Apple hit with class action lawsuit over defective retina display

By Guest seanseany
in Back Page News

 Share

Recommended Posts

Guest seanseany

Posted
Posted

Apple hit with class action lawsuit over defective retina displays

apple-13.png

A retina MacBook Pro owner is gearing up to launch a class action lawsuit against Apple over the ghosting in his computer?s display, according to Law360. The issue broadly affects the high-resolution MacBook Pros and has been ascribed to LG-made panels, versus Samsung ones. The lawsuit accuses Apple of ?tricking? customers into buying ghosting screens by not disclosing which computer uses which make of display.

Apparently the lawsuit has been filed in California by Beau Hodges. who says that the two makes of display made by LG and Samsung respectively ?exhibit different levels of performance and quality? and claims Apple is in the wrong for advertising both displays as the same.

Do customers have a right to know when parts are used or not used or are Apple adversing the products correctly ? Will this class action go anywhere at all ?

LINK to full story over at Ars Technica.

Grand Master

firey

Posted
Posted

*sigh* some people will sue over anything. Does Apples advertisement anywhere say "Will not ghost?" if not, then the user has not reason to complain. Pretty sure apple would replace faulty screens if the guy wanted.

This guy deserves a kick in the teeth for being such a whiny bitch.

  • Guth and Sikh
  • Like 2
Grand Master

TheLegendOfMart

Posted
Posted

*sigh* some people will sue over anything. Does Apples advertisement anywhere say "Will not ghost?" if not, then the user has not reason to complain. Pretty sure apple would replace faulty screens if the guy wanted.

This guy deserves a kick in the teeth for being such a whiny bitch.

So you would be happy going into an Apple store and seeing the model on display which looks crisp and nice, you get it home, switch it on and the screen starts ghosting?

  • Open Minded and ahhell
  • Like 2
Enthusiast

Andrmgic

Posted
Posted

The screens that have "ghosting" look crisp at nice at first, too. My first 2 retina MacBook pros looked great.. until I tested for the ghosting issue by setting a dark gray background and going to google.com and waiting for 5 minutes.

my first 2 displays were LG.. the second one developed the issue after about 5 months. Instead of swapping out notebook a second time, I took it to an authorized repair shop and showed them the issue. They agreed that it shouldn't do that and they ordered a replacement display for me and installed it. The new display is a Samsung model and does not exhibit these problems.

A friend of mine recently purchased a retina macbook pro after the spec bump and she also got a samsung screen... makes me wonder if Apple dropped LG as a display supplier for these machines due to the issue. I don't blame these people for being angry. A $100 lcd you got from office depot isn't likely to have that problem.. there's no excuse for the display (and main selling point) of a $2200 to $2800 computer to have a problem like this.

Grand Master

firey

Posted
Posted

So you would be happy going into an Apple store and seeing the model on display which looks crisp and nice, you get it home, switch it on and the screen starts ghosting?

Didn't say I would be happy, but I wouldn't go all sue crazy. I would take it back and demand a replacement.

Mentor

(Account no longer active)

Posted
Posted

Shame on LG for providing such low quality panels. I don't think it's Apple's fault, unless they knew about the ghosting and still decided to go ahead with them.

Steve Jobs would have made a lot of fuss over this (he cared about customer satisfaction). Tim Cook seems to stay pretty quiet (perhaps he's hypnotized by a reality distortion field left behind from Jobs).

This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Posts

    • Tidal won't monetize AI slop music, company says

      By grik · Posted

      Glad im on the right boat. Tidal has lots of issues in terms of app and music mix, its worst than spot but its honest. Spot algo is very tendentious and they pess less to artists, so im comfortable with the tidal errors, for now.
    • Tidal won't monetize AI slop music, company says

      By David Uzondu · Posted

      Tidal won't monetize AI slop music, company says by David Uzondu Image via Tidal Tidal has announced an AI policy aimed at protecting artists and their crafts, as AI music generation tools continue to improve both in speed and quality. According to the music streaming platform, AI-generated music will be accepted, but these tracks will be held to a "higher standard" of content integrity. Next month, the company plans to auto-identify and tag these uploads. Listeners will spot a special icon next to content that algorithms flag as 100% AI-generated starting mid-July, and the platform hopes to expand this tag to partially generated songs as detection tech improves. Any AI music that exploits an artist's voice or likeness will be taken down, and Tidal will immediately block tracks associated with fraudulent activity, which includes artificial streaming and deceptive content that interferes with real creators. And finally, music that's 100% AI-generated will not be monetized. Tidal said there is "ongoing debate" about whether certain licensed synthetic models deserve payouts, so it's possible that this part will change in the future. Streaming platforms are absolutely getting flooded with AI-generated music because of how easy it is to pump out endless tracks every minute. To give you an idea of how "bad" it is, Deezer alone reported that synthetic uploads now make up about 44% of its daily intake, which translates to roughly 75,000 automated tracks hitting its servers every single day. Interestingly, Deezer found most people cannot tell the difference between human and machine creations, with an Ipsos study revealing that 97% of listeners failed to spot the AI-generated tracks. Spotify's CEO recently pushed back against listeners who call AI music "slop," urging people to stop using the term and instead embrace the creative potential of AI music. The Swedish platform partnered with Universal Music Group to test "legal and controlled" generative AI tools that let subscribers remix songs with AI.
    • My external monitor suddenly isn't working and found out on my device manager that AMD radeon graphics has a "code 43"

      By Circaflex · Posted

      Holy thread resurrection batman
    • My external monitor suddenly isn't working and found out on my device manager that AMD radeon graphics has a "code 43"

      By hellowalkman · Posted

      According to Microsoft, Cause: One of the drivers controlling the device notified the operating system that the device failed in some manner.   https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/error-codes-in-device-manager-in-windows-524e9e89-4dee-8883-0afa-6bca0456324e
    • Game I've been Working On

      By Circaflex · Posted

      This looks awesome, I will request access via Steam later this afternoon!

  • Recent Achievements

    • Reacting Well
      NovaEdgeX earned a badge
      Reacting Well
    • Week One Done
      NovaEdgeX earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • One Year In
      BA the Curmudgeon earned a badge
      One Year In
    • Conversation Starter
      rosiecharles earned a badge
      Conversation Starter
    • First Post
      KMilenkoski1202 earned a badge
      First Post

  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      539
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      269
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      154
    4. 4
      Steven P.
      98
    5. 5
      macoman
      66
    Show More

  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!