsuit against Apple, it was believed that Apple intended to sell the defective MacBook Pro.
The lawsuit was filed for a MacBook Pro theater lighting bug where the backlight appears below the screen and then fails completely.
The judge did not order Apple to do so, but when he found the case to be qualified, he legally believed the allegations were true.
The judge said: The court will also investigate allegations that Apple has deleted forum posts complaining about this case.
Apple initially refused to provide warranty service for the affected hardware then created a display backlight service program to fix the problem with the 13-inch model and not the 15-inch model.
The plaintiff alleged in the class-action lawsuit that Apple continued to sell 15-inch models known to be vulnerable to security breaches without notifying consumers.
A federal judge in California reduced the class-action lawsuit against Apple, but let them continue.
The lawsuit reads: Apple covered the defective screen with its 15-inch MacBook Pro laptop.
Judge (Edward Davila) believes that consumer allegations were that Apple ran extensive testing before its release to establish that Apple was aware of so-called defects.
The judge added that consumer complaints about the so-called defects in the screen must have prepared the company to address this problem.
It is believed that the judge wrote: The court ruled that the combination of past test fees and major customer complaints was sufficient to demonstrate that Apple was aware only of the so-called defects.
The iFixit platform found that the problem was that Apple was using a thinner ribbon cable on affected models, which caused the cable to break. This initially manifested itself as a problem with stage lighting, and constant wear caused the backlight to fail completely.
The company has found that the cable itself can only be exchanged for $ 6. However, this design makes it impossible, as Apple designed the cable as part of the screen and it has apparently tried to make the screen as thin as possible. It cannot be replaced.
This means that when those cables are damaged, the entire screen will have to be replaced in place of the smaller cables, which can turn a $ 6 problem into a $ 600 disaster.
The lawsuit also accused Apple of removing official posts from the support community to file a complaint about the issue. Apple doesn't appear to be denying this, but it has argued that it has nothing to do with the case. The judge disagreed with that statement and said he would provide information to Apple. Lack of design guide.