A Brazilian court fined the company iPhone $19 million for selling iPhones without a charger.
In the American company Apple a fine of 100 million Reals was imposed (respectively 19 millions dollars) by Judge Caramuru Afonso Francisco of the 18th Civil Court of the Court of São Paulo for selling iPhone cell phones without a charger.
In September, Brazil's Ministry of Justice and Public Security decided to suspend the sale of devices without chargers, fining Apple $2,3 million.
At the time, the Apple company had argued that the non-integration of the charger in the original device was intended to reduce carbon emissions. It had said it would appeal and effectively did not suspend the sale of mobile phones without a charger.
So with a new lawsuit from the Association of Creditors, Consumers and Taxpayers of Brazil, Apple was dragged back to court where it was fined 100 million dollars which will go into a fund that aims to protect consumer rights.
The iPhone maker appealed the decision to the 20th Federal Court of the Federal District of Brazil, asking “the version order for the immediate stay of all judgments against Apple and its resellers."
Selling cell phones without a charger isn't Apple's sole responsibility. Last October, the Ministry of Justice of Brazil informed the Samsung and Apple for non-compliance with an administrative decision made in 2020 that was relevant to the matter.