Wow Apple still makes 1st gen iPhones

[cbflip2000]

Originally Posted by Appl3FTW

Did they charge u by calling them out of warranty? so 79 + 6.95 that's it? i supposed they shipped u a shipping box and u shipped it to them right?

Yea that's all I paid. They made me drop my old phone at a UPS store where they packed it. I just told them I needed a new battery coz the old one only lasted for 30 min on a charge. After they received my phone they then shipped a replacement. But I have heard that they can open the phone up and just change the battery. YMMV on what they actually do.

[Appl3FTW]

so applecare (no charge)? ima have to try this..

[tymaster50]

whoever buys one of these 1st gen iPhones is just a fool lol. Especially for 10k

[01blu-gsr]

This is not new, apple has always done this! This I know as I was once an Apple Care Rep.
Just do a little search on apple.com or google for *product* OOW (ie iPhone Out Of Warrant) or (iPod OOW) and you will the price structures for the different types of repairs.

Here is a link to the iPhone Page:
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?pa...product=iphone

click around and you will find the costs to the service they provide.

And yes they will send you a refurb and not repair your actual device as that would take too long.

[Merkie]

Originally Posted by dojoman

You should keep it in mint condition. You never know how much it would be worth in 10 years. There are a lot of Apple related collectors out there. the original Mac sold for quite a lump sum at auctions.

It's not gonna be worth a lot. The first generation iPhone is quite rare in comparison to later models, but Apple still sold millions of them. I think it's cool to keep it, but don't expect making $1000 of it or something.

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Originally Posted by cbflip2000

The iPhone just came in. It looks brand new even though the internals won't be. I'm happy with it.

It looks so gorgeous, even after more than 6 years.

Competitors of the iPhone:




It literally looks 5 years ahead of these awful looking phones.

[dojoman]

Originally Posted by Merkie

It's not gonna be worth a lot. The first generation iPhone is quite rare in comparison to later models, but Apple still sold millions of them. I think it's cool to keep it, but don't expect making $1000 of it or something.

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It looks so gorgeous, even after more than 6 years.

Competitors of the iPhone:
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It literally looks 5 years ahead of these awful looking phones.

And suddenly all smartphones came out after original iPhone has multi touch screen and app stores. Samsung only made flip phones and most of their smart phones looked like this.

[hamiltonDSi]

Originally Posted by jessica.

^ The best iPhone yet. Truly.

+1
God, I really miss my 1st Generation...

[Appl3FTW]

Originally Posted by 01blu-gsr

This is not new, apple has always done this! This I know as I was once an Apple Care Rep.
Just do a little search on apple.com or google for *product* OOW (ie iPhone Out Of Warrant) or (iPod OOW) and you will the price structures for the different types of repairs.

Here is a link to the iPhone Page:
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?pa...product=iphone

click around and you will find the costs to the service they provide.

And yes they will send you a refurb and not repair your actual device as that would take too long.

im so doing this

[Appl3FTW]

Originally Posted by cbflip2000

Yea that's all I paid. They made me drop my old phone at a UPS store where they packed it. I just told them I needed a new battery coz the old one only lasted for 30 min on a charge. After they received my phone they then shipped a replacement. But I have heard that they can open the phone up and just change the battery. YMMV on what they actually do.

did u call them or online? when i do online they're making me pay $19.95 for OOW support.

[Appl3FTW]

this don't work for me.. i called them and they were charging me 149 AND they can only give me either a 3 or 3GS since they said original iphones are out.

[jav6454]

I'm going to try this. I really want to recover my original. It's in bad shape.

[KieranDotW]

Originally Posted by guitarmandp

You are getting a free furnished phone.

My moms original iPod nano's battery went bad recently and my mom paid $60 for a "new" one but its actually refurbished and they took her old one. The old one will no doubt be refurbished and sold to somebody else.

Wasn't the original nano recalled last year for a fire hazard with the battery or something? I thought Apple made new ones to replace any that were sent in.

[justinxtreme]

Originally Posted by Merkie

It's not gonna be worth a lot. The first generation iPhone is quite rare in comparison to later models, but Apple still sold millions of them. I think it's cool to keep it, but don't expect making $1000 of it or something.

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It looks so gorgeous, even after more than 6 years.

Competitors of the iPhone:
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It literally looks 5 years ahead of these awful looking phones.

Actually the 4GB model of the iPhone was only available for a few months (about two or three months I think) before it was phased out in favor of an 8GB model. It was the "launch" iPhones so they are worth a lot more over the other models.

Plus their original price was around I think $499 (I'm not too sure on that) on contract. After they were phased out, the price was reduced to $199 for the 8GB model so the iPhone 4GB is known to be a model that would have cost you at least $499 on contract to get.

Many of these products can be considered niche' products. It's similar in the computer hardware world where the first generation Intel Core i7 Extreme models (even though slower than the much-much cheaper second and current generation model i7s (the 2600K/2700K and 3770K)) would sell for almost $400 to $500 just because of it's status.

[Adutrumque]

Originally Posted by James Craner

All manufacturers will keep stock of old models for repair and replacement, after they have been superseded.

In what way would they be "superseded"?
They'll just throw it out the window?

[mrsir2009]

Originally Posted by Brian Y

Sealed in the box they have been known to go for $10k recently.

Guts of the OP