A New York woman is so angry at Apple for lopping $200 off the price of the iPhone that she's <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/10/02/apple.iphone.lawsuit.ap/index.html">filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages.</A> Dongmei Li of Queens, New York, claimed the company violated price discrimination laws when it slashed the price of the 8GB iPhone by a third, from $599 to $399, within two months of the gadget's June debut.

Apple lowered the iPhone's price on September 5 and also said it would stop selling the $499 4GB mobel. Hundreds of early customers who paid full price didn't expect a reduction so soon and complained. Apple issued an apology the next day.

Under its return policy, Apple refunded the $200 difference for those who bought the phone within 14 days of the reduction. And in a move to make peace with those who purchased the higher-priced phone before that period, the company offered a $100 credit at Apple stores.

According to Li's lawsuit, filed on September 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.