The original Apple iPhone: Still Popular After All These Years

CellDaddy — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:33:43 +0000

Original iPhone 2G are as popular as ever on eBay. Unlocked versions.

The iPhone has been around for over two years now and in it’s 3rd generation. Still, the original iPhone (2G) is a very popular product on eBay. Much of them are used, being sold by those who upgraded from the original Apple iPhone 2G to the second generation iPhone 3G or the third generation iPhone 3GS.

When buying an iPhone, the sim card you are planning to use must be already compatible with the iPhone’s current provider setting. In the US, it is most likely it’s AT&T. So if you have a Motorola GSM phone with AT&T, you can take that sim to an AT&T iPhone and it will be ready to go. If you want to use another GSM provider such as T-Mobile, you’ll have to unlock it first by getting the code from AT&T.

Luckily, the popular iPhones on eBay are already unlocked. Meaning that to use it, you only need a plan with a GSM mobile provider that uses a sim card. In the US, AT&T and T-Mobile come to mind. Rogers in Canada, Orange in many European countries, Hutchison in Australia, and a whole host of others globally.

I’m curious as to why consumers are still attracted to the original iPhone. Perhaps, because it is still an effective mobile phone? It can be used as an enhanced iPod, that’s for sure. In a Wi-Fi hotspot, you don’t need a data plan to surf the web. Some users jailbreak them (which is illegal or against Apple’s policies) and load apps and games that are not available on iTunes.

The original Apple iPhones are available with two story configurations — 4GB and 8GB:

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The original Apple iPhone: Still Popular After All These Years