An iPhone Class Action in the Works

Forget the patent lawsuits. Consumer lawsuits are beginning to spring up against Apple amid the iPhone controversies — and a class action suit might very well be the next step.Last week a New York woman sued Apple for slashing the price of the iPhone just weeks after its much-hyped launch. Now, a member of Apple’s iPhone discussion forum who goes by the name “Myndex” is mulling the possibilities of a class action lawsuit against the company for refusing to service unlocked phones.

Apple issued a software update last Thursday that puts iPhone hackers in their place. The update, which is rendering some iPhones inoperable, came after a slew of hackers unlocked the device so that it could be used with wireless carriers other than AT&T, which has a five-year exclusive deal to provide service to iPhone users.

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