$1m Class Action suit claims iPhone discount distress

Were I a betting man I'd wager a few dollars on Apple being the subject of at least fifty spurious class action suits by the time the year is out.  Latest to take on the might of the Cupertino legal team is the terribly distressed Dongmei Li, whose happy cohabitation with a 4GB iPhone in Queens has been shaken to its very core by Steve's dastardly price cuts and range restructuring.  Only $1m in compensation will heal her pain.

Li, who was among the initial queuers but decided against the 8GB model, is suing Apple on the grounds that their price cutting violates price discrimination laws, coming so soon as it did into the iPhone's shelf-life.  And lest AT&T feel they've escaped her wrath, she's included them in the suit claiming the two-year contract is an "unfair business practise".

Core to the lawsuit appears to be some misconception on Dongmei's part that she would be able to sell her iPhone for a profit once she's finished with it; the class action details her apparent inability to re-sell the 4GB model for the same kind of profit as those who bought the handset following the price cut.

It'd be all too easy to lambaste Dongmei Li and her fatuous lawsuit as being the addled ramblings of someone who hasn't quite comprehended what it means to be an early-adopter, but I'm sure her wrath isn't unusual among 4GB owners who saw none of the refund those who bought the 8GB at its original price received after the lesser-capacity model was axed.  Yet those others have the common sense to limit their bile to ranting on messageboards and generally feeling grumpy toward Apple; they don't waste the courts time attempting to sue for a cool million.