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Italy has fined Apple 10 million euros (~$12 million) over “aggressive and misleading” enterprise practices centring across the iPhone’s water-resistance, in accordance with the nation’s nationwide competitors authority.

In a assertion printed on Monday, the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM) stated Apple has marketed a number of of its iPhones as waterproof for years, however has didn’t make clear that it solely utilized below sure circumstances. AGCM says that some iPhone fashions didn’t show to be waterproof for thirty minutes at a depth of as much as four meters (13 ft) relying on the mannequin, as Apple has marketed. Those claims, it stated, solely held up in lab-controlled exams with pure water versus real-world circumstances. 

Apple’s claims date again a number of years and span a number of generations together with the iPhone 8  iPhone 11 traces, in accordance with AGCM. The Italian regulator additionally labelled Apple’s apply of not overlaying water harm of iPhones below guarantee as “aggressive.”

Apple couldn’t instantly be reached for remark, however Apple has lengthy suggested in opposition to swimming and bathing with its iPhones in its advantageous print and assist pages

This isn’t the primary time Apple has fallen afoul with the Italian watchdog. In 2018, Apple was hit with 5 million euro advantageous (~$5.9 million) for releasing software program updates that “significantly reduced” the efficiency of its iPhones.

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