You will only get back your upgrade if you return it. If you sell on ebay, you will make a good profit which will offset any contract extension.
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You will only get back your upgrade if you return it. If you sell on ebay, you will make a good profit which will offset any contract extension.
I was pretty excited to get my iP5s Gold in. But the gold rush got the better of me and I ended up selling it on CL only two hours after the UPS guy dropped it off. If you live in a city there are plenty of normal (not cheap) people who are willing to pay top dollar. I was pretty happy with the iP5s but I'm even more happy with the money. No more Cup o'Noodles for me--Top Ramen from here on out 
The saying "troll" comes to mind here. Why do you care what I do with MY money?
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Probably because the silver was much more available then the gold and more people want at least 32gb. The 16gb only have like 10gb of actual storage I believe.
I actually can and will. Just had to dust off the old account which hasn't been used for years.
Hope someone buys it ~1200.
Seems like a lot of money to spend on something that will be out of date less than a year from now.
Not if it is within the first 14 days, in that case they charge you the full retail minus what you paid as the subsidized cost.
Yes your best bet is to sell it. Being eligible for upgrade and not using it is what the carriers love. Paying them for a subsidy that they have not provided in essence is what you will be doing if you return it. So yeah go ahead and let your wife go back to her old phone and sell the 5S and enjoy your profit.
Sweet Jesus, that's nuts.
Not really. I had to pay full price anyways. The 64gb models sell for $900, after taxes they are close to $1k. So I paid a couple hundred premium to get a model that wont be available for months. Not a big deal to me.
More like a month, if that. They are shipping in October. But you are right you can do whatever you want with your money.
Sell it, but unlock it first using http://chronicunlocks.com . Should increase the value significantly.
I'm embarrassed. People in the western world consider $1200 for an iPhone 'ridiculous'. Whereas, in my country of origin (Vietnam), that same model was offered at $2500 on the first day (not an official release, just some shops buying iPhones in Singapore & Hong Kong then selling them back). And there were lots of maniacs who actually bought at that price just to get an early hand on the blung-bling gold model.
> People are richer when they're smarter as a consumer.
> People are richer when they're smarter as a consumer.
Once you purchase the device AT&T and Apple cant tell you what to do with the device. Although I hardly doubt youll get anywhere near 1200 especially since it's used and open you can still sell it for well over retail price. In my recommendation do it before the weekend is over, Apple is expected to turn on in store pick up again on monday and at that point the amount of people willing to pay crazy amounts for the phone. I sold a brand new in box device 32gb gold for att today for 900 dollars on craigslist. I didn't run a big a risk on ebay and didn't have to pay the outrage fees of selling. All in cash and dropped off and met in a public place.