• Home
  • Contact Us!
  • Privacy Policy

FBAppsWorld

  • Home
  • APPS
  • Android
  • Windows
  • Ipad
  • Iphone
  • Blackberry
  • Top APPS
  • Patient APPS
  • News
Home» News»Apple getting sued over alleged false screen size and pixel count advertisement

Apple getting sued over alleged false screen size and pixel count advertisement

Loknath Das 18 Dec 2018 News Comments Off on Apple getting sued over alleged false screen size and pixel count advertisement 1 Views

Before we get into things, we feel that we should preface this news by saying that when you’re the likes of Apple, lawsuits are a pretty common occurrence and come in a wide scale of severity. This particular case seems to be airing more on the amusing side in terms of scope and potential repercussions. Still, given enough traction it could lead to some interesting changes in product marketing on a grander scale.

A lawsuit was filed on Friday in the US District Court of Northern California by a couple of plaintiffs who accuse Apple of falsely advertising certain hardware aspects of the iPhone X, XS and XS Max (oddly not the iPhone XR). The particular issues are related to advertising and specific specs for the notched Retina displays. And the two plaintiffs are hoping to reach class action status.

We definitely urge you to go through the document for yourself, as if lays out an odd mixture of sometimes logical arguments, mixed in with some odd math and failure to admit certain technological aspects of OLED panels. In summary, however, the main complaints are as follows:

  • Apple’s marketing slogan “It’s all screen” is technically false, given that there are clearly still bezels surrounding the display, as well as a notch.
  • Most of Apple’s marketing materials, renders, choice of wallpapers and angles are purposefully designed to hide the notch.
  • The iPhone X advertises a resolution of 2436 x 1125 pixels, which is technically not correct, since the notch and rounded corners take up about 120 vertical pixels away from the advertised resolution.
  • The widest rectangular screen area usable by applications on the iPhone X is about 2195 x 1125 pixels, or about 10% less than the advertised 2436 x 1125 pixels.
  • The display size is falsely advertised as being 5.8 inches, while it is actually around 5.6875 inches. Each corner cuts the diagonal by about 1/16 of an inch.
  • The iPhone X display is falsely advertised as being higher resolution than the one on the iPhone 8 Plus, which is not true on a sub-pixel level, since OLED pixels are “false” pixels and only have two sub-pixels, compared to three on the iPhone 8 Plus’ LCD. Which works out to 5,481,000 sub-pixels on the iPhone X, compared to 6,220,800 on the iPhone 8 Plus. And that is before taking into account the wrong display resolution.

Now, that’s a lot of “salt” right there, if we might say so ourselves. However, beyond the funny issue with OLED sub-pixel count and estimations of “usable” rectangular areas, there do seem to be some valid points about misleading advertising in there. Let’s just say that Apple’s choice of promotional renders and wallpapers was oddly convenient in totally masking the notch.

That being said, this lawsuit might not be a total wash, especially in certain points that it raises about PR and advertising within the industry as a whole. What’s your take on the issues?

[“source=gsmarena”]

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • WhatsApp
  • Pinterest
advertisement Alleged and Apple count false Getting over Pixel Screen size Sued 2018-12-18
Tags advertisement Alleged and Apple count false Getting over Pixel Screen size Sued
Facebook Twitter Stumble linkedin Pinterest More

Authors

Posted by : Loknath Das
Previous Article :

Qualcomm Asks Chinese Courts to Ban iPhone XS, iPhone XR Sales

Next Article :

Why BlackBerry’s Acquisition Of Cylance Makes Sense

Related Articles

The Most Effective Ways That You Can Use Technology for Marketing Your Business

The Most Effective Ways That You Can Use Technology for Marketing Your Business

admin 01 Dec 2022
Medium names technology and digital media veteran Tony Stubblebine CEO; founder Ev Williams transitions to Chairman of the Board

Medium names technology and digital media veteran Tony Stubblebine CEO; founder Ev Williams transitions to Chairman of the Board

Loknath Das 28 Jul 2022
MOST FAMOUS SERVICES HELP TO MAINTAIN AND GROW YOUR DIGITAL PLATFORMS

MOST FAMOUS SERVICES HELP TO MAINTAIN AND GROW YOUR DIGITAL PLATFORMS

Loknath Das 23 Jul 2022

Recent Posts

  • The Most Effective Ways That You Can Use Technology for Marketing Your Business
  • Medium names technology and digital media veteran Tony Stubblebine CEO; founder Ev Williams transitions to Chairman of the Board
  • MOST FAMOUS SERVICES HELP TO MAINTAIN AND GROW YOUR DIGITAL PLATFORMS
  • The benefits and challenges of small livestock farming in India
  • What technology can do for your business: how you can utilize apps to their maximum

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Like Us !

Like Us !
  • Contact Us!
  • Privacy Policy
Copyright 2016, All Rights Reserved
Magazine Blog News WordPress Theme