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It's raining money at last on some iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus owners

In January of last year, Apple settled a class action lawsuit with iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus consumers whose devices suffered various problems the most prominent being a "Speaker button" that was "grayed out" and not functional during phone calls. Other issues included the refusal of Siri to respond to voice commands, the loss of microphone fidelity, and the inability of the Voice Memos app to work.

Other problems that the two models faced pertained to audio issues on the phones. A leaked memo that Apple distributed to authorized repair centers in 2018 blamed iOS [website] for the aforementioned problems which prevented iPhone clients from using speaker function during a phone call. It also stopped those on a regular phone call or FaceTime video call from hearing the other party.

A class action lawsuit brought by iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus clients affected by these issues was settled last year for $35 million . Each person who filed a claim accepted by the court will supposedly receive a $200 payment which is a decent payout in the world of class action suits. After all, the attorneys working on these complex cases usually squirrel away a third of the amount of each settlement for themselves.

While Apple did agree to settle the case, as is typically the reaction by most defendants in such suits, Apple did not take responsibility for the issues that affected the iPhone units involved in the class action and denied the allegations.

The largest payouts are going to iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus owners who paid to have the issue his or her phone was experiencing repaired. Those whose phone had some of the symptoms we mentioned at the top of this article but did not pay for a repair will receive less. Thus far, the largest payout is expected to be $350.

Members of the class had to have a documented complaint that they made to Apple regarding the issues with the speakers not working during phone calls. Others had to have proof that they paid Apple to repair or replace their devices. And now the payments are just making their way to these former iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus clients . Some are still rocking an iPhone, and some have decided to switch and now own an Android handset.

Regardless of what kind of smartphone members of the class now use for mobile communications, we can pretty much assure you that the payment they received from Apple for their share of the settlement doesn't come close to the amount they spent on a brand-new phone to replace the messed-up handset they paid Apple for as far back as 2016.

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Meta sold over 1 million Ray-Ban smart glasses in 2024

Meta finally has a hit in the smart glasses sector, as their Ray-Ban smart glasses have sold 1 million units in 2024.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in recent times shared at an all-hands meeting that the glasses sold over 1 million units last year and that the corporation has a sizeable lead in the wearable technology sector.

“I think one of the questions for us is, are we going to go from 1 million this year to 2 million?” Zuckerberg introduced in the meeting. “Are we going to go from 1 million to 5 million?”.

He told staff that they haven’t seen competitors show up yet and that they “basically invented the category.” He also mentioned they will “probably start seeing some of that maybe later this year, maybe next year.” Zuckerberg also stated that they have a “wide open field right now” and will try to introduce the glasses to as many people as possible while they have the opportunity.

However, competition is definitely coming. Qualcomm, which makes tech that powers the Meta smart glasses, expressed a smartglasses future is only a couple of years away and is working with Google and Samsung.

Meta’s smart glasses debuted in 2020, with the current generation releasing in 2023. Meta has reportedly been working on a pair with Oakley geared more toward athletes and a premium version of the Ray-Ban Meta glasses with a heads-up display.

Meta’s smart glasses are a promising look for a sector that has struggled to break through. The smart glasses sector had a major flop over a decade ago when Google tried it with their poorly received Google Glass in 2013. Canadian firm North tried it following the demise of the Glass, although they struggled financially and were bought by Google in 2020.

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US imposes a 10% tariff on products imported from China, which might be bad news for Apple

If you’ve been paying attention to international news, you are probably sick of hearing the word “tariff”. Unfortunately, you’ll be hearing it even more – President Trump’s 10% tariffs on all products imported from China went into effect on Tuesday.

That’s bad news for Apple, which manufactures most of its iPhones, iPads, Macs and other products in the country. It’s not yet clear how this will impact the prices of Apple devices.

Apple has moved part of its production to India and now even makes iPhone Pros there (previously, only non-Pro models were made in India). And it is now doing early manufacturing work in India in preparation for the iPhone 17 series. Apple’s efforts were helped along as India removed import fees on key components for smartphones.

That’s all well and good, but Apple’s plans were to move 25% of its production to India by the end of this year – that still means that the majority of Apple devices made are now subject to a 10% tariff all of a sudden.

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Apple could take a cut on its profit margin and keep prices the same despite the tariff or it could increase the prices of its products to make up for the extra cost of bringing iPhones and other products to the US. Or it could do something in between. It might be a while before the new prices take effect, anyway, as Apple certainly already has stock in the US – the tariff only applies to things imported from Tuesday onward.

The good news for Apple fans is that Q1 is a bit of a dead quarter for Apple – Q4 when the new iPhones launch and cause a big buying spree, then things quiet down. It’s difficult to predict what might happen until the iPhone 17 series arrives, the whole tariff thing might be a thing of the past. Or it might get worse. We will have a advanced idea of which it is in a few months.

PS. Apple might have other things to worry about too as China responds to the US tariffs.

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