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"Apple LIED About Siri" - The $250 Million Lawsuit Every iPhone Owner Needs To Know About

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4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The panel argues marketing sold AI Siri that product could not deliver, compares it to the failed Apple Maps launch, and debates whether Tim Cook has coasted on Steve Jobs’ legacy or deserves credit for taking Apple’s value from roughly 100 billion to over 4 trillion under his watch.

Transcript

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0:00.0

story came out of this lawsuit with apple where they promised certain AI features in their phones

0:07.4

that didn't deliver. Okay. So Apple has now agreed to pay iPhone owners $250 million for not

0:14.8

deliver an AI Siri. This proposed settlement in a class action lawsuit will get some cash back to people who bought the iPhone 16 lineup and the iPhone 15 Pro if you go a little bit lower.

0:26.1

There's different numbers that they're saying under $250 million.

0:29.3

People submit qualifying claims can receive $25 for each eligible device, which may decrease or increase up to $95 per device.

0:36.9

So that's the number you're looking at.

0:38.4

Tom said there's some places that are saying the average number is going to be around $81,

0:42.0

Rob, if you want to go a little bit lower on this.

0:45.1

And this settlement will resolve a 20, 25 lawsuit alleging Apple's advertisement created

0:49.2

a clear and reasonable consumer expectation that Apple intelligence features would be available

0:53.1

with the launch

0:54.4

of iPhone 16, the lawsuit claim Apple's product offered a significantly limited or entirely absent

1:00.1

version of the Apple intelligence misleading consumers about its actual utility and performance.

1:06.0

Tom, thoughts?

1:07.1

Well, first of all, marketing needs to come to the product management meetings.

1:13.6

By the way, that's never happened to us.

1:16.5

We have never seen any company that I've ever been in with, that Pat's ever run, anything.

1:20.9

We've never had a misfit like this.

1:23.4

We have no idea.

1:24.5

But what happened was marketing went out there with saying things, and somewhere in product, they were unable to have that idea. But what happened was marketing went out there, was saying things, and somewhere

1:28.6

in product, they were unable to have that feature. And then it's like, hey, we just sold

1:33.8

five million upgrade phones, and, you know, we're talking about Siri. And this is one of the

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