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Straight trade for 3GS 16gb?

DVNO

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Apr 22, 2010
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Chicago
Ok so ive had my nexus now for about 4 months. Someone just offered me a straight trade for their unlocked 3GS 16gb? Should i do it? 3g kinda sucks here in chicago anyway so i dont think ill miss that. Anything else i should worry about? Oh and does anyone know if the 3gs is wireless-N capable?

Thanks
 
The 3GS does not do wireless N. I wouldn't do it in your position, even if I sort of liked the iPhone. The N1 is the current dev phone, and you can look forward to software updates that will make it better. In less than a year Apple will release iOS5, and I guarantee it will make the 3GS suck. That's how they roll. If your phone is 2 generations out of date, they don't care if the new software works well. Have you seen iOS4 running on the iPhone 3G?
 
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Ok so ive had my nexus now for about 4 months. Someone just offered me a straight trade for their unlocked 3GS 16gb? Should i do it? 3g kinda sucks here in chicago anyway so i dont think ill miss that. Anything else i should worry about? Oh and does anyone know if the 3gs is wireless-N capable?

Thanks

lol again and again ......... dont do it...
 
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One, it's a bad deal to ask Android owners to trade for Apple products. There's a sort of bias for Android here. Two, the N1 is pretty much a collector's item for the moment until other carriers begin selling it or you can purchase it from Google to develop on it. Three, I would see no problem if they were trading you an iPhone 4 or a Motorola Droid or some other reasonably equal phone. Sadly, the 3GS is inferior to the N1 in hardware specs and you're pretty much stuck with iOS 3 if you want a stable platform whereas the N1 has significantly improved with each update. My advice, stick with the N1 until you get an equal or better phone on trade.
 
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