Buying a used iPhone
I bought a used iPhone a couple weeks ago. I'm a little surprised to admit that. You see, I gave up smartphones a few years ago after carrying a Treo 650 for nearly a year. It was a brick, the web performance was awful, and that experience pretty well cured me of the urge to get a smartphone. I carry a LG enV2 now, and it does what I want (makes calls,has a full keyboard for text, and fits in my pocket).
But here I am out to lunch with some buddies, and they are all showing me the cool applications and stuff, and next thing I know one of the masks "hey, you want to buy old iPhone?" and I'm saying yes. I borrowed it for the weekend and on Monday I was paying him $60 cash. Go figure.
So, now I own the original iPhone 2G with 16GB. The screen is in perfect condition, and the thing hardly looks used. It doesn't have the better network, and it doesn't have an auto focus camera, but it will run the latest iPhone OS 3.0.1, so I have copy/paste and the other goodness that comes along with iPhone OS 3.0.
The nice thing about this phone is that I'm not locked into a contract.All I need to do is unlock it, and I'll be able to use any carrier and any plan, including a pre-paid account. I like the idea of not being locked into a 2 year contract, because I loose interest in these things pretty quickly, and I'll probably be back to using my enV2 in a couple months.
So, what's next? Here's my immediate list:
- Buy a screen protector and case.
- Get my email and calendar on the phone.
- Jailbreak and unlock the iPhone, then figure out what carrier to use.
Once I finish that stuff, I'll either be hooked or it will be on the shelf, neglected and alone.
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