Russian operators were charged with "improper" sale of iPhone 3G.

In Taganskiy and Savelovskaya district court of Moscow filed suit against four companies: MTS, VimpelCom and MegaFon, "writes on Tuesday the newspaper" Kommersant ". The plaintiffs accuse the largest cellular operators in violation of consumer rights when implementing the sales of mobile phones iPhone 3G.
Representative in court on behalf of the plaintiffs - an uncertain group of people - society serves to protect the rights of consumers, "Social control" (JC). As the newspaper company chairman Michael Anshakov, in one of the lawsuits, aimed solely at the MTS, we are talking about the conditions of admission to the iPhone warranty service. According to the rules of the MTS, the buyer can return the phone is only subject to the availability of cash and a check guarantee card, which the initiators of the proceedings, contrary to Russian law. Note that it follows from the "Law on Protection of Consumer Rights", "lack of consumer goods or cash a check or other document certifying the fact and conditions of purchase, not a ground for refusing to meet his demands."
The remaining claims, said "Kommersant", directed against all three companies. Human rights defenders, in particular, accuse the operators that they provide incomplete information about the unit sold, as well as indicate the instructions to the phone that it was impossible to use it without activation through the Internet. Do not agree with the value of OK and the phone, changing depending on the buyer enters into a contract for the provision of services or not.
The press service of the MTS categorically rejected such accusations, writes the newspaper "Vedomosti". According to the representative of the company Irina Osadchy, MTS conducts warranty service even in the absence of a buyer's cash receipts. For the remaining claims Osadchaya stated that they should be directed not against the MTS, but the iPhone 3G.
In companies Vimpelcom and MegaFon declined to comment, citing the lack of information. At Russian Mission Apple promised to comment on the situation with the lawsuits, but at the time of the output numbers that have been made, writes Vedomosti. "Kommersant" meanwhile reported that the head of the Russian Mission Valery Lanovenko Apple declined to comment on.
Apple introduced the iPhone 3G, one of the most popular smartphones in the world, in the summer of 2008. For 2008, it sold 13.7 million devices in the plan at 10 million. In Russia the iPhone 3G came in early October 2008. According to unofficial data, in 2008, sales of phones of this model was only 180 thousand devices.