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Judge Finalizes Terms of iPod Battery Class Action Settlement

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 26, 2005 - 6:35am.
San Mateo, Calif. -- A federal judge has finalized the terms of a class action settlement brought against Apple, by owners of iPods whose batteries died earlier than advertised. Under the terms, anyone who purchased a first- or second-generation iPod before May 31, 2004 is entitled to $25, or $50 in Apple store credit, while those who bought third-generation iPods before that date may either request the $50 credit, or send the device to Apple to have the battery -- or in some cases the entire device -- replaced. Those who already paid to have their iPod batteries replaced can also recoup half the cost of that service from Apple. "This is a very good settlement in that it gives consumers with defective batteries what they need -- to have the battery of their iPods replaced, and in some cases the whole player," said attorney Steve Williams, whose law firm handled the class action suit against Apple.
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