I do the same thing with sprint phones. Plenty of new ones on CL for sale.
Paid 200. for a brand new Samsung Moment (android)
and 200. for a HTC Hero (android).
Did it outside a contract. that’s the best way to go.
I have an iPhone. I do like it, a lot, it’s very handy. (I will not use the word “love” about a phone. It’s creepy.) I use Macs, so I like how it ties in with the Mac OS and MobileMe. If I get rid of it, I’ll switch to Google and get the same thing, so I’m not too concerned about losing the “iPhone” experience.
However, I despise AT&T. Their network is substandard in major metro areas like SF and NYC, they lied about it last year and got caught, and one of their execs thinks we should pay MORE for their lousy network - so much for “unlimited”.
My contract expired after the new year, and I’m on month to month. I’m keeping it that way until the phone dies, or Verizon gets an iPhone. I will never lock myself into a 2-year contract with AT&T again. They could’nt even give me a discount on the 3Gs iphone, after two years - if I got one, I’d have to pay teh same price a new customer would pay, and get locked in another two years.
Nope. AT&T? Never again. iPad? It’s on AT&T, won’t get one (the wifi one is useless to me).
If Verizon does not get an iPhone by the end of the summer, I will probably get an Incredible. I can jailbreak my iPhone then, and use it as a PDA/iPod. (Okay, most likely it will sit in a drawer.)