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European regulator hits Apple with a fine over iPhone water-resistance claims
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<blockquote data-quote="OneMoreThing..." data-source="post: 1869420" data-attributes="member: 196927"><p><img src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iPhone-11-Pro-Max-angle-table-1-800x493.jpg" alt="The iPhone 11 Pro Max" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><a href="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iPhone-11-Pro-Max-angle-table-1.jpg" target="_blank">Enlarge</a> / The iPhone 11 Pro Max. (credit: Samuel Axon)</p><p></p><p>Italy has again hit Apple with a fine for what the country's regulators deem to be misleading marketing claims, though the fine is only €10 million ($12 million)—a pittance from a company like Apple.</p><p></p><p>This time around, Italy's Autorita Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM) claims that Apple told consumers that many iPhone models are water resistant but that the iPhones are not as resistant as Apple says. In one example, Apple claimed the iPhone 8 was rated IP67 for water and dust resistance, meaning the phone could survive for up to 30 minutes under three feet of water. But the Italian regulator says that's only true under special lab conditions with static and pure water conditions.</p><p></p><p>An <a href="https://www.agcm.it/media/comunicati-stampa/2020/11/PS11578" target="_blank">announcement</a> by the AGCM specifically names the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max. Presumably, the claims would also apply to the iPhone 12 line, but that line was only just introduced to the market.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1726759#p3" target="_blank">Read 3 remaining paragraphs</a> | <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1726759&comments=1" target="_blank">Comments</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1726759" target="_blank">Click here to view the article...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OneMoreThing..., post: 1869420, member: 196927"] [IMG alt="The iPhone 11 Pro Max"]https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iPhone-11-Pro-Max-angle-table-1-800x493.jpg[/IMG] [URL='https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iPhone-11-Pro-Max-angle-table-1.jpg']Enlarge[/URL] / The iPhone 11 Pro Max. (credit: Samuel Axon) Italy has again hit Apple with a fine for what the country's regulators deem to be misleading marketing claims, though the fine is only €10 million ($12 million)—a pittance from a company like Apple. This time around, Italy's Autorita Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM) claims that Apple told consumers that many iPhone models are water resistant but that the iPhones are not as resistant as Apple says. In one example, Apple claimed the iPhone 8 was rated IP67 for water and dust resistance, meaning the phone could survive for up to 30 minutes under three feet of water. But the Italian regulator says that's only true under special lab conditions with static and pure water conditions. An [URL='https://www.agcm.it/media/comunicati-stampa/2020/11/PS11578']announcement[/URL] by the AGCM specifically names the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max. Presumably, the claims would also apply to the iPhone 12 line, but that line was only just introduced to the market. [URL='https://arstechnica.com/?p=1726759#p3']Read 3 remaining paragraphs[/URL] | [URL='https://arstechnica.com/?p=1726759&comments=1']Comments[/URL] [url=https://arstechnica.com/?p=1726759]Click here to view the article...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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