SAN DIEGO — Apple and U.S. wireless partner AT&T are being sued for selling too many iPhones. A customer says the high-speed phone network has been “overloaded” and unable to deliver promised performance.
The iPhone 3G, designed to work with AT&T’s faster third-generation network, switches over to slower networks because of the “high volume of 3G iPhones sold,” according to a complaint filed last week. Plaintiff William J. Gillis Jr. is seeking class-action status on behalf of other users.
Apple sold 1 million iPhone 3G handsets in the first three days after the device went on sale July 11. The company says the new model is twice as fast as the original Web-surfing handset. Another suit complains of dropped calls and that the 3G connects “less than 25 percent of the time.” Apple issued a software update. Bloomberg News
