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How About an iPhone For $9?

Steve Overton 8.1.11

I have a confession to make. I have never owned an iPhone. There I've said it.

I own an iPad Touch 2, iPad 1 and numerous macs. My wife has an iPhone 3G and an iPad 1. So, I have had my hands on the iPhone, but I haven't owned one myself. I have opted to go with phones that fellow realors have, so I could understand them and be able to help them  when things go wrong (as they often do with phones other than iPhones). I have owned a Palm, Blackberry and currently have an Android. Personally, I do all my web surfing on either my iPad or my iPod Touch. Android is a formidable competitor to the iPhone, but still is a distant second, in my opinion.

I am telling you all this because as of today, I will own an iPhone. My story has been that I didn't want to buy myself out of my Sprint contract AND buy a $200 phone. That was until AT&T began an amazing offer. Refurbished iPhone 3GS for $9. You can even get a refurb with blemishes for......wait for it....one penny. That's right that copper coin with Lincoln on it!

I will no longer be cursing at my droid because it waits 15-20 seconds to connect a call. I will no longer be making the excuse that I "am still under contract", I will finally be fully Apple accessorized. I know, I know, I will still have to listen to those that will give me grief that it is not the latest and greatest, but $9? Really, how could I say no? And, I have enough left over to buy out my contract. All I can say is Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

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Steve has been working with or training Realtors and salespeople for more than 25 years. He was a Dale Carnegie Instructor in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont for 10 years, which was when he bought his first handheld device....an Apple Newton...and hasn't looked back since. After spending a few years in the Palm camp, since the Newton was cancelled, he's gladly come back home to Apple products.

Currently a Realtor in Vermont, Steve owns 4 Macintosh computers, an iPhone and an iPad. He is happily married and lives on 25 acres with his wife of 13 years.

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I'm not sure I follow...

Submitted by Gary LaPointe on 8/1/11 6:41pm

The phone you purchased is over two years old (I'm not even going to point out you're tieing yourself to a new contract when a new phone is very likely soon). 

 

Here's the question:  How long was your Sprint contract?!?   And if it wasn't longer than 2 years, if you really wanted an iPhone, why would you have renewed it?

 

Gary

 

Old iPhone

Submitted by Steve Overton on 9/5/11 1:49pm

Gary,

My contract for my Droid still had 1.5 years to go. I was sick and tired of having to tweek it to make it run optimally and the battery would have to be recharged mid day. 

I love the iOS interface, always have. I went through a blackberry and a droid to learn their OS's because I support agents who use them. I just reached my tolerance for them.

Buying an iPhone for $9 made it affordable to buy out my Sprint contract and have an iPhone now. I don't have to have the latest and greatest, the 3gs will run iOS 5 when it comes out, so I went for it.