The case came about when Judge Vanderlei Caires Pinheiro of a civil court in Goiânia, Brazil, ordered Apple to pay him 5,000 Brazilian Reals, the equivalent of one thousand dollars per person. The charging adapter is not included.

According to court documents seen by Insider, the judge declared the company’s practice “blasphemous and illegal.” Apple forced the consumer buy a second product special production” refers to the need to purchase the charger’s power adapter in addition to the new mobile phone.

Faced with this accusation, Apple replied that new mobile phones come with the corresponding USB-C to Lightning cable, which is sufficient for safe charging of the device. In addition, customers can receive power adapter of other brands.

Again, the judge dismissed the argument says the cables don’t work with all non-USB-C compatible wall adapters anyway.

Also, the tech giant’s reasons to stop selling the adapter with phones were partly environmental. However, according to the judge, the company still produce this devicenow being sold separately.

According to Judge Pinheiro: “It is inappropriate to seek such a measure. reduce the effects environmental, with all the evidence. Defendant continues to manufacture such an important accessory but now sells it separately”.

It was in 2020 when the company announced that the arrival of the iPhone 12 in stores does not include the adapter, so it must be purchased separately.

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In 2021, the company again received a lawsuit from Brazil for “abusive practice”.

The Sao Paulo State Consumer Protection and Defense Foundation (PROCON-SP) fined Apple approximately 10.5 million reais. 2 million dollars – by selling mobile phones separately from their chargers.

PROCON-SP questioned whether there were really changes in Apple’s environmental impact when selling products separately. However, the US company did not give a response.