Americans who purchased certain iPhones from tech giant Apple and experienced audio issues with their devices may be eligible to claim from a $35 million settlement pool, although they need to act fast.

Consumers could qualify for a payout of between $50 and as much as $394 under the settlement, the result of a lawsuit known as Tubak et al v. Apple Inc, filed against Apple in May 2019.

The legal challenge was filed by a group of plaintiffs who claimed to have purchased iPhone 7s in 2017, only to find that they began to experience issues the following year.

According to the lawsuit, Apple “concealed” a “material defect” that ultimately caused iPhone audio features to become unresponsive and fail their essential purpose as phones.

“Apple has long been aware of the Audio IC Defect, yet, notwithstanding its longstanding knowledge, Apple routinely refuses to repair the iPhones without charge when the Audio IC Defect manifests,” plaintiffs wrote in their lawsuit against the company.

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