Wow! iPhone is $200 less. Well now you can discount your iPhone to almost free if you want.
How to get a discounted Apple iPhone?
But I think $399 is the price point where you can buy the iPhone without any discount steps. You know it’s iPod with a phone, but I will tell you the browsing the Internet on iPhone (using Wi-Fi) is amazing. I haven’t seen any mobile browser yet to compete with iPhone browser.
How to get a discounted Apple iPhone?
If
you are considering to buy an iPhone, you can discount your new
iPhone with little effort.
So how can I get a discounted iPhone?
Well it is very simple, but this option is only available to the new AT&T
subscriber or existing AT&T customer who are eligible for the upgrade.
Follow the steps and you can save $200-$300 on your iPhone:
- Upgrade your phone or become a new subscriber from Amazon.com, Buy.com, Wirefly.com or local AT&T store
- Make sure you buy free or almost free phone. PDA phone, BlackBerry,
Palm, 3Gs, etc. are better. - Buy the iPhone from Apple.com or Apple store
- Transfer your phone number from your existing provider to AT&T.
Don't disconnect the service from your existing provider
otherwise it will be very hard to port the number to AT&T. - Now activate your iPhone as an existing customer.
- Discount the phone by selling your phone on the eBay.
- Enjoy your discounted iPhone!
Following are some saving scenarios:
- Nokia N75 Phone (AT&T): Price at Amazon.com -$10 –
Current eBay selling price $190 = Total Savings $200 - BlackBerry 8300 Curve Silver Phone: Price at Amazon.com
-12.06 – Current eBay selling price $350 = Total Savings ~$360 - AT&T 8525 PDA Phone: Price at Amazon.com $160 – Current eBay
selling price $455 = Total Savings $295 - Samsung Blackjack Smartphone: Price at Amazon.com $Free –
Current eBay selling price $200+ = Total Savings $200
Try to avoid phone with mail in rebate. You should be fine with rebate but
it's just more work. Also
if possible, call AT&T and unlock your phone by saying you are travelling abroad. Unlocked phone will sell for more at eBay. Try to buy the free cell phone as soon as you make the decision to buy a iPhone, free cell phone deals changes frequently.
With much fanfare, Apple iPhone is here. Will it live up to the hype?
With much fanfare, after 6 months of waiting Apple iPhone is finally arrived. People waited days in line to get this device, but is it worth to buy? Total cost to own iPhone is around $2000 over 2 years with AT&T service.
I wanted to own this device from the day one it was announced, but over the months I read iPhone features and short comings and finally I decided not to buy iPhone. I will wait for the dust to settle.
You know iPhone is Video iPod, Internet Device, iPhone etc. but:
- After paying $499/$599 the iPhone is locked. You won’t able to replace SIM use local SIM abroad. You can use iPhone abroad, but you will have to pay roaming and will not have local number. I hope Apple/AT&T does something about it. This is biggest show stopper for me.
- iPhone doesn’t support 3G network. 3G should not be a big deal for most of the people as people carrying iPod and mobile phone both may not have 3G/Internet access at all. I do care for extra 20 bucks for slow unlimited Internet access. Remember this device has Wi-Fi which is way faster than 3G but you may need to pay extra if it’s not free places like Starbucks etc.
- It doesn’t have external memory slots. I don’t care for this feature as most of the Smart Phones which allow external memory slots supports up to 2GB/4Gb and are slow.
- No actual keyboard. You will get used to it sooner than you think.
- Battery life. I think it’s best in class, and unless you are travelling transatlantic you should be fine. About replacing battery, it would have been nice if you won’t have to go apple store for that, but not a big deal.
- No MMS. Remember this is a software feature which Apple can always add it later.
- Corporations E-mail support. Again this is a software issue, but better wait if you are super blackberry users instead of some work around like forwarding email etc.
- No GPS. Again it would have been nice but not a big deal.
- No third party applications. I think this will change in future. No big deal for me.
The Bottom line: If you can afford, don’t care for 3G, SIM access iPhone is the best for you. You will not regret it.
For me SIM access is the most important feature, and I don’t like that after spending $499/$599 I have to sign two years contract and pay extra $20 for slow Internet.