Apple introduces iPhone3G Gift Card

With a little more than 24 hours before the official start of the 2008 holiday shopping season, Apple has made a new offer to shoppers. The iPhone 3G Gift Card provides its lucky recipient with an activated iPhone that has been tricked out with email and personalized ring tones. Plus, an Apple Store Specialist will help the new owner customize his or her home screen, pick some great apps and find their favorite songs.

You can purchase the card in any amount starting at $25US toward the cost of a new iPhone. They may be redeemed at any Apple Store in the US. Apple also notes that the iPhone 3G Gift Card can also be used for all things Mac and iPod at the Apple Online Store or any Apple Retail Store. Sweet!

[Via Steve Rubel]

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Source: http://www.apple.com/iphone/gift/buy.html

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Datajockey

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November 27 2008 at 1:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Too bad this is nothing like being out of town for your birthday and having your girlfriend hand you a box that you're sure is a new iPod...but it's really an iPhone. I still think it's weak sauce that you can't activate at home anymore; it's part of the visceral experience of receiving a present.

November 27 2008 at 10:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jason A. Quest

The only difference between this gift card and a regular Apple Store gift card is what it looks like. Either of them can be loaded with any amount of money, and you can get the same after-sales service - setting up mail, selecting a ringtone, etc. - with either one (or any other method of paying for it).

This is just a marketing tool. It's kind of like the gift cards you can get at other stores that might have various designs to choose from. Just because you give someone a Buy More gift card with a picture of a stereo on it doesn't mean they can't spend the money on a game console or a MacPod.

November 27 2008 at 9:18 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rigved

i want an iphone too!

similar -

Apple iPhone Video Review at -

http://www.techreviews4u.com/?p=2126

November 27 2008 at 5:15 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Andrew@the.macguy.us

Ummm, this has been an option since I got my iPhone 3G gift card in August. The only thing I can't confirm is its time of arrival to the Online Apple Store.

November 26 2008 at 10:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

brentt

ahaha, this is better than normal gift cards, cuz it makes 100% of the recipients think they have enough money on it to purchase an iphone. OOPS

November 26 2008 at 10:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tired_

Do they have a gift card yet that works in the App Store?

November 26 2008 at 9:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Zachary Hinchliffe

regular iTunes gift cards worked fine for me when I first got my iPod touch.

November 26 2008 at 9:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Galley

Yeah, regular iTunes Store cards work (except in Canada, for some reason).

November 26 2008 at 10:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Michael R Johnson

It should be noted that while the iPhone 3G Gift Card can be used for Mac and iPod products, a "regular" Apple Store Gift Card *cannot* be used toward an iPhone 3G.

(I had this conversation with a customer support rep from Apple.)

November 26 2008 at 9:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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nando

so how does this differ into taking an iphone into some one that knows how to customize your phone..(ie move icons) and set it up for u?!?!?!?
and then tells u ...which apps to download..?!??!

November 26 2008 at 9:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mrcubes2u

This has been an option for quite some time. I couple months ago I tried to buy an iPhone 3G as a "gift" so I wouldn't have to activitate in the store (and pay the increased data rate vs. my original iPhone). They told me I couldn't do that, but the gift card thing was an option.

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