Lawyers filed a grade action lawsuit against Apple and AT&T look for $ 1.2 billion in damages because the iPhone is locked to AT&T ’s wireless web . The suit also notes that Apple will not set aside wildcat applications on the iPhone .
Filed on behalf of Paul Holman in the State of Washington and Lucy Rivello in California , the lawsuit explains that in the United States the SIM chip is locked to the wireless immune carrier , not the hardware gimmick .
When Apple released the iPhone it tied the twist to AT&T. Switching out the SIM with one from another carrier wave plainly make an error when the phone was rebooted . However , the cellular community quickly tackled the iPhone and found several ways to unlock the phone , allowing user to spark off it using another carrier .
On September 24 Apple warned client that unlocking the sound could render it inoperable when future package updates were apply . Three days afterwards , an iPhone update was release that effectively bricked unlocked iPhones .
“ Apple expressly designed its software program press release 1.1.1 expressly to disable Third Party Apps and to disable any unlocked SIM card , and to create technical barriers to instal new Third Party Apps or to unlock the SIM cards , ” the case reads .
The case also contends that Apple did n’t find that unlocking applications would harm the iPhone as it stated on September 24 . Rather , the wooing order that Apple engineer the software update to deactivate the phones on purpose .
“ Version 1.1.1 was an rise with modified specific changes and improvements , ” the lawsuit read .
consort to the lawsuit Paul Holman purchased two iPhones and used third - party software , as well as traveling abroad . Lucy Rivello say she wants to be able to habituate third - company apps and unlock her telephone set to switch to T - Mobile is she wants to .
