Consumer regulator escalates Apple probe over iOS 18 warranty terms, iPhone screen issues

India’s consumer regulator is examining Apple’s software warranty terms in an investigation of the iOS 18 update alleged to have damaged iPhone functionality, compelling users to pay “exorbitant” sums for repairs, documents show.

The sparring is shaping as Apple’s latest headache in a growth market where it is fast expanding iPhone manufacturing and rapidly growing market share, but also fending off accusations of breaching domestic antitrust laws.