First-Gen iPhones rise steadily in price

I wonder why Apple doesnt start selling the iPhone 3G online like the 1st Gen iPhone. It would solve all problems. It was very convient to get the old iPhone from Apple's site and unlock it.

also, the first gen is still better than the 3G

TUAW: "A majority of phones are heading outside the US for resale..."
According to this report (from April) there are over 250,000 iPhones in use in Russia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSKb8qaFKn8

And according to this one, Apple considers Russia a part of Europe and so the unlocked price will probably be around $900...so demand for 1G iPhones will probably remain high and thus the prices for them will remain high.

Yup... my unlocked 4GB just sold at auction today for $375+ shipping... to Poland. (and from someone who actually had positive feedback, hurray!)

Amazing. Its incredible I was lucky enough to buy an 8 gig iPhone off eBay for $300 flat.

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/09/whither-the-1-0-iphone-resale/

:)

Is it still possible to get one, and make it a prepaid contract? And do it that way, like a long time ago when they first came out. (1 gen)

I just sold my 1st gen 4GB for $280 to a local. It had a cracked screen and was a little battered. The touchscreen worked fine. I am now the proud owner of a 16GB iPhone 3G!

I wonder how much I can get for my cracked, for-some-inexplicable-reason not working iPhone 1G.

The prices are a little ridiculous though- it seems that people want them because they're unlocked, but I just bought a 16GB unlocked iPhone 3G off of eBay from Singapore for just a few hundred more than the 1G. If people would only think... well, damn- a lot of things'd be different, huh?

So, mine has a cracked screen, which Apple charges 250 bucks to fix. R you all telling me its worth fixing, then selling?