Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Two Floridians sue Apple iPhone feature that increases the phone bill – MiamiDiario.com

The technology company Apple is facing a class action by a new feature of the iPhone smartphone that allows phones to connect to the data plan when the wireless signal is weak.

The plaintiffs, Scott Phillips and Suzanne Schmidt of Florida, raised a class action before the District Court in San Jose (California) to object to your phone bill skyrocketed because of this new feature of the iPhone.

Philips and Schmidt say the company should pay the costs of this bill and those of other users with similar problems, the cost of which allegedly amount to five million dollars.

The lawsuit, which was filed on Friday leaked to the media, and the text is published in full in the Scribd website.

The function in question, Wi-Fi Assist, makes connecting to the mobile data plan when the wireless internet signal is weak, which has provoked complaints from users with limited calling plans, which as bills soar beyond that limit.

The company based in Cupertino (California) has not acted on the request, although published this month in the web guidance on the Wi-Fi Assist in warning that the telephone bill could increased if this function

is not deactivated

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