FILE PHOTO: A customer tries on a new iPhone 7 Plus in Australia's flagship Apple store in Sydney, September 16, 2016 as the iPhone 7 range goes on sale for the first time. REUTERS/Jason Reed
SYDNEY: Australia's consumer watchdog has sued Apple Inc alleging it used a software update to disable iPhones which had cracked screens fixed by third parties.
The US technology giant "bricked" – or disabled with a software update – hundreds of smartphones and tablet devices, and then refused to unlock them on the grounds that customers had had the devices serviced by non-Apple repairers, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said in a court filing.
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