Ron Schenone

AT&T Offers Refurbished iPhone 3G – 8GB For $49.00

Posted by on Jul 29, 2009 | 5 Comments

AT&T has been Twitting about their latest offers for getting a refurbished Apple iPhone 3G with 8GB for only $49.00 after discount. The iPhone can be had at this price after signing up for a 2 year commitment with the company.

AT&T describes their refurbished devices as:

“Refurbished phones are previously owned devices that have been unused or lightly used and returned during the 30-day trial period. Each refurbished phone is independently quality tested and loaded with the latest software to meet current factory standards. Some refurbished iPhone 3G devices will have minor scratches.

Refurbished iPhone 3G devices carry a warranty of 90 days or more.

For details about the warranty on your refurbished iPhone 3G go to www.apple.com/support/oss/.”

So if you are looking for an Apple iPhone at a reasonable price, this deal could be for you.

So what do you think? Deal or no deal?

Comments welcome.

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  • Don Naphen

    Ron, I’d be very skeptical about buying any electronic device that’s been “refurbished”. Price aside, I’d want to know why it was returned! The circuitry in modern electronics are made by robots, as no human could work with them. If a refurbished device was returned as a result of it failing, then it’s gonna fail again … period! Just one small micro crack in the pc board spells disaster. If the selling dealer isn’t willing to provide a history of the phone, then walk away.

  • http://wp3.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/ Ron Schenone

    Hello Don,
    Good point. I would suspect these devices didn’t fail, but were returned by the users for several reasons. The iPhone is a wonderful device but some people may struggle getting it to function properly because of their own inabilities. Then their is cost. Not for the phone, but for the plan and the Apple extras.

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  • Ryan Farmer

    What they do in the case of a faulty main board is throw the entire board away and put a new one in.

    The re-used part is just the case and touchscreen.

  • Ryan

    The refurbished phones still require a 2 year contract with AT&T, but you only get a 90 day warranty on the product, rather then the 1 year that Apple offers on a new iPhone. To me, not worth the $50 savings. I would rather have the piece of mind of having a new phone with the full warranty!