That's one expensive power adapter from Apple at more than $1000

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Apple must pay a man more than $1,000 for not including a power adapter with his new iPhone, judge rules

A judge ordered Apple to pay a man $1,000 for not including a power adapter with his iPhone.

The judge said the company was making customers buy two of its products so one would work fully.

Apple said the provided cable could be used with non-Apple adapters, which the judge rejected.

A Brazilian judge has ordered Apple to pay 5,000 Brazilian reals, or $1,081, to a man for not including a power adapter with the sale of his new iPhone.

Judge Vanderlei Caires Pinheiro of a civil court in the city of Goiânia ruled the practice a "tie sale," or a situation in which a company requires that a customer buy two of its products for one of them to work, according to court documents seen by Insider.

The judge said Apple had "obliged the consumer to purchase a second product of its exclusive manufacture," calling it an "abusive and illegal commercial practice."