Certain buyers of MacBooks made by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) between 2015 and 2019, equipped with so-called ‘butterfly keyboards’, could continue their lawsuit against the technology giant, which has been given a class action status.
What happened: The case, filed in the U.S. District Court in California, covers those who bought the MacBooks with a butterfly keyboard in New York, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, Washington and Michigan.
The keyboard is named after the stainless steel switch under the keyboard, which looks like butterfly wings. The keyboards made the key equipment possible.
The plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit, first spotted on the Verge, claim that ‘the design of the low-travel butterfly mechanism tends the keys to fail when small amounts of dust or debris enter the sensitive area under the switch. ‘
The class action covers customers who bought a MacBook between 2015 and 2017, a MacBook Pro between 2016 and 2019 or a MacBook Air between 2018 and 2019.
Why it matters: The plaintiffs allege that Apple knew for years that its butterfly switches were defective, referring to an Apple executive referring to the keyboard.[n]no matter how much lipstick you try to put on this pig. . . it’s still ugly. ”
The Butterfly Keyboard is no longer used in any Mac product in the current range of Apple computers. The alleged defective keyboard was discontinued in 2019.
The company, led by Tim Cook, tried to dismiss the case in 2019, but did not succeed. The case was first filed in 2018, reports 9to5Mac.
Cook is likely to testify in another dissertation related to the company’s App Store policy in a trial run involving Fortnite manufacturer Epic Games.
Last year, Cupertino, California-based technology giant, filed a $ 500 million lawsuit over allegations that it was deliberately slowing down older models of iPhones.
Price action: Apple shares closed nearly 2.8% higher at $ 123.39 on Monday and fell 0.17% in after-hours trading.
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