Will the value/price of the old iphones go up?

[kmcgahey13]

If i sell my current iphone on ebay after the release of the 3g iphone, wll it be more valuable? Will i be able to sell it for a high price?

It will be unlockable, so to me, its more valuable.

What do you think?

[JTopaz]

it depends on what price the pay as you go 3g handsets will be priced at. but for now atleast the iphone edge will go for £200-250

[m3thodandr3d]

With the new iPhone, you either get it with a contract for $200, or pay $500 for it without a contract. There aren't any unlock methods at the moment that we've tested on the actual phone yet to know how long it will take. There will need to be a new jailbreak method first, because we can't use the ramdisk anymore. I think the old iPhones will hover above $400, and when people realize they can't unlock the 3G for a few months, the price of the old ones will go even higher.

[Poseidon79]

I would say look on craiglist and ebay a week after the launch and see what other iPhone are going for. If all the current AT&T people go and get 3G phones for $199 and keep their old phones... the value might actually go down. You just don't know yet.

[JTopaz]

the 3G one is heavily subsidized to stop people from unlocking them anyways. So the first iphone will most likely go up.

[m3thodandr3d]

It depends on how many people are still locked into a contract with tmobile and want an iPhone Tmobile doesn't have a strong 3G network either, and the 3G isn't unlockable at the moment, so I'm guessing the price will go up

[Eurisko]

I'm sure in a hundred years, it will make a great antique.

[mbrooksr]

I'm sure in a hundred years, it will make a great antique.

we'll definitely die of nuclear war before the iphone becomes an antique.