Second Payment Emails for Refurbished Apple Device Class Action Lawsuit Going Out Tomorrow

I never really understood how Apple thought this was ok. You have a customer that pays for a warranty. Their device breaks. The warranty says they will be given a new device and then they are given an already used and repaired device? It just seems wrong.

If I'm misunderstanding how this worked someone let me know.

The warranty terms don’t state the customer will get a new device.

This is so disgusting to me. And wasteful. Refurbs are fine especially through Apple's process. They care so incredibly much about making sure each customer only comes in once for each issue it's just so gross to insist on a new device for one that is having an issue. Apple's refurbs are cosmetically perfect. Flawless. To insist on new... throw up in my mouth.

I never really understood how Apple thought this was ok. You have a customer that pays for a warranty. Their device breaks. The warranty says they will be given a new device and then they are given an already used and repaired device? It just seems wrong.

If I'm misunderstanding how this worked someone let me know.

I don't think customers were necessarily promised new but rather a replacement that was "new OR equivalent to new in performance and reliability." The complaint was that refurbished is not "equivalent to new" in performance and reliability.

I never realized they were refurbished. I've had an iPhone 5 and iPhone 6S replaced because I damaged it. AppleCare covered and it was replaced. They worked perfectly fine and then I upgraded from there. For refurbished they worked perfectly fine.

Me neither. I think when they replaced my iPhone on the occasion in question, I was just very grateful to be getting a new one. I'd broken the screen all on my own and they just very nicely gave me a free replacement, well before AppleCare+ rolled out. I'll be promptly forking that settlement money back over to them in some form anyway, tbh.

I've always bought refurbished Apple products when I can and have found them totally indistinguishable from new ones (aside from the plainer box). Still doesn't get Apple off the hook re: the legality of settling warranty claims with refurbished devices, though.

I don't know, shouldn't you be given a new device if that's what you were promised when you bought the warranty?

I think so, if that is what the wordage or law states, which apparently it did. Otherwise, it's simply a contract violation on Apple's part, regardless of how nice the refurb is.

Me neither. I think when they replaced my iPhone on the occasion in question, I was just very grateful to be getting a new one. I'd broken the screen all on my own and they just very nicely gave me a free replacement, well before AppleCare+ rolled out. I'll be promptly forking that settlement money back over to them in some form anyway, tbh.

I've always bought refurbished Apple products when I can and have found them totally indistinguishable from new ones (aside from the plainer box). Still doesn't get Apple off the hook re: the legality of settling warranty claims with refurbished devices, though.

There’s nothing illegal about Apple settling warranty claims with refurbished devices. It’s how it still works.