Some time ago, the wave of "environmental protection and emission reduction" led by Apple drifted to the side of the new consumers, and the most intuitive feeling is that it is no longer accompanied by a charging head. Even if the previous charging head can be used and does not affect the use, but Apple did not reduce the price of the majority of consumers dissatisfaction, for the first time to buy iPhone users need to re-purchase expensive charging head, Apple also sued the court. In the end, Apple was sentenced to 7,000 yuan per person because the iPhone did not come with a charging head.
The absence of a charging head in the box violates consumer protection laws
According to media reports, a court in Goiânia, Brazil, ruled that Apple did not include a charging head in the iPhone box, violating consumer protection laws, and needed to compensate an iPhone buyer for 5,000 Brazilian reals (about 7,000 yuan), which is almost equivalent to the price of a new 256GB iPhone 13. At present, there is no latest news about the compensation method and whether Apple has fulfilled it.
In response, Judge Van der Rey Serres said that Apple implemented illegal "collocation sales." According to article 39 of the local Consumer Protection Law, "collocation sales" is an abusive and prohibited practice in Brazil, so it is not allowed to sell mobile phones and charging heads separately. And this is not the first time Apple has planted a lead in Brazil, because the local consumer protection agency has fined it $2 million and warned it many times, but Apple has continued. The head of the agency said: In the future, there will be no concessions for Apple until the charging head is included in the iPhone box.
Compared with brazil's rights protection process, the domestic one is a bit shameful.
At present, in the gift of charging heads above, I still appreciate the practice of coarse grains, clear price, anyway are universal, if you choose to give away the packaging of the charging head in accordance with the original price, if you choose not to give the charging head of the package will be a net reduction in the price of the charging head, in order to achieve a relative balance. In my opinion, the same as Apple's non-sending charging head and the App Store's non-opening of third-party payments, the main reason is that the penalty is not enough, if the fine goes up, I do not believe that Apple is not honest.