Sony will pay a refund to owners of some Sony Xperia smartphones that suffered from water damage, even though the handsets were supposed to be waterproof.
The company was subject to a class action lawsuit about the waterproof problems on some of their devices and now they will pay the customers a 50% refund.
There are a total of 24 Sony Xperia devices covered in the lawsuit, these are listed below:
- Xperia M2 Aqua
- Xperia Z3 Dual
- Xperia M2 Aqua
- Xperia Z3 Dual
- Xperia M4 Aqua
- Xperia Z3+ Dual
- Xperia ZR
- Xperia Z3+
- Xperia Z Ultra
- Xperia Z5
- Xperia Z1
- Xperia Z5 Compact
- Xperia Z1 Compact
- Xperia Z2 Tablet (WiFi)
- Xperia Z1s (T-Mobile)
- Xperia Z2 Tablet (LTE)
- Xperia Z2 Xperia Z2 Tablet (Verizon LTE)
- Xperia Z3 Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact (WiFi)
- Xperia Z3 Compact
- Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact (LTE)
- Xperia Z3 (T-Mobile)
- Xperia Z4 Tablet (WiFi)
- Xperia Z3v (Verizon)
- Xperia Z4 Tablet (LTE)
You can find out more details about the settlement of the lawsuit regarding the watreproofing problems on Sony Xperia devices at the link below.
Source Xperia Settlement, Android Police