Let’s be honest. If we were willing to drop $600 for a cellphone last year, we’re clearly nerdy early adopters, and are unlikely to complain that the new iPhone will cost one third of the original 1G iPhone’s launch price….
Let’s be honest. If we were willing to drop $600 for a cellphone last year, we’re clearly nerdy early adopters, and are unlikely to complain that the new iPhone will cost one third of the original 1G iPhone’s launch price.
Those of us who think that the world is somehow responsible for our lives (you know who you’re. You’re the ones who sue people when you trip on a loose paving stone) can take heart. Instead of wringing your hands and demanding a rebate from Apple, you could sell your old iPhone for a profit. Jason Kottke, of the splendid Kottke.org, scouted out the prices of used iPhones on Craigslist and Ebay and found that boxed 16GB models are fetching up to $585.
Why? We suspect that these are the death throes of the unlocking industry, a final ejaculation before its neck breaks, hung by the stipulation to activate all forthcoming 3G iPhones in-store; drawn and quartered by the almost worldwide availability of the next-gen handsets. If you can live without your Stupendabrick for a few weeks, we recommend selling now, within this small window of opportunity.
Valuable old iPhones [Kottke]
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