14 DAY TRIAL // Wireless carrier AT&T decided it was high time to drop the prices for the iPhone a little more; if not for all versions, at least for the refurbished ones. Those who would go for such a device now have the chance to acquire a refurb iPhone 3G 8GB for as little as $49, while the refurb 16GB will cost them only $99. The 2-year contract agreement and all the necessary plans are still in the equation, in case you were wondering.
The mobile phone operator started the price drop frenzy for the older iPhones as soon as the latest flavor of the device, the iPhone 3GS, landed. Back at the end of June, those willing to acquire an iPhone 3G had to pay only $99 for it, compared to the previously available $199 price tag, which applied for the new 3GS since then. At the same time, the price for the refurbished iPhone 3G went down even more, and AT&T subscribers were able to snag the 8G refurb variant for only $79.
It seems that users did not like those prices either, and AT&T lowered them even more, $30 more, to be exact, to the aforementioned price tags. It should be interesting to see whether they will register a better adoption among users now, though there are great chances that they won't. To put it plain and simple, there's no use in paying $30 less for a refurb when you're looking at a $1,680+ deal for the iPhone and the 2-year contract.
On the other hand, compared to the 3GS, the 3G is worth a $150 price difference, though this would apply better to the new units. Even so, the refurbs sometimes prove to be as good as the new handsets, which means that they do not sound like such a bad deal after all. As AT&T needs to clear its iPhone 3G inventories to make room for the 3GS, we might learn that the carrier has changed the offer once again.
