Two Lawsuits Filed Against Apple And AT&T Over Lack Of MMS
August 14, 2009
AT&T's lack of communication and progress is about to cause Apple some new headaches. According to AppleInsider, two new class-action lawsuits have been filed this week against Apple and AT&T over the lack of MMS capabilities on the iPhone.
The two class-action lawsuits, one of which was filed in Illinois and the other in Louisiana, include identical language to describe the lack of MMS on the iPhone.
"Apple advertised heavily that the new version of iPhone, the 3G, as well as the even newer version, the 3GS, would allow MMS," the suits read. "Apple's print and video advertisements in and on television, the Internet, radio, newspapers, and direct mailers all touted the availability of MMS."The complainants allege that they were mislead about MMS when they initially purchased their iPhones.
The suits claim that both AT&T and Apple store representatives "misrepresented and/or concealed, suppressed, or omitted material facts as to the iPhone having MMS functionality."Apparently the individuals involved in the suit claim that they expected MMS to be available immediately after they downloaded the new iPhone OS 3.0 software even though Apple noted that MMS would be coming to AT&T "later in the summer." The suits claim that both AT&T and Apple practiced in "deception, fraud, false pretense, false promise, misrepresentation and unfair practices" because they willingly concealed this information from their customers. The Louisiana suit will be composed of at least 10,000 individuals, while the Illinois suit claims to be composed of at least 100,000. It's understandable that people are upset over the lack of MMS. I think the "later this summer" window is about to pass (or has passed?), and not so surprisingly without a peep from AT&T. Do any of you feel deceived by Apple and AT&T over the lack of MMS? Or is it something you expected to happen from the very beginning?