
07-04-2008, 02:13 AM
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Green Apple
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Device + Firmware: iPhone
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They aren't making them anymore, but they aren't selling the refurbished ones either. So I suppose it depends on how long their supply of refurbished iphones holds out. My guess is they've got "enough" -- but it would be interesting to see what happens if they ever run out of them.
I had bought my phone off ebay after the 3g prices were announced and people started to dump theirs. It had some problems, but was still under warranty and I managed to get it replaced at the Apple store (not an easy process if you haven't activated the phone properly through itunes -- thankfully the previous owner had or I'm sure I would have been out of luck).
At any rate, my "refurbished" phone, looks, as far as I can tell, to be absolutely brand new. Not a scratch on it anywhere, better than listed battery life, etc. Oddly enough, though, iLiberty didn't recognize the firmware (it literally said that) that it came with. I couldn't jailbreak the phone until I reflashed it with 1.1.4 -- I can't imagine what firmware it could have been . . .
At any rate, I was told when I made my genius bar appointment that they had "Lots" of refurbished phones available to swap with defective phones if it came to that. Not quite sure why I gave you the full story when just that one sentence would have done as well, but whatever. Consider the rest to be bonus material.
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