The latest lawsuit against Apple accused a lie about the display specs of the iPhone X series. The lawsuit filed in the Northern District Court in California, states that Apple falsely advertised the screen size and the number of pixels in the iPhone X, iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max.
The lawsuit alleges that Apple lied on the size of the screen, considering the non-screen areas like the notch and the corner.
“Images that disguise the missing pixels on the products’ screens are prominent on the Defendant’s website, as well as in the advertisements of retailers who sell the products,” the 55 page complaint reads. “These images were relied on by Plaintiff DAVIS, who believed that the iPhone XS and XS Max would not have a notch at the top of the phone.”
According to the lawsuit, the iPhone X screen is approx 5.6865 inches due to the rounded corners, which is somewhat smaller than Apple’s rated 5.8 inches. Because of the rounded corners and notch, the lawsuit claims that the real resolution of the device is 2195 x 1125, which is about 10% less than Apple advertised it.
The lawsuit also allege that the iPhone X series devices have lower screen resolution than what Apple advertised. iPhone X is estimated to have a resolution of 2436×1125 pixels, but the device doesn’t contain true pixels with red, green and blue subpixels in each pixel, the complaint adds. iPhone X allegedly only has two subpixels per pixel, which is less than advertised, according to the complaint. The lawsuit claims that the iPhone 8 Plus has a better screen than the iPhone X.
This is not the first time Apple has been accused for a product. In March, hundreds of customers sued Apple in 59 separate lawsuits for slowing phones down with software updates. In June, Apple slapped with $5M lawsuit for alleged Apple Watch screen defect.
Furthermore, Apple declined to comment on this.
