If you're living in the US, then you should feel lucky. The reason is simple - lawsuits against a company like Apple have a lot of chances to succeed, as long as you're not going to sue them because your iPhone doesn't work after you used it as a target, after buying a Desert Eagle... and when I say "3G lawsuit," things are clear - it happened before, it happens as we speak, and it's going to happen again - most chances are that angry iPhone users will win.
Just look at this - Apple got sued four times in just two weeks because of the old 3G performance problems, as well as hairline cracks in the casing!
Last week, for example, a 14-page complaint from Jason Medway said "Despite knowledge that the iPhone 3G cannot maintain consistent 3G service, defendant continues to solicit new orders in a multimillion-dollar television and print advertising campaign for the iPhone 3G. Apple simply replicated the problems by providing consumers with replacement phones and thus subject to the same issues which prompted the replacements."
While that was happening in California, now Florida residents Onel Gonzalez and Ron J. Brayteson filed a 24-page complaint, demanding statutory, compensatory, as well as punitive damages (plus interest!) because Apple is "continuing to disseminate false and misleading advertising."
At the same time, Timothy Ritchie, located in New Jersey, filed his own 23-pages complaint, basically with the same demands as Gonzalez and Brayteson.
Tough times, Apple, heh? Well, a birdie told me the next-gen iPhone should arrive this summer, and maybe that one will set things right, once and for all. Until then, we'll surely see some more 3G lawsuits, but that's life - if you can sue them and get their money, why not do it?
SUPPLEMENTSINFO, on February 04, 2009
thats an example to the companies to keep what they're promoting