Buying a 2nd hand iphone3 advice:)

gamston

get all my families phones from ebay,
get at least 3gs as they run the newer games
cost around £120 from ebay at the moment
been looking at replacing my lads iphone 3g

Humphrey10

I wouldn't buy a 3GS even for a 13 year old, the iPhone 5 will be released soon (about a month) meaning the 3GS will have been repleaced 3 times (iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5). There's already loads of apps (mainly games) that don't work on a 3GS, when the 5 is released I'd expect the proportion of apps that don't work on the 3GS to increase.

Instead, I'd recommend she continues to save up, and waits for the iPhone 5 to be released. Once it's released, loads of people will be selling their iPhone 4 to replace them with iPhone 5, it would be a good time to look on eBay for an iPhone 4 then.

manutd99

Humphrey10 wrote: »

I wouldn't buy a 3GS even for a 13 year old, the iPhone 5 will be released soon (about a month) meaning the 3GS will have been repleaced 3 times (iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5). There's already loads of apps (mainly games) that don't work on a 3GS, when the 5 is released I'd expect the proportion of apps that don't work on the 3GS to increase.

Instead, I'd recommend she continues to save up, and waits for the iPhone 5 to be released. Once it's released, loads of people will be selling their iPhone 4 to replace them with iPhone 5, it would be a good time to look on eBay for an iPhone 4 then.

Iphone's always hold their value so do not see the value of Iphone 4 dropping drastically for atleast another minumum 6 months

BOBS

following with interest - also have a 13 year old!! - was going to buy a new samsung galaxy ace at £124.99 on O2 but now considering 2nd hand iphone off ebay.

jb66

samsung s2s are well priced

BOBS

jb66 wrote: »

samsung s2s are well priced

Where ?? - £300 on O2

grumbler

Huawei G300 is basically the the same S2 in terms of specifications, but can be bought new for as little as £65-£70.

http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3621&idPhone2=4594

EDIT: ignore this. It is about the same as S, not S2.

boundy

grumbler wrote: »

Huawei G300 is basically the the same S2 in terms of specifications, but can be bought new for as little as £65-£70.

http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3621&idPhone2=4594

The Galaxy S1 is a better comparison

http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3115&idPhone2=4594

grumbler

Yes, you are right. I knew it was S, not S2. My apologies.