AT&T has refurbished 16GB iPhone 3Gs for $49
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Jacques Gene)
Chances are good that someone on your shopping list is pining for an iPhone for the holiday season. If you know of such a person, then we've got a surprise Black Friday deal for you. AT&T is offering refurbished 16GB iPhone 3Gs for $49 for new customers. That's the shipped price, and they're even waiving the activation fee, normally $35.
The refurbished units have the same warranty as new units so you don't have to worry about getting someone junk. As an owner of a refurbished 3G I can attest to the quality of the devices.
Of course a two-year contract with AT&T's iPhone plan is required, but anyone who's asking for an iPhone probably already knows this. Currently, the 16GB black is out of stock, but the 16GB in white is still available.
With more than 15 years experience testing hardware (and being obsessed with it), Crave freelance writer Matt Hickey can tell the good gadgets from the great. He also has a keen eye for future technology trends. Matt has blogged for publications including TechCrunch, CrunchGear, and most recently, Gizmodo. E-mail Matt. 
Your post came at 7:27 eastern time. That's way after business hours and barely still the business day on the west coast.
But by the time I saw your post at 8:10, everything was sold out.
Why help AT&T sucker people to a web site that contains none of these deals?
Thanks for the tip.
New wireless devices and netbooks carry a one-year manufacturer's warranty from date of purchase. Refurbished wireless devices and netbooks carry a 90-day manufacturer's warranty from the date of purchase. New Apple branded equipment is covered by Apple's one-year Limited Warranty. Refurbished Apple branded equipment is covered under Apple's original Limited Warranty, and will have at least 90 days or more remaining under the warranty when sold.
But as the owner of a refurbed iPhone, I can attest myself of the quality of the phone - it came via mail without the original iPhone packaging, but it had everything with it and looked brand new (not even a fingerprint on it)
Holiday sales for Apple must not be doing too well.
It's sad when AppleCare 1 year contract costs more than the damn phone.
Go with Google Android and Be Smart. At least your on a great Network.
Understandable though, that lowercase s in the title can be confused.
This is a one-day deal for the 3GS, not 3G. Please check this website.
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/packages/packages-details.jsp?q_package=sku4160234
This deal probably ends soon, and I did a screen capture for your enjoyment just in case.
http://picasaweb.google.com/ccs881/UntitledAlbum#5408994162205167362
Go with Google Android and Be Smart. At least your on a great Network.
If you're lucky, they may even help you learn to spell "you're".
Or not.
Steve Jobs & Apple are trying for a Mercedez reputation wih Radio Shack last year parts.
Apple live up to your warranties.
Did you know if you smoke your Apple warranty is void.
Steve's got enough cash for about 50 more livers and doesn't care about the end users.
Apple Fans are Sheep and do what Apple tells them. That's why kids and dumb college students are their target...
Wealthy parent's that can afford the Apple Tax.
When they have to pay for it themselves they realize that Microsoft will get them further in the real business world.
Because nobody in business uses iLife or iWork. They are iJokes.
Not true! If you smoke around Mac to such a point that it reeks of tobacco from yards away then you MAY not get service. The simple fact that you are a smoker does not void your warranty and you damn well know it.
You sound real jealous of Mac users.
"If you smoke around Mac to such a point that it reeks of tobacco from yards away then you MAY not get service. The simple fact that you are a smoker does not void your warranty and you damn well know it."
Semantics, really. If you can't get your darned Mac serviced, how the heck is the warranty any good? Disclaimer: I'm a non-smoker and an Apple user.
for NEW customers. nothing like helping out those of that have already supported the business for awhile.
2 Months later when sales sucked they dropped the price. Steve (I'm a rich arrogant liver stealing bastard) said I was LUCKY to get a $100 gift card which I had to buy more Apple gear with.
I couldn't even use it in the iTunes store.
Cars are the same, no matter what you buy if you by it in the first days your going to have a chance of getting a lemon.
Every iphone I have bought I waited 3 or so months to see what they say about it and how they behave then have bought them, every one of the generations has been perfect and had absolutely not one problem to report. Only problem I had was with my second phone and that one I dropped it and cracked the glass front, not a problem traded it in for a refurb one and that one looked like it was bran new out of the box, now I own my 3GS and can't get enough out of it, iphone just rock.
Oh there is an app for that also.
another jJoker! can you put your picture or your own text in iPhone Menu (homepage)?
You are locked into AT&T and Apple.
I sold mine after I jail broke my original iPhone on eBay and a Sheep paid me $300 for the piece of junk.
100K of Crapple Apps. Go Google & be Free to use your phone and App's on any vendor when you're contract is up.
Steve Jobs, donate a billion dollars to a liver foundation. It will be the first good will thing you've done in your pathetic life.
Oh and blaming people for their medical conditions is beyond contempt.
It would still be too expensive if the phone hardware was 49 cents.
The upfront prices of smarthphones are irrelevant. The service plan prices have gone crazy, and ATT now requires a minimum $30 data plan/month for any "smartphone" (I believe defined as a phone with WiFi).
The smartphones should be free, and the more expensive phones should be the "near smartphones" (ie. Samsung Flight) which don't require the onerous data plan minimums-the latest cellphone scam.
Oh, wait, no, that's not true. Clever slogans and puns DON'T work. I just forgot for a second. No, I'm not enthused about signing up with AT&T for another two years, but you know what, it's the price you pay. Yes, Verizon might have better 3G in the mountains of Southeastern Ohio. That's not enough for me. And maybe with Android Google can prove they can make an application ecosystem work without having the hardware/software/provider differences fracture it into a few dozen semi-compatible fiefdoms. But I'm willing to wait another 24 months to see if that will happen.
'Use your phone on any network when your contract is up'. That's the best one so far. As if anyone buying a smart phone is going to keep it for 3 years.
The iPod set an industry standard that in years has not been equaled. Many owners of other MP3 players refer to them as iPods, even they know that Apple iPods are the best.
The cell phone world was turned on it's ear with the iPhone, it has spawned a whole slew of iPhone like devices. And again after years, the iPhone still dominates the market of smart phones. The world knows what works, they know where the money is best spent.
AT&T Is not the finest carrier by a wide margin, but still they make massive amounts of money because of the iPhone, in fact without the iPhone At&T wireless would be in trouble. My experience with Palm is not terrible, but they are just never going to top the iPhone. I have several iPhones on my plan and my only gripe is the short battery life, and the 30 dollar a month fee on top of my plan rates.
The iPhone is not a rugged device, they never claimed it was. The failure rate is small, each time I check Apple's web store they don't have the model I want, or are out altogether. Any electronics manufacturer will produce a certain amount of defective units, no matter the product. Many are willing to pay a premium for the best products they can get.
Reliability is important in computers, cell phones, and MP3 players. They are part of our lives now. If we were to compare A windows based PC, an Apple computer, iPod, and MP3 players, and iPhones with other smart phones, to vehicles the breakdown issues would clearly bias us all toward the most reliable and least prone to malfunctions.
I blame finances for most peoples decision to go PC, instead of mac because the reliability issue is something they are willing to live with, thank god, I am looking to buy a bigger home, and you PC owners are going to pay for it. So I thank you all for lowering your standards, My bank balance is remarkably content!
"just one HD failure on a machine that ran for more than a year without shutting down, so I consider that a failure that was to be expected"
The service life of a modern hard disk drive is usually between 3-5 years. On a system that is not acting as a full-blown server, a year of 24/7/365 uptime is actually easier on the components because there isn't the issue of repetitive thermal expansion and contraction associated with warm-up and cool-down. Obviously, a server drive will have a harder time of things, but even there I would certainly expect a drive to last AT LEAST through its warranty period. Which, by the way, is generally over a year for just about any drives these days.
- by PigionMoon November 28, 2009 8:41 AM PST
- Sure but they do not offer them these refurbished iPhone 3GS or any in all area's and sure not in New York. Not for that price. They do advertise a 32 gig for $149 but again not in all area's Not in mine anyway.. Thats BS. ATT can go FTS as far as I'm concerned.
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