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Would you buy a refurbished iPhone?
I'm really jonesing for an iPhone, but don't want to pay an arm and a leg for it, since I've not once ever paid for a cell phone, LOL. My current T-mobile contract isn't
up till August, so I'd have to pay a $175 termination fee, and of
course, buy the iPhone, which I could get refurbished for $100 (16GB).
I currently have 600 anytime minutes, unlimited 5 MyFaves and N/W, and 400 texts per month, and I pay $55 plus tax per month.
I can get added onto my parents' family plan with AT&T (they have 550 anytime minutes, but have 2400 rollover minutes, because they mainly only talk to other AT&T customers for free), and upgrade them to 700 minutes per month with rollover, unlimited texts, N/W minutes, unlimited data, and GPS, and pay $60 per month. (On my own plan I'd have to go with 900 minutes w/rollover b/c 450 is the next step down and it wouldn't be enough, and it would cost $100 a month.)
Would you terminate and spend $275 total to have coolness 9 months early?
Some people are telling me to go for it, that I'd love it and it's totally worth it, and others are telling me that in a year, my refurbished iPhone will be totally obsolete and I'd have to get a new one again.
WWYD?
I currently have 600 anytime minutes, unlimited 5 MyFaves and N/W, and 400 texts per month, and I pay $55 plus tax per month.
I can get added onto my parents' family plan with AT&T (they have 550 anytime minutes, but have 2400 rollover minutes, because they mainly only talk to other AT&T customers for free), and upgrade them to 700 minutes per month with rollover, unlimited texts, N/W minutes, unlimited data, and GPS, and pay $60 per month. (On my own plan I'd have to go with 900 minutes w/rollover b/c 450 is the next step down and it wouldn't be enough, and it would cost $100 a month.)
Would you terminate and spend $275 total to have coolness 9 months early?
Some people are telling me to go for it, that I'd love it and it's totally worth it, and others are telling me that in a year, my refurbished iPhone will be totally obsolete and I'd have to get a new one again.
WWYD?
Re: Would you buy a refurbished iPhone?
True, unless you are getting the 3G S, but that's another $50 added on. I don't think refurb is an issue, I just would not purchase anything other than a 3G S at this point.
If you're already on T-Mobile, why not buy a used/refurbished iPhone and jailbreak it so you can use the iPhone on T-Mobile? That way you could have an iPhone and avoid paying the early termination fee at the same time!
T-Mobile doesn't mind people using iPhones on their network, and will actually do their best to give you support.
The only downside is that you wouldn't be able to use 3G, because AT&T's 3G network uses different frequencies than T-Mobile, but you could use Edge and WiFi as much as you want.
And if you wanted to switch to AT&T at the end of your T-Mobile contract, you'd just reset your phone to its factory settings and bring it in to an AT&T store to activate it.
If this is something you might be interested in I can do what I can to help you out with the process.
Not true. The iPhone wouldn't be obsolete in a year. Just because there's a new model of iPhone out does not make all current iPhone models obsolete. Believe it or not, there are still people out there who use the original iPhone (not the 3G or 3GS). They still work fine and do almost everything the new iPhones can do.
This sounds like great advice to avoid paying the $175 termination fee if you can find a used/refurb iPhone for a good price.
To answer your q, we got iPhones in Sept - I got the $99 new 8gb 3G & DH got the refurb $99 16gb 3G. His is actually less buggy than mine, believe it or not. We are very happy with our iPhones!
Yes, if you're going to get a 2-year contract with your phone, the additional cost to get the latest model ends up being minor in comparison to the overall cost.
But there's nothing wrong with buying refurbished phones. Just like there's nothing wrong with buying used cars. Not everyone needs the latest and greatest of everything.
Specifically in regards to the iPhone, the 3G is not obsolete. If it was, AT&T wouldn't still be selling new 3G's.