Apple was sued for ... discounted iPhone

Too angry with Apple's $ 200 cut from a retail price of the iPhone 8GB phone, a woman in New York sued and demanded compensation . $ 1 million.

Dongmei Li stated that Apple violated the "anti-price discrimination" law, when it suddenly reduced the cost of the product by 30% (from USD 599 to USD 399) after only 7 weeks of official release.

The decision to lower iPhone prices was announced on September 5 by Apple and immediately encountered a wave of harsh criticism. Thousands of customers who had bought the iPhone before at sky prices were discontented, because they did not think the "sale" came so early.

Source: Reuters The next day, Apple CEO Steve Jobs had to officially apologize to customers on its website. To show their goodwill, Apple will refund the $ 200 difference to anyone who bought the iPhone during the previous 14 days.

In case you buy a high-priced iPhone from too early, it will offer a $ 100 coupon to "comfort".

However, not everyone is satisfied with this compensation plan. Evidence that Ms. Li filed a lawsuit with the New York County District Court on September 24, accusing Apple of lowering prices has led people who "bought early to not be able to resell products with initial expected profits". .

Ms. Li bought a 4GB iPhone for $ 499 from the early days of July and was angry that this version was more estranged by Apple than the 8GB model. Apple representatives declined to comment on this information.

Ms. Li's petition also mentioned AT&T mobile network, which is the exclusive distributor of iPhones in the United States. According to her, Apple's request for customers to sign a two-year mobile service contract with AT&T when buying an iPhone is an "unfair business behavior".

Trong Cam