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iPhone 4 users get leave to pursue class action against Apple in US
A U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has ruled that iPhone 4 and 4S users can pursue a nationwide class action claiming Apple “broke” FaceTime intentionally — in order to save money from routing calls through servers owned by Akamai.
According to a lawsuit filed in California back in February, Apple intentionally broke its FaceTime video chat app on devices running iOS 6 and earlier in order to avoid high monthly data charges from Akamai, a server company that Apple contracted to serve multimedia content.
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Reports say Apple used two methods of handling FaceTime sessions when the feature launched in 2010. One, a peer-to-peer technology, transmitted audio and video data over a direct connection between two iPhones, while the second, a “relay” method, routed traffic through Akamai’s servers.
The suit also cites two pieces of evidence: An email exchange between Apple engineers Patrick Gates and Gokul Thirumalai, and an Apple support page mentioning FaceTime’s ostensible incompatibility with iOS 6.
The suit is seeking undisclosed damages under California’s unfair competition law.
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