US technology giant Apple removed the charging adapter from the boxes with the introduction of the iPhone 12 series. As you can imagine, this situation garnered strong reactions from all over the world. Brazil was also perhaps least pleased with the removal of chargers. The government, by making big moves in this regard, both punished Apple and stopped the company’s iPhone sales on the grounds that it ‘sold incomplete products’.
Now, despite the millions of dollars in fines, it has been reported that Apple still continues to fail to comply with this requirement. Saying that the company is harming its customers by not offering adapters, the government has therefore decided to take a new step on the subject.
iPhones found in retail stores across the country confiscated
Authorities in Brazil have begun confiscating iPhones in retail stores due to Apple’s continued failure to meet the charger requirement. In a report published by Technoblog, it was stated that consumer protection authorities seized hundreds of phones from different stores. It was also stated that the regulator aims to ensure that with this move, Apple complies with local laws that require chargers to be removed from phone boxes.
Apart from these, it was also among the information that the regulator ordered to ban the sale of iPhones without a charger in the box. Although Apple started the system of not putting a charger in the box with the iPhone 12, it later brought this situation to the iPhone 11 with an update. This showed that even the iPhone 11, which was introduced in Brazil 3 years ago, was wanted to be prevented from being sold.
Apple Brazil has appealed to the government following the confiscation of the iPhones, urging them to allow sales until a final decision on the discussion is made. The giant company, in its statements to Technoblog, emphasized that it will continue to sell phones in Brazil despite this operation.
Finally, it should be added that not all Brazil is against this attitude of the company. Judge Diego Camara Alves, who allowed the company to continue iPhone sales until a final decision is made, said in his statements that Apple did not violate any consumer rights. Alves also stated that the Brazilian regulator has abused its power with such decisions and that he thinks the company will win the legal dispute.
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