Comments on: Those iPhone Suckers

Original iPhones hold their value.

[Chas_IC]

I'm keeping my original iPhone since there is no 3G service anywhere in my state. I might as well keep the old phone and the $20/month EDGE data plan, rather than getting a 3G phone with the $30/month data plan (which will only do EDGE here anyway).

[BradMcGonigle]

I unlocked my original iPhone that I waited in line for and just sold it via ebay for $410 + shipping. I double checked your math and it looks good to me. Sure can't beat $99 to get to use the original iPhone for just under a year and get to upgrade for free (and actually make money in the end)....even if it means I have to suffer with a Windows Mobile Blackjack for 3 weeks.

[Macalope]

It seems to the Macalope that you might have saved yourself the trouble and just sold it after the 3G ships. If people are buying for the ability to unlock, that's not going to change. It'll be interesting to see if the price drops or stays the same.

[moochida]

@ BradMcGonigle and Macalope -- What am I missing? You paid $99 and you now have no phone left in your hand. It's like you paid $99 to use iPhone for a year. Now you have to pay like everyone else to get a new one, right? I don't get how BradMcGonigle says he's upgrading for free and making money, even. I'm not attacking, I just want to make sense of this.

[Macalope]

You did pay $99 to use the iPhone for a year. Or, that's how much your iPhone depreciated over the year. That's *very good*. Brad did not really make money on the deal. It only seems like he's making money because the original iPhone's a sunk cost.

[ripragged]

I feel so used; cheap; dirty. Dang that was fun. Let's do it some more.