According to court documents reviewed by MacRumors, Colorado resident Christopher Bryan filed a class action lawsuit against Apple on Wednesday, accusing the company of fraudulently marketing and selling the sixth-generation iPad mini despite being aware of a so-called "jelly scrolling" defect with the device.
A few days after the sixth-generation iPad mini was introduced in September, several users began to notice that text appeared slightly unevenly while scrolling in portrait mode on the tablet. While scrolling, text on the left side of the screen appears to lag slightly behind content on the right side of the screen.
The case, filed in Northern California district court, claims that Apple is aware of the fault yet continues to sell the iPad mini without correcting it or updating its marketing materials to reflect the defect's presence.
According to Ars Technica's Andrew Cunningham, an Apple official stated in late September that the effect is "typical behaviour for LCD panels." The effect is normal for screens, according to iFixit, but it may be more noticeable on the new iPad mini owing to the display's controller board being situated vertically within the device, rather than horizontally as in the fourth-generation iPad Air.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages for any person in the United States who purchased a new sixth-generation iPad mini. Before the class action lawsuit can be filed, the proposed class must be certified.
