Class Action on Smartphones May Expand to Other Manufacturers, Says Lawyer
The lawyer who filed companion lawsuits alleging Apple and Samsung are shortchanging the public on the screen-resolution specs on which they market their smartphones won’t rule out targeting additional manufacturers. “That depends on what comes to us,” attorney C.K. Lee…
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told us Monday, when asked if he plans more lawsuits. The iPhone X, XS and XS Max smartphones lack their “advertised” screen resolutions and screen sizes in violation of consumer protection laws in all states, alleged last week's complaint (in Pacer) in U.S. District Court in San Jose (see 1812140052). Nearly three dozen models of Samsung smartphones dating to 2010 were marketed with “nominal” screen resolutions that “misleadingly count false pixels,” said the complaint against Samsung (in Pacer) in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. Apple and Samsung didn’t comment.