Apple Slapped With Lawsuit For Dropping The Price On iPhones

Apple should have figured that not everyone was going to be pleased with Apple’s decision to drop the price of an 8 gig iPhone and defunct the smaller 4 gig iPhone.

Dongmei Li of Queens, N.Y is seeking 1 million dollars in damages for price discrimination laws after the company made the decision to drop the 8 gig mobile phones price by $200.00.

According to Li’s lawsuit, filed on Sept. 24 in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, the price reduction injured early purchasers like herself because they cannot resell the product for the same profit as those who bought the cell phone following the price cut.

Li purchased a 4GB iPhone for $499 and alleged that owners of the 4GB model were given less favorable terms than those who bought the 8GB model at the premium price, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit also named AT&T Inc., the exclusive carrier in the U.S. for the iPhone, and alleged the two companies’ required two-year service contract for the iPhone constituted unfair business practices.

Apple declined to comment on the lawsuit, citing company policy not to comment on pending litigations.

Do you think that Dongmei Li has a case?

AP