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- Apple has been held for showing iPhone 7 Plus in an iPhone 7 ad in India
- Airtel has been held for misleading customers with claims for free calls
- MobiKwik and Opera Mini have also come under the ASCI scanner
MobiKwik, HUL, Nivea, Amul, Opera, Standard Chartered Bank and Pernod Ricard are among the organizations against which an aggregate of 191 objections were gotten by Customer Complaints Council (CCC) of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) for January.
ASCI maintained an aggregate of 102 objections in human services class, 20 in training, seven in individual care, six in sustenance and refreshments and eight promotions from different classifications.
As indicated by ASCI, Apple India was discovered utilizing a wrong picture in its commercial for iPhone 7.
"The ad message expresses 'The astounding iPhone 7 is here', yet demonstrates a picture of iPhone 7 Plus variation, which is deceiving by uncertainty and suggestion," said ASCI.
The division guard dog said in spite of the fact that the notice had the Apple trademark with 'iPhone 7' however said it didn't have any reference to "arrangement" in the notice .
"Without any visual of iPhone 7 variation, it was reasoned that the ad is probably going to deceive the shoppers about the item publicized and its comparing highlights," it said.
Remarks from Apple couldn't be acquired.
The controller likewise maintained three protestations against driving telecom administrator Bharti Airtel for "deceiving" guarantees with the expectation of complimentary Calls Local + STD and a free overhaul for Airtel-V Fiber.
"The promotion guarantee, "Free Calls Local + STD" can't be said free as the overarching cost for information without publicized motivating force is less i.e. from the customer's perspective, they need to make an installment of Rs. 149 to profit this offer in spite of the fact that they get just 300MB information versus 500MB information," it said.
Be that as it may, when reached, Airtel declined to remark.
Grievance against Opera Software ASA guarantee for its versatile program Opera Mini was additionally maintained where it had asserted that it spares information cost up to 90 percent while perusing. "The commercial's claim, 'Spares information cost up to 90 percent while perusing', was not substantiated with supporting information and is misdirecting by distortion," the CCC said.
At the point when reached an Opera representative stated: "We hold fast to the most noteworthy moral principles and never impart any overstated or deluding information to our shoppers. Henceforth, our claim of Opera Mini setting aside to 90 percent information in our ad, is totally valid. We have demonstrated our cases by inside and outside tests every once in a while throughout the years."
Computerized installment firm MobiKwik likewise neglected to substantiate its claim of "India's most secure e-wallet" for Mobikwik E-wallet and observed to deceive "by embellishment".
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