I know you’re most likely not shocked over this news, especially given the fact that it’s been literally all over the news and blogs, but nevertheless, Apple is facing a lawsuit over the iPhone.

Apparently there are people out there that believe that the iPhone’s restrictions “constitute unlawful competition, which falls under the antitrust laws of the United States.” Wow, well played Law Man. That’s right, according to the article I read over at MobileCrunch, Lawyer Max Folkenflik filed a class action federal suit in Northern California against Apple for exactly that. The fact that other mobile phone companies are offering “unlocked” versions of their products to be used with other, often lower-priced carriers is a blatant example of how Apple is refusing to allow this. The fact that the iPhone comes bundled with Apple’s own software and exclusive to AT&T Wireless are going to be Folkenflik’s arguments against the company.

He actually might have a case here, especially now that he’s going to be using the fact that their latest software release purposely disabled non-Apple programs and only allows those programs that are “whitelisted” to be used.

I guess we’ll see what happens but bottom line is, people sign contracts and most likely knew what they were getting into. I understand where he’s coming from and he may indeed have a case, but I guess we’ll see.

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