SAOPAULO – Brazil’s authorities on Tuesday ordered Apple Inc to cease promoting iPhones with out a battery charger within the nation, claiming that the corporate supplies an incomplete product to shoppers.
The Justice Ministry fined Apple 12.275 million reais ($2.38 million) and ordered the cancellation of the sale of the iPhone 12 and newer fashions, along with suspending the sale of any iPhone mannequin that doesn't include an influence charger.
Within the order, printed within the nation’s official gazette, the ministry argued that the iPhone was missing a important element in a “deliberate discriminatory observe in opposition to shoppers”.
The authorities rejected Apple’s argument that the observe had the aim of lowering carbon emissions saying that there isn't a proof of environmental safety from promoting the smartphone with out a charger.
The order comes a day earlier than Apple Inc is predicted to announce its new iPhone mannequin.
Apple declined to touch upon the matter.
($1 = 5.1548 reais)
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