Did You Buy an iPhone? You Could Get Paid from the $250M Apple Settlement

In a relatively large settlement, Apple just settled the class-action lawsuit against them in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for a cool $250 million. And it's worth mentioning that over half of that money is actually earmarked for Apple Customs, meaning that if you're like me and you've purchased an iPhone recently, then there's a good chance you can get a piece of that $250 million settlement. Let me give you a brief history of this particular case, as well as how you can check whether you qualify for some of that money. And if you want more people to have this information and reach ever more people, please do smash those like and subscribe buttons, so the YouTube algorithm will pick it up and share it out with ever more people. Thank you so much for that. Now, the case itself, it originated in the year 2024. That was when Apple began to advertise their new Apple Intelligence features. That was when the AI hype was really starting to take on a life of its own, and Apple's marketing reflected that. They were heavily advertising the fact that their new iPhone model, which was set to ship in the fall of 2024, would come equipped with Siri AI intelligence. And their advertising showed basically an AI-upgraded version of Siri that was able to do many, many cool new things. For instance, Siri AI was supposedly able to carry out complex tasks across multiple different apps, like, for instance, drafting something in the Notes app and then sending it to a specific person in either the Messenger or the email app. It was supposed to be able to use context clues based on what was being shown on screen. And so, for instance, if someone sent you an address, you could tell Siri to add that address to their contact card, and it would be able to figure out how to do it by itself. And then also, Siri AI was supposedly able to use your own personal information to answer questions specific to you. As an example, you could ask your phone, when is my mom's flight supposed to land? And Siri AI would be able to figure out who your mom is, when her flight is, what the flight number is, whether the flight was delayed, and so on, and then give you an answer. And as you could imagine, the reason that Apple's marketing department was pushing these features was because there was an understanding that this was what the consumers wanted. AI was very big at the time, just like it is now. And Apple would not be advertising something just for the fun of it. They understood that advertising those particular features would likely increase their phone sales. And indeed, the pre-orders came in. However, even though these capabilities were advertised throughout 2024 as being available now, they were not available now. When people finally got their iPhone 15s and iPhone 16s, they definitely had some new capabilities like new emojis, live translation. They had summaries of all of your notifications and things like that. But the heavily advertised Siri AI features were missing. You couldn't do what those advertisements said you could do with your phone, which most people just found annoying and went on with their lives. However, others saw it as a case of blatant false advertising. And one of those people was Mr. Peter Lanshow, an Apple customer who filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. His lawsuit alleged that Apple used the AI hype to push upgrades, sell phones and to stand out against the field of competitors. Here's directly from his lawsuit. This drove unprecedented excitement in the market, even for Apple, as the company knew it would and as part of Apple's ongoing effort to convince consumers to upgrade at a premium price and to distinguish itself from competitors deemed to be winning the AI arms race. Now, this lawsuit was filed all the way back in March of 2025. All right, just a pause here for a super quick moment. A major deadline is approaching for America's tungsten supply. Beginning on January 1st, 2027, new Pentagon procurement rules are set to further restrict tungsten source from China as well as other covered nations. And here's the problem. China currently controls roughly 80% of the world's tungsten supply. The United States produces essentially none. Now, that's significant because tungsten is critical to things like defense, aerospace and advanced semiconductor manufacturing for AI. We're talking about everything from munitions to missiles, to drones, to rockets, as well as the spacecraft. 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In May of this year, Apple reached a $250 million settlement to, quote, resolve claims related to the availability of two additional features. Now, very notably, it's worth mentioning that as a part of the settlement, Apple did not admit any wrongdoing. And their lawyers said that they just settled in order for the company to move on and focus on their product. Regardless of the rationale, though, the settlement was given preliminary approval by the court. And most of that money is earmarked to be given out to Apple customers. Specifically to the American-based Apple customers who bought one of those 37 million devices that fall within the domain of the settlement window. Here are the specific criteria. If between the dates of June 10th, 2024 and March 29th of 2025, you were here in America and you bought an iPhone 15 Pro, an iPhone 15 Pro Max, an iPhone 16, an iPhone 16E, an iPhone 16 Plus, an iPhone 16 Pro, or an iPhone 16 Pro Max, you qualify for a refund. However, don't plan your retirement just yet. Depending on how many people wind up applying for this refund, you're going to be getting somewhere between $25 and $95 per device. Meaning if a lot of people sign up, it'll be closer to $25. But if not so many sign up, it'll be closer to $95. Regardless though, if you bought one of these iPhone 15 or 16 variations in that period of time covered, well, you should consider registering for the payment. You can do so over at smartphoneaisettlement.com. I will throw that link down in the description box below for your convenience. And a few things worth mentioning here. Firstly, is that there is a deadline. You have to register before December 21st in order to join the class. If you don't sign up before then, even though you might've purchased one of those phones, you will not qualify for refunds under this class action settlement. Secondly, over on that website, besides signing up for the refund, you can also choose to opt out of the class, which would allow you to, in theory, sue Apple separately at a later date. So if you want to retain your right to sue, you can opt out. And so there you have it. If you'd like to read the entire class action lawsuit for yourself, as well as the website details for the settlement, I will throw all those down into the description box below, which is, again, right below those like and subscribe buttons, both of which you hope you smash. And lastly, if you are part of the settlement and you're thinking, hey, I'm going to have at least 25 bucks burning in my pocket in the next year, what am I going to do with that money? Well, you could give it to us here at The Epic Times. And to that end, we published a phenomenal new documentary called Final Hours, where we try to answer, or at least delve into, one of the most fundamental questions of life. 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