According to the Global Network report, on December 10, local time, foreign media exposed an important piece of information, which is a class action lawsuit against Apple, according to the content of the lawsuit, it can be seen that Apple's smart watches have battery expansion defects. The plaintiff said that apple's way of manufacturing smart watches has great hidden dangers, directly allowing lithium cobalt oxide batteries to contact the watch screen, if the operation is improper, it will cause disaster. Netizens said that if the battery is in an inflated state, the watch screen will have the risk of popping up, based on this premise, the watch screen will have the risk of damage, once broken, it is easy for the user to be injured.
Apple knew about this hidden danger early on, and the plaintiffs made it clear in the lawsuit that due to the uneven distribution of space inside the Apple smart watch, it could not guarantee 100% security during use. In this lawsuit, a real case was also mentioned, the protagonist named Chris Smith, who purchased the Apple Watch Series 3, which had been used for three years, and one day three years later, the battery in a collision state affected the state of the watch screen, and the screen was damaged, causing one vein in his forearm to be cut.
In the content of the submitted lawsuit, the victim's injury photos can be clearly seen, and it is worth mentioning that Chris Smith is not alone, and there are many "victims" who have been injured due to screen rupture. In addition to this, the lawsuit includes detailed descriptions of other incidents in which apple smartwatch displays fell off but did not cause harm. Informed sources broke the news that in this lawsuit, all of Apple's smart watch models are among them, as long as it is An Apple smart watch, this time they have been sued.
According to the litigants, this huge hidden danger must be solved, once an unexpected situation occurs, it will cause irreparable harm to customers, light economic losses, serious human body will also be harmed, the lawsuit said, Apple's defects have caused a huge psychological shadow on consumers, must be solved in a short period of time. It's also important that, according to the lawsuitrs, Apple was aware of the Watch's problem early on, but the company has been ignoring it.
At present, the plaintiff is still in the rights protection stage, hoping that Apple will bear the cost of replacing the smart watch, and also filed a claim against the company. Experts say this is not the first time Apple has faced litigation over the issue, as early as 2019, Apple has had a similar experience.