Shubham Sawarkar
In the wake of the company’s alleged failure to offer customers a complete product, Brazil’s government on Tuesday ordered Apple to stop selling iPhones in the country without a battery charger.
The Justice Ministry fined Apple 12.275 million reais ($2.38 million), ordered the sale of all iPhone models that don’t have a power adapter to be suspended, and banned the sale of all iPhone models that are iPhone 12 and newer.
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The ministry claimed in the decision, which was published in the country’s official gazette, that the iPhone lacked a core component in a “deliberate discriminatory practice against consumers.”
The authorities disagreed with Apple’s claim that the action was taken to lessen carbon emissions, claiming that no proof selling the smartphone without a charger is protecting the environment.
