My Poor iPhone
I fumbled my iPhone good today.
Erin and I were waiting for the bus to go kayaking. I had just put on sunscreen, so my hands were all slippery when I went to text Aubri, and it just spilled out and landed face-down on the sidewalk. We both kind of looked at it for a second, not daring to pick it up and see the damage.
My first thought was, "Well, I guess I'm upgrading after all." I had no intentions of getting the 3G version any time soon - what little money I have is much needed elsewhere. But then I realized that thousands of OTHER people are upgrading - and selling of their old ones in the process. I could just get a used one and drop in my SIM card.
Unfortunately, used first-gen iPhones are running about $250 on Craigslist here, and my search for "iPhone" returned a lot more want ads than sale ads, so it's safe to say that demand is high enough to keep prices higher than I want to pay. Or I could pay $200 to get a brand-new 3G, at an extra $10/month for the data plan - an extra $70 over the course of the next year.
Either way, it sucks. I really don't want to spend money on a phone right now. I suppose I could just get a super-cheap regular phone, but after having an iPhone for 10 months, could I ever go back? On the other hand, I'll bet I would be able to receive MMS.
The screen is hard to read, but it still works, so I think I'm going to give it a week. I'm just hoping that prices on used phones will fall a bit, which might be a little too optimistic, but we'll see what happens.
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That really sucks, hope
That really sucks, hope kayaking was fun though! I'd imagine that prices will come down over the next week or two. It seems reasonable to think that there will be a lot of used iPhones on eBay.
[...] Phone Fumble ‘08 is
[...] Phone Fumble ‘08 is turning into a real kick in the crotch. More glass has fallen out of the screen, but it still works OK. I had hoped that prices of used iPhones would drop on Craigslist, but if anything, they’ve gone up - the cheapest ones have gone from $200ish to about $350, and there are still a ton of want ads on there. That may be the worst part - I could have turned a profit on the damn thing if I could have kept it off the sidewalk. [...]
You know, I bet you could
You know, I bet you could still probably sell your first-gen on craigslist or ebay. People are paying exorbitant amounts for them, since they can still be jail-broke and used on Tmobile network. I'm sure ebay has broken iPhones that someone would salvage and pull the screen out of. So I bet you could pull 150-200 for your iPhone.
Ya know, that's not a bad
Ya know, that's not a bad idea. Worth a shot, anyway!
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