Early iPhone Adopters Will Receive $100 Gift Certificate

We posted yesterday that Apple lowered the price of their iPhone to $399, to much expected angst by all of the early adopters who essentially paid a $200 premium for owning the phone for two months. Well, the reaction was so intense that Steve Job’s stepped in and in an e-mail, noted that all early adopters would qualify for a $100 gift certificate to use at any Apple store, or online. Personally, I’d prefer cash, but it’s not as though most iPhone owners don’t ever plan on throwing more money towards Apple in the future anyway. Kudos to Apple for such a quick turn-around to remedy the issue.

But even given the outcry, we definitely didn’t see this one coming. In another open letter to his people, Jobs states that he’s giving all iPhone owners a $100 Apple gift certificate (details to follow in the next week — it goes without saying this will only apply to people who bought before the price drop).

Source: Engadget