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It was bound to happen; someone in the U.S. was going to sue over the replacement program for the iPhones battery. Really, it was only a matter of time. The suit was filed in Cook County, Illinois, by Jose Trujillo who claims that the battery can only last for three hundred charges, before it needs replaced. It is that claim, plus the fact that he was not made aware that the battery was soldered inside the iPhones casing, that Trujillo brought a suit against Apple.

Trujillo wants the lawsuit to gain class-action status and charges brought against Apple for violation of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Act, in Illinois. While the suit looks good on paper, there are several flaws in the arguments. The glaring problem is that Apple has stated and published technical specs outlining that the iPhone will maintain an eighty percent charge capacity well after four-hundred charges. In addition, Apples disclosure about the battery came at the same time as the phones release, explaining that the battery is not user replaceable.

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