This Thursday, Radioshack, Best Buy and Walmart will begin to sell the new iPhone 4. If you're planning on purchasing one and already have an iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS, you can trade it in at these retailers which can cut the cost or even get it free.
"Under RadioShack's promotion, which runs through Saturday, folks can trade in their old iPhone 3G for $100 or an iPhone 3GS for $200 -- regardless of whether it's a 16- or 32-gigabyte model. That can go a long way toward slicing the cost of a new iPhone 4, which is set to retail for $199 for a 16-GB model and $299 for a 32-GB.
RadioShack has only three criteria for a trade in: The iPhone turns on, the screen isn't cracked and the phone has no water damage. The company's "Trade & Save" program allows customers to have their old iPhones and other electronic devices appraised, traded in and receive an instant store credit on a RadioShack gift card"
This is my plan. I'm going with Radioshack for the larger credit. I'll give a few weeks to let the hype wear down and make sure that the 4G holds no surprises for the jailbreak community.
sweet deal! Is it this saturday or next saturday?
Well, that stinks. I wonder if they'll even have any to offer me. Thanks for the warning. I missed that in the articles I read about the offer.
So no Radio Shack here has an iPhone 4 to sell me. I had checked on Radio Shack's website to find out more about the trade in program. On the website it says that you mail in your device, they check it then ail you the gift card. When I called the Shack about iPhones I asked about the trade in program. The guy I talked to said it's an ongoing deal with no expiration date for now. He said the exchange can be made in store. So I hope that he is right. I guess I'll wait till they get some in and see if I can trade mine in. If not 3Gs are still doing pretty good on Ebay.
"Apple quickly issued a statement defending its product and informed users to simply watch how they handle their phone.
"Gripping any phone will result in some attenuation of its antenna performance with certain places being worse than others depending on the placement of the antennas. This is a fact of life for every wireless phone," Apple said".
I think if I was going to put out all the money for this I would expect much better performance, iPhones always see to have "issues".
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i was actually thinking of splurging on this i would like to hear some real life reviews before i go shopping though, but this is a nice deal.