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The Apple logo is seen at the entrance of an Apple store in Washington, DC,.
The government of Brazil said on Tuesday that Apple has been banned from selling iPhones in Brazil without a charger and fined more than $2 million over the matter. The government had accused the US tech giant of engaging in "discriminatory activities."
The immediate suspension of the sale of all iPhone-branded handsets, regardless of model or age, without a battery charger was mandated by Brazilian authorities in an official notification.
The California company was required to pay a fine of 12.28 million reais (nearly $2.4 million) by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security.
The Departments of Consumer Protection and Defense have passed a legislation that essentially bans the sale of all iPhone 12 and 13 models.
Since December, Brazil has been looking into Apple for "the selling of an unfinished product," "discrimination against
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