I would say right around the WWDC. A lot of people don't know about the WWDC, or keep up with apple announcements. I noticed people go by the carriers announcement and word of mouth.
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What month are you trading in your 3GS? (for the 4g)
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Ill sell mine as soon as there's a jailbreak for the next iPhone depending on what the final production unit is like. Otherwise, I'm fine with my 3gs. Really, the big thing that would make me upgrade is a higher res screen, and better camera.
I already have a friend that is willing to wait until June/July to buy mine, I told her I'd be selling my iPhone for $450 and she's fine with that. 
so I'm good to go.
so I'm good to go.
They had an unlock for the 3G, because they had access to the hardware, the 3GS they didn't know until it was released. They still have yet to release an unlock for the new baseband 3GS. I know they have one now, but that wasn't a week later.
If Apple doesn't change the hardware much on the 4th gen model, in relation to how they jailbreak and unlock, then it's possible they'll have a jailbreak and unlock right away.
It is very possible that the hardware on the 4th gen will make it harder for the devs to jailbreak and especially unlock, reference back to the updated 3GS.
My 3G went for $350 on eBay about a month ago and it was jailbroken, unlocked, and had tethering enabled. I've seen the same model go for over $400 so it's a crapshoot. I picked up my 32GB 3GS, 3.1.2, old bootrom for $515 on eBay which was a steal considering most are going for $650 plus.
I am eligible to upgrade to the next-gen iPhone in October for the subsidized cost so I may wait until then. I think the 3G's and 3GS' will hold their values even after the 4th gen is released because of those wanting unlocked/Jailbroken iPhones. Who knows what kind of security is going to be built into the 4th gen making it tougher to jailbreak/unlock even though 4.0 betas have been jailbroken on older iPhones.
The specs will need to knock my socks off in order for me to upgrade. I need to be jailbroken and have tethering so I will probably wait until that happens on the 4th gen without any problems. I'm really not that excited for iPhone OS 4.0 as I think Apple could have done much better than they did. I think there will be a lot of geeks staying with 3.1.x for quite a while after 4.0 is out.
I am eligible to upgrade to the next-gen iPhone in October for the subsidized cost so I may wait until then. I think the 3G's and 3GS' will hold their values even after the 4th gen is released because of those wanting unlocked/Jailbroken iPhones. Who knows what kind of security is going to be built into the 4th gen making it tougher to jailbreak/unlock even though 4.0 betas have been jailbroken on older iPhones.
The specs will need to knock my socks off in order for me to upgrade. I need to be jailbroken and have tethering so I will probably wait until that happens on the 4th gen without any problems. I'm really not that excited for iPhone OS 4.0 as I think Apple could have done much better than they did. I think there will be a lot of geeks staying with 3.1.x for quite a while after 4.0 is out.
exactly my thoughts. i'm buying the 4G whenever it comes out but i'll be waiting for the unlock to sell my 3GS, since i updated to 3.1.3
I have a 3G at the moment, and I am out of contract tomorrow. I have already secured £100 for it from a friends girlfriend!
I will probably take an early upgrade as soon as the iPhone 4 is jailbroken. I hope to be able to sell my 32 GB 3GS with iBoot 359.3 and 3.0-3.1.3 SHSH on file for enough to cover the early upgrade price of a 32 GB iPhone 4.
as soon as the jailbreak/unlock comes out for the new iphone and 4.0 LoL i will NOT own an iphone that isn't jailbreakible.....
Just shipping mine today for £495. 32GB black model unlocked. That money will come in handy for the new one when its released as i plan to get the one with highest capacity.
Just shipping mine today for £495. 32GB black model unlocked. That money will come in handy for the new one when its released as i plan to get the one with highest capacity.
Jealous - nice price. It'll be worth it!
I'm getting the 4g the day it comes out. I have a feeling I wont be able to sell my iphone 1g. I think that will be retired to car mp3 player
The iPhone 4G will not drive down the used market price of any existing iPhone.
People who buy used phones do so because they don't want to be restricted to a 2 year AT&T plan, and all the 4G models will have such restriction for at least for the first few months they are out.
Everyone now knows 90% of what the 4G looks like and what the 4G will do, and everyone is pretty certain it's going to come out in early June, and the eBay pricing on all the 3G's and 3GS's has remained constant.
People who buy used phones do so because they don't want to be restricted to a 2 year AT&T plan, and all the 4G models will have such restriction for at least for the first few months they are out.
Everyone now knows 90% of what the 4G looks like and what the 4G will do, and everyone is pretty certain it's going to come out in early June, and the eBay pricing on all the 3G's and 3GS's has remained constant.