Apple feels sting; offers $100 refund to iPhone buyers

Special News Alert NETWORK WORLD SPECIAL NEWS ALERT, 09/06/07 Apple feels sting; offers $100 refund to iPhone buyers: Apple plans $100 credit for existing iPhone buyers peeved over the company’s announcement yesterday it would slash $200 from the price of the high-end iPhone only 10 weeks after its over-ballyhooed introduction. Apple’s Chief Executive Steve Jobs in a letter posted on Apple’s Web site this afternoon said that the company plans to give a $100 credit to existing iPhone customers. "We want to do the right thing for our valued iPhone customers," Jobs said. "We apologize for disappointing some of you, and we are doing our best to live up to your high expectations of Apple." Full story

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