iPhone 3G owners in Florida and New Jersey become the latest to sue Apple over what they charge are “false and misleading advertising” about the handset’s speed.
The latest court challenges were described as “more cookie-cutter lawsuits” against iPhone advertising. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has been sued four times in two weeks over nearly identical claims, according to Apple Insider.
In Florida, residents Onel Gonzalez and Ron J. Brayteson are asking a district court to stop Apple’s advertising and require the company pay damages.
A nearly identically-worded New Jersey lawsuit filed by iPhone owner Timothy Ritchie also asks for court action. Ritchie purchased his Apple handset just months after the two Florida men bought iPhones in June and August 2008.
The two lawsuits follow lawsuits in California and Texas filed last week.
Ed Sutherland is a veteran technology journalist who first heard of Apple when they grew on trees, Yahoo was run out of a Stanford dorm and Google was an unknown upstart. Since then, Sutherland has covered the whole technology landscape, concentrating on tracking the trends and figuring out the finances of large (and small) technology companies.
