{"id":1035946,"date":"2026-09-16T10:44:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T05:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1035946"},"modified":"2026-09-16T10:44:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T05:14:28","slug":"apple-ios-18-under-fire-in-india-ccpa-probes-software-warranty-after-iphone-complaints-says-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/09\/16\/apple-ios-18-under-fire-in-india-ccpa-probes-software-warranty-after-iphone-complaints-says-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple iOS 18 under fire in India: CCPA probes software warranty after iPhone complaints, says report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple&#8217;s handling of iPhone problems reported after the iOS 18 update is facing renewed scrutiny in India, with the country&#8217;s consumer regulator examining whether the company&#8217;s software warranty terms leave users paying for problems they say emerged after the update.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has escalated complaints against Apple to its investigation wing for a \u201cdetailed investigation\u201d, Reuters reported, citing regulatory documents. The move brings Apple&#8217;s software licensing terms into focus, alongside complaints from users about costly repairs and persistent device problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple&#8217;s handling of iPhone problems reported after the iOS 18 update is facing renewed scrutiny in India, with the country&#8217;s consumer regulator examining whether the company&#8217;s software warranty terms leave users paying for problems they say emerged after the update. The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has escalated complaints against Apple to its investigation wing for a \u201cdetailed investigation\u201d, Reuters reported, citing regulatory documents. The move brings Apple&#8217;s software licensing terms into focus, alongside complaints from users about costly repairs and persistent device problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1035946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-mint","category-newspapers","category-telecom-live-mint"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1035946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1035947,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035946\/revisions\/1035947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1035946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1035946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1035946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}