14 DAY TRIAL // A Japanese couple has received 600,000 yen, or about $7,400 (€5,600) in compensation after suing Apple over a burning iPod. The device was known to be prone to spontaneous combustion.
Apple has been ordered by the Tokyo District Court to pay a Japanese couple 600,000 yen ($7,400) after a judge found the company guilty for a technical flaw in a first-generation iPod nano. Despite Apple issuing a recall program, the couple hadn’t exchanged their media player.
Judge Hideo Sakae considered Apple's recall program as an admission that the battery was prone to combustion, and that the couple were eligible for the full amount they had asked for, reports iPodnn, citing a Chinese-language piece by Nikkei.com.
The $7,400 reportedly includes covering the medical treatment for the burns, as well as the cost of bringing the issue to trial.