Several weeks ago, prior to the release party for the iPhone 5, I wrote a post about whether it was a good time to buy an iPhone.
The phone was actually shipped and out the door this past weekend (September 21st to be precise). Apple sold 5 million of them on the opening weekend (including pre-orders).
So, the question occurs to me: Is it still a good time to buy an iPhone?
If anything, I think now is an even better time to buy an iPhone, assuming a few things. The biggest impact on how much it will cost you is answered by two questions: 1). Are you due for an upgrade? and 2)Do you have to have the latest and greatest?
If you are due for an upgrade, or if you are changing carriers (with all that can entail), you have a great opportunity to score a iPhone at a good price. You can get the iPhone 5 for $199 from AT&T, Sprint or Verizon. Great phone. Great price.
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If you live in an area served by smaller regional cell phone companies, you can actually score an iPhone 5 (all models) for $149, $249 or $349. That is a $50 savings off of the “normal” on contract price. And Cricket is offering a non-contract iPhone 5 for $499.
If you are due for an upgrade but $199 seems to steep a price to pay, you can still get a great deal on an iPhone…only this time it is an iPhone 4s. You can score a 16GB iPhone 4s for just $99.00.. These deals are available at AT&T, Sprint and Verizon, and they do require a 2 year contract. Again, great phones. Great prices.
And, finally, you can score an iPhone 4 for only $0.00. Yep. Nada. Zilch. Free.
Of course, they $0 does require a 2 year contract, and the device is only an 8GB model. But the iPhone 4 is an amazing phone. One more time: Great phone. Steal of a price.
You can also find used iPhones for sale on Amazon, eBay and Craigslist. Your mileage may vary on any used phone, so buy wise.
That’s my thought. What do you think about buying an iPhone now?
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I love Iphone very much. Now currently am using Iphone4 and next month going to buy Iphone5. Thanks for sharing with us.
I sort of think that people who are running out to buy them are out of their minds. “1). Are you due for an upgrade? and 2)Do you have to have the latest and greatest?” Most people, I think, think #1 comes along way sooner than it really does. If you have an iphone 3 or 4 then there’s no way you need an upgrade yet (seen the Jimmy Kimmel interviews where he showed people the new iphone5 and they couldn’t tell it apart from the iphone4?). And if you fall under #2, well, you’re just screwed for money in the long run. I think we have a real problem in this country finding contentment with what we already have. That’s just my thought though. I have a smartphone, but it’s an old model, I have a pay-as-you-go thing, so no contract. It’s pretty awesome.
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I hear where you are coming from. Some people cannot ever be satisfied.
On a different note, iPhone’s (like all Apple products) retain value better than most consumer electronics. Many of the early adopters of iPhone 5 will be people who sell their old iPhones, thus off-setting the cost of the new one to some degree.