Iphone rebate

[mlg32]

1)I am thinking i should get an iphone now before the new sdk arrives and might be stuck waiting for a new jailbreak form a new bootloader or ?
2)I remember when they dropped the price and did away with the 4gb model there was some sort of rebate , was it cash or just itunes credit?
)3I will be unlocking and using on my tmobile service,is there opinions about buying a refurb model and saving $50, and maybe getting a phone that has been triple checked and less likely to breakdown on me, since I understand returning a unlocked phone could be kinda iffy? any help ,opinions from the iphone Guru's here would be appreciated. thanks

[BOSS10L]

1) IMO, the iPhone is too expensive to just take chances on. I'd wait until your t-mobile contact is up and then switch, that way you don't chance anything.

2) That was a one time thing that Apple did. It will never happen again. FWIW, it was a $100 credit to the Apple store.

3) See #1

[mlg32]

I live in an area where ATT is not available, we have sprint verizon unicel, us celluar and tmobile, and there are as I have been told many times no plans to move ATT in this area.

[Consultant]

1. There will definitely be new software which will make it harder to unlock. People will figure out, but maybe it'll take a week, maybe it'll take a month or two.

2. Depends on timing, may or may not happen. Note iPod prices sometimes drop with a new model, and there has never been any rebate on ipod prices. Thus it might be a one time thing.

3. Refurb works the same as new. There was some on sale recently, but quickly sold out.