Hey guys/gals I need your help.
My brother's friend's friend offered to sell me a brand new Iphone 2g 8gb for 300 dollars.
I've always been interested in an Iphone.
Are there Iphones made from china that are sold cheaper by any chance?
Anyway what should I be careful off(look out for)?

you can get a brand new 3G 8GB phone for 199, why would you pay 300 for an old one?

The new phones are a little more per month, but they get WAY better internet service, you're far better off with a new 8GB phone. You can get a 16GB new one for the 300 dollars he wants you to pay.

Oh it's unlocked, I don't want to pay 70 dollars per month for service.

If you go the unlocked Tmobile route (the only other choice) it's still pretty expensive (Tmobile is maybe 10 bucks cheaper). If you aren't going to get service and just use the iphone features without actually using it as a phone you should probably go for the much cheaper ipod touch (which, with wifi, can use some VOIP programs to make calls REALLY cheaply) or a PSP.

This is of course if you aren't in another country, in which case I have no idea what the provider situation is like.


Another great idea though, is to get the 3G from ATT for one month, then as soon as the month is up pay the cancelation fee of 150 and bingo, a brand new unlocked 3G iphone for about 300 dollars.

I would still just pay the extra per month personally though, a lot of the great things like virtual voice mail just don't work with Tmobile, I have a few friends who did the unlock/jailbreak thing and mine works way better with a lot more application options TBH.

Thanks for the info, and I'm using prepaid. so, it's way cheaper than 70 bucks a month.
I just need a new phone since my old one broke, it served me for a good 4 years, but now I can no longer hear incoming calls without turning the speaker on.

I've thought of the cancellation route but I also heard they take the iphone away if you cancel.
I'm not sure though, I'll look into it.

Don't do it!

No point in getting a contract then cancelling, you lose 150 bucks in the process. So you wind up paying 350.

 Why?

The first phone with Android is coming on the 22nd of this month.  Wait to see what Apple does in response.  They've already dropped their NDA on the iPhone SDK.  It wouldn't be fun to buy an iPhone a couple weeks before a price drop or promotion.

Their have been a lot of phones imitating the iphone some even dubbed the Iphone killer and Apple didn't really do anything drastic pricewise, unless I wait for the next Iphone iteration.
Though the ggold phone does sound interesting.