iPhone exchange & upgrade

[skumars25]

Dear friends,

I have bought an jail broken iPhone 3gs an year back and now the iPhone glass is broken (scratches) but it is working fine with any issues.
I am currently in U.S on a business trip and Can I upgrade to iPhone 4 or 4S after resetting to factory settings on my current iPhone 3gs?

Please advise.

thanks,
Kumar

 

[Thomasjtsi]

You'll need a computer w/ iTunes to restore you 3GS to factory settings.

 

[skumars25]

Yes, i have that setup ready.. my request more towards after the fact.. i have reset to factory settings then can i able to upgrade to iPhone 4 or 4s by paying some money in apple store?

thanks

 

[skumars25]

Since my iphone glass has few cracks, I am looking for replacing the iphone (and i believe i can upgrade the OS part on my own).
Please let me know whether it is possible.

thanks

 

[skumars25]

Guys - any help or suggestion would help a lot? Please provide your feedback

 

[willerz2]

If the screen is cracked, Apple won't give you much for it. Plus it's a 3GS, so you really won't get much on top of that. You'd probably have a better chance selling the 3GS online, and use that money with a bit of extra to buy a new device. If you insist on getting it from Apple without an eligible upgrade, you'll be paying close to $400-700 for a brand new 4, 4s or 5 from Apple. The 4 is free with eligible upgrades, the 4S is $99 and the 5 is $199 from major carriers. Compare that to the $400-700 MSRP before tax of not having an eligible upgrade when buying direct from Apple.

 

[skumars25]

So practically this is not possible without paying all most full cost of an iPhone...
Do you guys have any other better way to trade off the old iPhone and get a 4 or 4s model by paying less ($100 to $200)

Thanks

 

[scifan57]

So practically this is not possible without paying all most full cost of an iPhone...
Do you guys have any other better way to trade off the old iPhone and get a 4 or 4s model by paying less ($100 to $200)

Thanks

The only practical way to get a new iPhone at a cheap price is to sign up for a multi-year contract with a cellular carrier. As you are just visiting the U.S., this would not be possible in your case.

 

[willerz2]

The only way to get an iPhone at that price is off the internet, and that doesn't guarantee that your device is not a blocked/blacklisted device. It's a buy at a own risk thing when buying high demand phones like iPhones off the web.

 

[skumars25]

Very sad to know that its not possible to exchange with apple store.. unfortunate that even after resetting the factory settings its become non-jailbroken product but can not be exchanged or upgraded to a new iphone 4 or 4s..
Let me go and figure out is there any other local agents in SFO who can help us on this..

 

[Neubeehunhun]

Unless you are still within the whatever days of return period, apple will not let you exchange your older device to a newer device, not even to a different color of the same device, regardless of conditions.

Your best bet would be selling your older device online, but I doubt a used, scratched 3gs would even cover 10% of an iphone 5 price.