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Apple haApple class action lawsuits agreed to pay $53 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing the company of refusing to honor its warranties for damaged iPhones and iPod Touch devices based on its assessment that they made contact with water.

The Apple warranty settlement will provide cash payouts of potentially several hundred dollars to hundreds of thousands of iPhone and iPod Touch consumers who were unable to have their faulty devices repaired or replaced under Apple’s standard one-year AppleCare warranty or two-year extended warranty, according to a Settlement Agreement signed by Apple’s chief litigation counsel on April 10, 2013.

The settlement will resolve allegations raised in multiple class action lawsuits (consolidated as In re Apple iPhone/iPod Warranty Litigation) over Apple’s former “Liquid Damage Policy” of denying warranty coverage for an iPhone or iPod Touch whose white Liquid Contact Indicator (LCI) tape embedded near the devices’ headphone jack and/or dock connector was pink or red when presented for repair or replacement. Plaintiffs contend the company that makes the LCI tape admitted that humidity, not water contact, could cause the color to turn pink, if not red.

Class Members will include anyone who tried to repair or replace their iPhone on or before December 31, 2009, or tried to repair or replace their iPod Touch device on or before June 30, 2010, and were denied based on Apple’s former Liquid Damage Policy.

The proposed Settlement Agreement shows that some Class Members may be eligible to receive between $215 and $300 if they owned an iPhone, and between $105 and $265 if they received an iPod Touch. This amount may be doubled or less, depending on the number of claims filed.

The Apple iPhone/iPod Touch Warranty Class Action Settlement agreement is expected to be filed in San Francisco federal court within the next few weeks.

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The case is In re Apple iPhone/iPod Warranty Litigation, Case No. 10-cv-01610, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California.

UPDATE 1: The Apple iPhone/iPod warranty class action lawsuit settlement has won preliminary approval. See how to file a claim.

UPDATE 2: A federal Court granted final approval to the Apple iPhone/iPod warranty class action settlement on May 8, 2014. The Settlement Administrator announced in August that it will begin distribution of the settlement money in the next couple weeks. If you get a check, let us know!

UPDATE 3: Apple warranty class action settlement checks were mailed to eligible Class Members on Oct. 2, 2014. Readers are reporting that they have received between $145 and $252. Let us know how much money YOU received in the comments below. Congratulations!

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27 thoughts onApple Reaches $53M iPhone/iPod Warranty Class Action Settlement

  1. Top Class Actions says:

    UPDATE 3: Apple warranty class action settlement checks were mailed to eligible Class Members on Oct. 2, 2014. Readers are reporting that they have received between $145 and $252. Let us know how much money YOU received in the comments below. Congratulations!

    1. Donna Dschuhan says:

      The latest claim for the throttle claim isn’t on here ?

  2. Debbie says:

    Check arrived today. Apple came through.

  3. Tonya says:

    Settlement checks were mailed to eligible claimants on Tuesday, September 23, 2014.

  4. Top Class Actions says:

    UPDATE 2: A federal Court granted final approval to the Apple iPhone/iPod warranty class action settlement on May 8, 2014. The Settlement Administrator announced in August that it will begin distribution of the settlement money in the next couple weeks. If you get a check, let us know!

  5. sharla says:

    Do anyone know how to get information to put in a claim, I understand that TOP CLASS ACTIONS IS NOT A SETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATOR AND DOES NOT PROCESS CLAIMS. How do we contact the settlement adminstrator for a claims form?

    Please Advise!

    Thanks, Sharla

  6. ilda says:

    how do i file a claim

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