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If anyone wants to make me an offer.
It's still got all the factory seals on the battery case, screen and keyboard, unopened manuals etc.
This is an upgrade from one of my contracts and is all above-board
Leon
we might need one for the athena project...
if your willing to give us a good deal ?
name your price?
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we might need one for the athena project...
if your willing to give us a good deal ?
name your price?
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Spoke to Mackaby007 about selling it for devs but he's sorted a cheap one for now. I'd keep hold of it for that purpose but I could do with the money at the moment.
There are differing opinions on what a good price is at the moment but I'm sure I'd be cheaper than most for a virginal Ameo. Just looking for one or two offers to deliberate.
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ok thats cool is this ur ameo ?
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ok thats cool is this ur ameo ?
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It is indeed, an upgrade from one of my contracts.
Believe I should be able to get it subsidy unlocked, though how worthwhile this would be depends on how long it takes for a free solution to come about.
Was looking for around 450. Good price I think for an untouched device from a T-Mobile shop, but I'm up for negotiation.
come on people lets see some offers
remember its never even been turned on, still factory packaged.
can supply photos on request. My email is [email protected]. Paypal and specil delivery shipping available.
Lets have some offers.....
Part Ex considered
Forgot to mention in my last post - I will accept an N95 in part exchange, providing it is either unlocked or on t-mobile and not faulty!
I am based in the Midlands in the UK. Collection is preferred as it makes things a lot more straightforward though I will obviously arrange postage if this is the preferred option.
In the case of serious offers PM me and I will forward my phone number if the offer is acceptable.
Regards
Leon
I have tried unsuccessfully to purchase a Wing twice now. Last night I made a bid on a third one, however so much time has passed since I have been trying to get one that I am now out of time. I lost my phone last week and need a new one by Wednesday. In order to get my phone I will have to overnight it for early arrival on Wednesday. The total cost now puts me close to 400 which is the neighborhood of an iphone. When the iphone first came out I swore it was the phone for me but I wasn’t going to spend 600 for it. They have dropped in price to 399 for the 8 gig phone. I am going to have to unlock the phone though for T-mobile service which scares me a bit. I kept pretty close tabs on the whole unlock the iphone saga when it was first being done and it seemed that there was a pretty high failure rate at that time. A quick check on eBay reveals that there are a plethora of unlocked iphones for sale which tells me that they have perfected the process. So now I am at a cross roads. I can get the iphone tomorrow from an Apple store or AT&T’s stores. The Wing will have to be sent overnight if I can convince the seller to drop everything and run down to a FedEx office. So given the pros and cons of the purchase I see a pretty close match. Maybe I should be looking at the phones themselves. The processor on the iphone is way more powerful and so is the storage space. The thing I don’t like about the iphone is that it’s a mac which means I may have issues getting software for it on the open market. Then again it’s a seriously popular device and people may be writing all sorts of tools and software for it. It doesn’t have a dedicated keyboard either which I liked about the wing. So given the choice, should I seriously stick with the Wing or should I make the switch to the iphone? Opinions count but I would like to hear some concrete facts about the differences if I am to make a logical decision. Thanks in advance.
Have you considered you can walk into a Tmobile Store and get a wing for $349?
You talk about walking into an Apple Store vs. having a Wing shipped to you.... and that seems to be the deciding factor on which phone you're going to get. If you walk into a Tmobile store, you can get a Wing for $350 plus tax .... and if you walk into an Apple store, you can get an iPhone for $399 plus tax.
actually I cant get the wing for 349. It's a real pisser and if that was true I would have done that a week ago. I lost my phone (V3 Razor) about a week ago. The first thought that came to mind was go to T-mobile and get a new phone. My second thought was to upgrade into something like the Wing. I didn't know it existed at the time, but I thought that it would be a nice iPhone substitute at 350 since I believed the iphone to be 600. As it turns out I am 10 months away from my contract ending with T-mobile. I am 8 months away from qualifying for any T-mobile phone rebates. The Wing is 499 retail with 100 instant rebate and 50 mail in all of which require 2 additional years of contract. T-mobile will not allow me to extend my contract until I am 2 months or less from my current contract expiration. So to that end and to your point, the phone is not 350 to me it is 499 to me. That is why I started my search on eBay. I thought then as I think now, I can get a better deal on the Wing through eBay. However, I had the damnedest luck on this particular auction. I bid and won my first auction about 5 days ago and have not heard 1 word from the seller regarding the close of the auction. I believe he died and luckily I hadn't sent him any money. Maybe someday I will hear from the guy but at this point he wont respond to any emails nor has he complained about me not paying for the auction. I decided to try again and won a second auction for 255 on the wing. Great deal I thought until I actually paid for the auction only to find out that he already sold the phone to another party as well as collecting payment from me too. Now I have to deal with that big pile of crap but I still need a phone. So here I am needing to win yet another auction for my wing or I can just go to an At&t store and pick up the iphone.
Tough decision to make, one that i considered also. A couple of things to note first is:
Longevity: Remember iphone 2.0 is already in the works and might drop by the end of next year. Also remember T-Mobile's 3g service should start seeing implementation beginning next year. So now the question is, how long are you planning on keeping this phone? Another thing to consider is resale value if you opt to get another phone next year. I would assume an iphone in great condition should have a higher resale value over time than the wing.
Specs: iPhone is more powerful than Wing and also has more storage, has a multitouch display that is larger and with higher resolution.
UI and OS: iPhone beats Wing hands down for STOCK UI and OS, athough it is an unfair advantage. Apple made OSX on the iPhone from the ground up. It only has one platform to work with whereas WM6 is created to be cross-platform and work for different SP, PPC, and PDA that all have different specs and components. Although the dev comm definitely did an outstanding job of making wm6 more user friendly, and with upgrades to wm6 like Shadows's UI and Android around the corner, we'll see how this develops.
Dev. Community: Apple is releasing a SDK for iPhone early next year, so you should start seeing software for iPhone given enough time. Wing has an established dev comm as you can see - xda (The best!), modaco, howardforums, and others.
Apple vs. Microsoft: Which is the lesser of two evils?
Warranty: unlock your iPhone and you just voided your warranty. At least with wing something happens to it, you should be able to have T-Mobile help you in some way. At least, i would think.
Personally, i'm happy with my Wing. It might be no iPhone, but then again no other is. It's the little device that could, and while there are more powerful phones on the market, it still holds it own. Plus i like the idea that i can abuse it more than the iPhone. I feel HTC makes quality phones and i can't wait to see if T-Mobile releases HTC Touch Cruise for its 3g service (please, please, please). Plus, it's not a F'ing Sidekick! lol.
Unless you are in dire need of a pda phone right now, i would buy a cheap phone for the time and wait until the next round of pda phones come out. Take a look at the ATT tilt, for instance, much more powerful than the wing and im sure we'll see a price drop pretty quick.
Have you considered this?
http://www.fatwallet.org/forums/messageview.php?catid=18&threadid=733578
This is where I bought my wing, when the price was $49 after rebate, now it's $79 with free bluetooth headphone. You do need to sign-up another one year contract (no activation fee, free 2-day shipping) with Tmobile though, but you can combine your twon lines to a family plan and save some $$.
contract
unless you are within 2 months of your current contract expiring, you can not renew your contract with tmobile. Your account must be 60 days to contract expiration before you can get any rebates or discounts applied to your phone. I have mentioned that twice so far. It's a very important tip to pass on and to keep in mind with your own upgrade decisions in the future. If I qualified for any sort of assistance I would have bought the wing long ago.
FYI..I ended up with 3 failed auctions for the wing. Very strange situatation to say the least. In the end I went with the iphone but I am starting to wonder if that was a wise choice considering all the trouble I have had with it over the last week. I attempted for 48 hours straight to hack the iphone for use on t-mobile service. Apple has released an update sometime last month that pretty much locks the phone down for the next couple of weeks or months. Someone will surely figure out a way around it but for now its damn near impossible. I decided to sign up with att service and only after a week of fooling with this phone did I finally get it working today. About 6 hours after finally getting the phone up and running did I discover that it doesnt have VOIP support. Now at first glance that might seem like a meaningless attribute but this was the primary reason for me starting this little adventure of phone upgrading. I am going to start a new thread because I have more to tell and need help in making a choice.
if you use your phone almost like laptop then you won't like the iPhone. You will for for a little while till the wow factor wares off. It's definately pretty and very nice with all its tricks but the simple things it cant do. Some 3rd party apps attempt to fix this but it doesnt work all too well.
You'll take things for granted such as browsing to a site to download something and email it as an attatchment to someone or yourself.
This seller seems to have multiple G1's to sell, the price is insane but that's what you get for a pre-release device, if anybody's interested go for it and come back with information.
Weeeeeeee
I think I will wait until mine comes in on the 22. That price is ridiculous. $850 buy it now. ROFLMAO!!
damn i paid more than that lol
G1 For Sale
I can get a G1 for a pretty good price, more than the retail will be but it hasn't released and will sell out quick, so yeah. Would anyone be interested in a G1 for like $600 shipped, I'll send it out on Monday morning overnighted USPS with insurance? Brand new, still in box. Let me know.
hey...buddy...wanna buy a watch?
Or perhaps an Iphone?......LOL
Just kidding
I actually do need a nice watch, my last Citizen watch finally broke after like 5 years. My wrist feels empty.
As for the iPhone, I have an iPhone 3G brand new in box like 8 feet away from me... And no intentions and/or temptations of removing it from the factory packaging.
Back to the G1, I think I have someone set to buy, but I'll update here later on.
Isn't full price $399...? Only having T-Mobile specific 3G bands, the G1 wouldn't get past EDGE on other carriers like AT&T...
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Isn't full price $399...? Only having T-Mobile specific 3G bands, the G1 wouldn't get past EDGE on other carriers like AT&T...
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Exactly, it would only get EDGE on AT&T... Why do you think I'd never buy one for myself?
And yeah, full price is $399 but considering they're already sold out and then some on preorders, good luck getting one any time soon.
I could get the phone for like $450-460 shipped right now, but like I said, I have no use for it. There are people paying $1000+ for them, so I figured 600 wouldn't be too bad for both sides.
The pre-order alottment is sold out, yes. The stores in 3G areas will be getting them on Oct. 22nd though. I guess if someone in a non-3G market wanted one ASAP and didn't want to wait until 11/10 -- might be happy to find you
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Exactly, it would only get EDGE on AT&T... Why do you think I'd never buy one for myself?
And yeah, full price is $399 but considering they're already sold out and then some on preorders, good luck getting one any time soon.
I could get the phone for like $450-460 shipped right now, but like I said, I have no use for it. There are people paying $1000+ for them, so I figured 600 wouldn't be too bad for both sides.
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The pre-order alottment is sold out, yes. The stores in 3G areas will be getting them on Oct. 22nd though. I guess if someone in a non-3G market wanted one ASAP and didn't want to wait until 11/10 -- might be happy to find you
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There won't be plenty in stores, if you preordered before October 3rd you'll get yours shipped 22nd-23rd, if you preorder after it'll take them longer to get it to you. I'm willing to bet this turns out to be a lesser iPhone surge, but like I said it's irrelevant to me because I have AT&T. I was going to buy and re-sell it, instead I just gave the guy who asked me contact info of where to get it for $460, I'm too lazy to go through that.
Yeah can't say im shocked about people like this who try and rip people off, if i had that much money to spend on a phone it sure wouldn't be spent on the g1!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-G1-Tmobile-...40:1308&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ebayphotohosting
Pretty expensive right? 626,95 USD (4 670,03 SEK) incl shipping to Sweden + tax and customs, but what options do you have when ordering to Europe? Is there a better deal, preferrable "Buy it now"?
Maybe I should wait till it reaches the UK or what do you think? I'm getting tired of waiting of Android to be ported to my current HTC...
I got an offer of $400 shipped to me, I don't consider that to be outrageous at all. When the phone comes out, what will it cost? $400 + shipping.
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I got an offer of $400 shipped to me, I don't consider that to be outrageous at all. When the phone comes out, what will it cost? $400 + shipping.
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I have mine for a few hours and already have it listed on eBay. I had to just touch it and look at it and now .. UP FOR AUCTION. I have the Xperia on order. I think it comes the end of the month. All I know is Windows Mobile.
Any way .. the phone is awesome. The thing I like the best as to the way it is built is the slide mechanism of the keyboard,. I think I have owned just about every GOOD PHONE out this year, including the HTC Touch Pro .. this keyboard is the nicest and the feel and the weight is just perfect. Hoping I like my Xperia as well ...
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I have mine for a few hours and already have it listed on eBay. I had to just touch it and look at it and now .. UP FOR AUCTION. I have the Xperia on order. I think it comes the end of the month. All I know is Windows Mobile.
... I couldn't do it .. My auction was over $300 and I cancelled all bids and put my sim card back in. I will probably still buy the Xperia when it comes out - unless I fall in love with the dream. And if I don't I think I will give the Dream to my son rather than 'scalp' it on eBay.
Haven't had time to figure out how to just do the simple things .. I want to learn how to voice dial .. When I close a program is it really CLOSED or is it still running in the background sucking the life out of my battery ?? Maybe tonight I will take a closer look . . couldn't skip work 2 days in a row.
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Viable to purchase unlocked g1's off ebay?
Hey guys,
I've found some "unlocked" handsets on ebay for sale, but was wondering if they would still be restricted to the 2g network??
As that's where I thought they were currently with their "unlocking" process...
Also does T-Mobile do anything special in order for gmail to push mail to the device, or is that just like controlled entreily over a standard data connection?
2g/3g isn't a restriction. Its a hardware limitation.
When the phone is fully unlocked it will work on any network with both 2G and 3G.
From what I know it will not work with ATT 3G as they are different frequencies and I have heard lots of problems with peoples Unlocked G1's syncing to google/gmail under other carriers other than T-Mobile.
I just jumped on board the HD7, and I have a 4month old HD2 in perfect condition. It is unlocked, with all assesories still sealed, screen protector, box, matching numbers.
How much could I get? I would be happy with $300.00 before shipping.. is that asking to much, or could I get more.
Well it highly depends on the condition of your phone, if there are no signs of cosmetic wear on the phone you might be able to sell it even up to 400$ .
IMO try to sell it to one of your friends rather than putting it up on ebay or selling it in second hand mobile shops & congrats on your brand new HD7 but im pretty sure you'll miss the lovely HD2!
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I just jumped on board the HD7, and I have a 4month old HD2 in perfect condition. It is unlocked, with all assesories still sealed, screen protector, box, matching numbers.
How much could I get? I would be happy with $300.00 before shipping.. is that asking to much, or could I get more.
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I'd see what they're going for on craigslist in your city and try to sell it there - but $300 seems easy enough to get. The fact it's in good condition, unlocked, and you have the box and all the accessories should make it easy to sell for AT LEAST $300.
depends on the model.
Generally, the T9193 (or even the TMOUS1024) will fetch you a little more money than the T8585.
dude i got a 2week old HD2 unlocked for $ 140 !! best investment ever !!
Highly recommend keep your HD2 because it is such a CLASSIC, worth to collect
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dude i got a 2week old HD2 unlocked for $ 140 !! best investment ever !!
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... how? does it have anything faulty?
I have seen prices as low as $150 in Atlanta and up to $399... It all depends on how fast the person wants to sell. Most people that dont know much about phones will sell it low and want it gone fast. They usually try to re-coup what the phone cost them with a contract which is around $100-200.
So funny story, I was buying a second HD2 for my brother in law and when I getting the HD2 the person selling it to me said that they were selling because they hated Windows Mobile and they love their new Samsung Vibrant with Android.. .So I whipped mine out and the lady almost started crying that she thought that Android was possible on the HD2... She said she had gone through so much to get out of the HD2 and now seeing Android running on it was almost overwhelming...
Felt bad... still sold it to me... She was under a new contract on the new phone.
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craigslist and dumb *****es my friend !!
Consider keeping your HTCHD2 as the value might go up!
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Consider keeping your HTCHD2 as the value might go up!
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Really? I was under the impression to get rid of it while it was hot.. like still valuable.. I was trying to help recoupe the cost of the HD7 since I purchased it out of contract..
I dont dig Android. and I am not much of a reg hacker.. the default T-MO USA 3.x rom is on there and runs like a silver butterfly... and HTC Sense rreally makes the phone very usable.. I already miss my TCPMP and Resco package.. but I am in the process of wedging in a solution when i get the time..
i will put it this way.. if I put some shrinkwrap on the box.. it could be literally sold as new.. except it is able to take all full size GSM sim cards... I unlocked it so it would have higher value...
I really appreciate all nof the valuable input so far.. i am still bending my ears..
if you were in Aus I'd be interested in getting a second HD2 on the cheap!
especially since our dollars keep swapping over parity every week
I wanted to solicit a few opinions on this. Let me start out by saying, selling my G2 isn't purely for profit. A friend wants to buy it, and would pay a reasonable price for it. I also want to note that I received the phone in exchange for building and testing a new computer for a friend.
I have the stock card in it, always had a screen protector, and snap on case. Phone is in perfect condition.
The phone is rooted with CM7 and I would wipe and reinstall CM7 or any other GB ROM before selling it.
Is $200 too much to ask for the phone, or is that a low ball? Looking to maintain karma with a good friend, but not cheat myself, either.
Opinions?
Sounds about right for a friend you're trying to give a good deal. The rooting doesn't necessarily add a ton of value to it if its for a friend (or in general, for that matter). And especially if he's not technologically inclined to use root features.
I bought my G2 lightly used w/ a 16gb SD card for $285 on craigslist if that's any indication for you of a price ballpark. I think I got a pretty good deal on it.
Yea that is a good asking price for it and testing and doing something for another friend to get it wasn't a bad deal ether LOL. but its all on you for how much you want for if your giving him a pretty good deal. I got mine at the store for around 160-170 and I already had the 16gb sdcard but look what the other poster said he paid. cuz I do see them going brand new with box and everything for 300 you know good thing always come back to good people you know
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rooting really does add value, just like the device being carrier unlocked...ON EBAY. ebay is full of people that think rooting and unlocked is basically the holy grail because they are not smart enough to read here and follow instructions.
if i was selling my G2 to a FRIEND, id ask between 200-250 for it, basically being nice and saying its half of full retail and no contract needed.
on ebay, id ask minimum 325 for it on auction, and would make a second chance offer if reserve didnt make it to 325 for no less than 290.
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rooting really does add value, just like the device being carrier unlocked...ON EBAY. ebay is full of people that think rooting and unlocked is basically the holy grail because they are not smart enough to read here and follow instructions.
if i was selling my G2 to a FRIEND, id ask between 200-250 for it, basically being nice and saying its half of full retail and no contract needed.
on ebay, id ask minimum 325 for it on auction, and would make a second chance offer if reserve didnt make it to 325 for no less than 290.
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Yep you nailed it. On eBay/Craigslist, rooting adds a lot of value. For a friend, not so much because hopefully you'd be nice enough to root it for him if it wasn't already . I sold my Evo on Craigslist for a premium cuz it was rooted. And that was a one-click root method phone lol.
So we had the same state of mind when we both sold are EVOs. I sold mine mint with everything and case and was rooted to crazy land with everything you could think of lol. And the guy begged me to sell it to him and I use every cent on half paying off my cancellation fee of 150 and used the rest to get my g2. Rooting and unlocking phone dose up the value. but if your on Craigslist and want the g2 and see that your charging store price just because yours is unlocked and rooted already. of course I'm going to get the one that's less money and do it myself. and not pay store price I got lucky when I saw that true s-off unlocks the phone while rooting that was a win win for me right there. just incase I want to sell my phone I kept everything and its unlocked and rooted
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Give another example, I had a blackberry 9650 and storm 2. The bold had os6 leak on it, storm 2 had nothing special. Both phones I had sim unlocked from verizon, cost me nothing.
I paid 100 bucks new for the bold and verizon because of all of their screwups gave it to me for free with no contract.
I sold the storm for 290 and bold for 265. Both were unlocked. Not too bad lol
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