One iPhone 3G User Claims Apple Crippled Her Smartphone And Is Suing

Common sense tells us that smartphones produced today will be better than those produced a year or two ago. But, is that against the law? One iPhone 3G owner believes so. Biana Wofford has alleged that Apple has wronged her and others when it released iOS 4 earlier this year. According to a lawsuit filing in the Superior Court of California for San Diego, Wofford alleges the iOS 4 update crippled her iPhone 3G. She believes Apple did this because it wanted to force users to purchase its newer iPhone 4 model. Infinite Loop states:

According to Wofford's complaint, Apple knew that the update from iOS 3.x would turn her iPhone 3G into a "device with little more use than that of a paper weight." She also criticized Apple over the difficulty in downgrading to a previous operating system without having to become a "hacker"—indeed, it's no simple task for average users to roll back if they have already upgraded to the newest operating system.

"Even though Apple has actual knowledge of thousands of complaints from iPhone 3G/3GS consumers, Apple does not allow for those same users/consumers of third generation devices to download and re-install earlier and optimized iOS3.x operating system without resorting to 'hacker' tactics that will void Apple warranties and violate iPhone user agreements," Wofford wrote.

Wofford hopes that her filing will lead to a class action suit against Apple. What do you think? Does Wofford have a case? Leave your comments below.

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