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Samsung being sued for 'wrongly claiming Galaxy phones are waterproof'

By Mirror | Jul. 9, 2019

***Samsung is being sued for 'wrongly claiming Galaxy phones are waterproof' (Image: Samsung)***

Australia's consumer watchdog has sued Samsung's Australian unit for allegedly misleading consumers by promoting water-resistant Galaxy smartphones as suitable to use in swimming pools and the surf.

The world's largest smartphone maker did not know or sufficiently test the effects of pool or saltwater exposure on its phones when ads showed them fully submerged, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) lawsuit says.

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