Jimex
05-07-2009, 06:54 PM
Don't know if any of you have any experience with iphones but i'm looking to purchase an 8gb iphone 3g off and friend and want some opinions on whether I should.
Long story short, my mate had one and dropped it, smashing the glass screen on the front of the iphone (though the actual lcd screen is fully intact and working). He rang up 02 and they sent him a replacement and when it arrived the courier was suppose to put the broken iphone back in the box and take it away, but he never did. So now my mate has a spanking new iphone and his smashed screen one. Its been almost a month now and they've never asked for the old one back and it hasn't been black-listed and still works with 02 sim cards so my mate has decided to try and sell it for £100 (112 euros).
My question to you guys is, is it worth buying it off him? But keep these things in mind:
- A replacement touch panel will cost me around £30 and I can repair it myself, so in all the total cost of the iphone will be £130 (146 euros). This will mean the front will be new and the back of the iphone is in overall good condition (few scratches on the back here and there but nothing major)
- Unfortunately it is on base band 02.30.03, this means that at the moment it cannot be unlocked to work with all sim cards but I strongly believe in the next couple of months they will release an update to unlock this base band.
- I'm purchasing this in the hope of probably selling it in the coming months (once I can unlock it) for £230+. This price range seems reasonable having researched some bids on ebay.
So all in all, I should make a profit of £100 at the very least. Worth buying?
Long story short, my mate had one and dropped it, smashing the glass screen on the front of the iphone (though the actual lcd screen is fully intact and working). He rang up 02 and they sent him a replacement and when it arrived the courier was suppose to put the broken iphone back in the box and take it away, but he never did. So now my mate has a spanking new iphone and his smashed screen one. Its been almost a month now and they've never asked for the old one back and it hasn't been black-listed and still works with 02 sim cards so my mate has decided to try and sell it for £100 (112 euros).
My question to you guys is, is it worth buying it off him? But keep these things in mind:
- A replacement touch panel will cost me around £30 and I can repair it myself, so in all the total cost of the iphone will be £130 (146 euros). This will mean the front will be new and the back of the iphone is in overall good condition (few scratches on the back here and there but nothing major)
- Unfortunately it is on base band 02.30.03, this means that at the moment it cannot be unlocked to work with all sim cards but I strongly believe in the next couple of months they will release an update to unlock this base band.
- I'm purchasing this in the hope of probably selling it in the coming months (once I can unlock it) for £230+. This price range seems reasonable having researched some bids on ebay.
So all in all, I should make a profit of £100 at the very least. Worth buying?