The Brazilian Ministry of Justice fined Apple €2.3 million and halted sales of the iPhone 13 until the company put a charger in the box again.
Apple stopped including a charger in the iPhone box from October 2020 with the arrival of the iPhone 12, arguing that this measure was better for the environment.
Brazil was against this movement from the beginning, and now he imposed a fine and stop sales:
Imposition of a fine in the amount of BRL 12,274,500, revocation of registration of iPhone brand smartphones placed on the market from the iPhone 12 model and immediate suspension of the supply of all iPhone brand smartphones, regardless of model or generation, unaccompanied of the battery charger”, according to the order published in the Federal Official Gazette.
Brazil imposed similar fine on Apple in 2021 by the consumer protection regulatory body Procon-SP. At the time, a fine of 10,546,442 reais (1.9 million euros) was imposed for false advertising.
The agency claimed that Apple sold devices with factory defects and did not repair the devices under warranty.
At the time, Apple failed to convince the regulator of its argument that not including a charger in an iPhone case was better for the environment and that most consumers already had a charger.
Finally, Apple was forced to include chargers in iPhone 12 cases sold in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.