Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
Which kind of explains why an unlocked original iPhone,
upgraded to the Version 2.0 software, for around USD $100 (AUD $103)
less starts to make sense. For now, it seems, that contract tie-ins
will ensure that demand for old iPhones remains high within the
American market. Even if that means a less well-featured handset.
Look outside of the US to those countries where
Apple has not yet completed iPhone network deals, like China for
example, and there is a ready made gray market which requires feeding.
You only have to look at the prices that old iPhones are realising on
eBay to appreciate the demand. 16GB handsets can easily make USD $400
(AUD $400) or more.
Then there is the value of the old iPhone for its component parts to
consider. The New York Times quotes a FreeiPhoneSwap spokesman, Sam
Hickson, as claiming that the screen alone is worth in the region of
USD $200 (AUD $206)
One iPhone 3G FAQ
suggests that the new handset "makes it pretty difficult to sell your
original iPhone." That, it would appear, is most certainly not the
case. For now.
The original iPhone has a particular value in particular markets, at
this particular moment in time. The difficulty is in predicting how
long that value will remain at the current peak before it starts to
plummet faster than a lead balloon.
David Bass
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