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got 1 more iphone 3gs, refurb

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troyhouse

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i was thinking about selling mine, but instead of that got 1 more 16gb 3gs for wife from bestbuy for just 49.99, luckily it has 359.3 bootrom and 3.1.2 so safe for untethered jb and unlock.

planning to cancel the contract after 1 month and just use with att prepaid, as she will just use wifi for internet and stuff.. i also did some search and there are profiles available that disables data(3g/edge) to avoid unnecessary data usage charges

just wanted to let everyone know that if you want to jb/unlock, then refurb is the best bet as you can still get old bootrom and 3.1.2
 
so best buy has a deal for silver rewards member, 16gb for 49.99 and 32gb for 149.99, obviously the refurb ones and with the 2 yr contract...but gonna cancel it and wife will use it with att prepaid so she does not have to worry about jb.

but as it with 359.3 i can always jb later if i want to.. obviously with the caveat of not upgrading to 3.1.3, actually to avoid this i dont hook up my iphone to itunes at all..
 
I fail to see how a 2 year contract is imidiately obvious.

Not everyone lives in the USA. We have 3 year terms for iphones here.

And seing as he said he was going to cancel after one month, i thought it was a no terms contract that allows you to cancel at no aditional cost. If the cost to cacnel the plan is a lot, I fail to see how the 49.99 for the referb is worth it. If i were to cancel my contract with 2 years left in it, it would cost me nearly 500 dollars just to do so, bringing the cost up to 550 anyway.
 
Shwonx said:
I fail to see how a 2 year contract is imidiately obvious.

Not everyone lives in the USA. We have 3 year terms for iphones here.

And seing as he said he was going to cancel after one month, i thought it was a no terms contract that allows you to cancel at no aditional cost. If the cost to cacnel the plan is a lot, I fail to see how the 49.99 for the referb is worth it. If i were to cancel my contract with 2 years left in it, it would cost me nearly 500 dollars just to do so, bringing the cost up to 550 anyway.
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2 or 3 year contract beside the point. Since almost no iPhones sold at reduced prices are with "a no terms contract that allows you to cancel at no additional cost" seems like a illogical assumption to make. You gotta pay the subsidy to compensate for the low out the door price, either with a early termination fee or by the month on a 2 or 3 year contract.
 
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