“In the settlement, Timothy received a full refund for the phone (£700) and the court filing fee (£70) for a total of £770 (~$973).”
ASUS gives its phones a dismal two years of updates and promised unlock tools so owners could keep going after that. In May last year it quietly pulled the tools and started deleting forum posts asking about them. Moderators blamed maintenance and compliance. One UK buyer filed in small claims court, and ASUS paid up rather than defend its broken promise.