I'm looking to buy an iPhone. I want one unlocked as I often move abroad, but I don't want to pay the price for an iPhone 4 or 4S. I don't care about the retina display. I am also prone to dropping my phone and would most likely smash the back of a 4 or 4S within a week. Should I buy a 3GS?
iPod touch (4th generation), iOS 5.1
Get whatever you can afford. I would get at least a 4, since it will be supported for longer than a 3GS. But I can't say that with 100% certainty, only based on how iPhone 3G was left behind after iOS 4.3 and above.
I'd agree with xtrmecarbon, your best taking all the above into concideration.
But then you've also got to ask yourself, on 02 for example: (Pay As You Go) iPhone 3GS your looking at £319 for the iPhone itself. From here you could go for a "Pay Monthly Sim" with 02.
If you go for a "12 Month SIM" your find your "Pay Monthly Sim" will cost roughly half the price than "Paying Monthly", as your an O2 Customer for an entire year. so for example i was paying £27 a month, i'm now only paying £15 because i'm with O2 for a year. obviously theirs extra charges if you go over your contract usage, same as all phone contracts.
This would cost you in total: £499 (Including iPhone 3GS, Black, 8GB) if you didn't go over your usage for £15 a month for example, now you could properly say for sure the iPhone 3GS will be around for another year at least, obviously were not 100% certain on that.
Question you've got to ask yourself would you rather save an extra £300 roughly, I'd suggest buying the handset on it's own, and doing a sim only deals, will work out cheaper in the long run..
Hope this advice helps!
I already a have a SIM with 3 Sweden (where I am living at the moment), so SIM prices aren't an issue. I also don't really have much of an income right now to buy a new iPhone 4 or 4S at the moment (I'm only 14). I have however, taken your advice into consideration. Thanks for the help.
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