You would have been a lot better off if you had gotten a hold of an iPhone iPhone SE three because it would’ve been a lot more up-to-date and the person getting the phone would have a phone where all of the amps would work. I can speak from experience. I have an iPhone 6 that I still use a little bit. The problem is a lot of the apps will not work because my iPhone 6 is limited to iOS 12. I also have an iPhone 7 that I could probably work with, but, the problem is it would only go up to iOS 15 and I would run up against the same kind of problems that you’re gonna have with the iPhone 8. Unlocking the phone wouldn’t be worth the effort Because you wouldn’t be able to use the latest version of iOS in none of the apps would work on yet in the person getting the phone wouldn’t be able to get very much use out of it. And you’d spend money on it right away if it turned out that the battery would need to be replaced. Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 4, 2025, at 10:33 PM, James Bentley <[email protected]> wrote: > > It sure wouldn't have any security. > James B > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Carolyn Arnold > Sent: Monday, August 4, 2025 6:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: locked phone question > > I can't see why anyone would buy an iPhone 8. > > Carolyn Arnold > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > R Van Lant > Sent: Monday, August 4, 2025 5:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: locked phone question > > The seller was only asking $50 for the iPhone 8. I didn’t really want to > spend $200 for a phone for him. He’s pretty happy with his little flip > phone, except that texting is slow. We only needed it so he can reach > parents and maybe a friend or two. I’ll just keep looking around to find an > unlocked option. > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Friday, August 1, 2025 9:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: locked phone question > > > > Buy him a phone which was not released 8 years ago and is long past its best > before date. > > Even if you get it unlocked, you may end up with a phone where the first > thing you have to do is spend money for a new battery and finally, the > original version of iOS which was on the iPhone 8 was iOS 11 and the last > version of iOS which can run on an iPhone 8 is iOS 16. This means more and > more apps may not be able to run on an iPhone 8 because support for iOS 16 is > being dropped. > > If you don’t mind saying, but what is the asking price for this iPhone 8? I > sure hope it’s not more than $40 or $50 and as I said, even for that you > might want to consider something like an iPhone SE 3rd generation which was > released in the spring of 2022. Here in Canada you can get refurbished models > of that phone for around $250 Canadian from Best Buy, Walmart etc., I would > imagine in the US you can get them for well below $200 and if you buy a > refurbished phone from Apple, Best Buy, Walmart etc., you can be sure it has > a new battery and is otherwise in good shape. > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of R > Van Lant > Sent: Friday, August 1, 2025 7:08 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: locked phone question > > > > Hi > > Hoping someone can guide me... My carrier is PureTalk, which runs on the > AT&T network. I have the opportunity to buy an old iPhone 8 for my pre-teen > son at a nicely low price. I called my carrier with the IMEI number and was > told it’s a phone locked by AT&T, so the rep said it wouldn’t work. Does > this mean that putting a PureTalk sim card in it just doesn’t’ work? Is > there a way to get AT&T to unlock it since it’s a really old phone and I was > not the original owner? The person selling it to me is not savvy on this > either… > > > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> . > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/SN6PR04MB54569FF0A2467C3225FB3B54AF26A%40SN6PR04MB5456.namprd04.prod.outlook.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/SN6PR04MB54569FF0A2467C3225FB3B54AF26A%40SN6PR04MB5456.namprd04.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> . > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/BY5PR02MB6929890090F6264022121524C726A%40BY5PR02MB6929.namprd02.prod.outlook.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/BY5PR02MB6929890090F6264022121524C726A%40BY5PR02MB6929.namprd02.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> . > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/SN6PR04MB5456027BDC966F7288D6D487AF23A%40SN6PR04MB5456.namprd04.prod.outlook.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/SN6PR04MB5456027BDC966F7288D6D487AF23A%40SN6PR04MB5456.namprd04.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/342c01dc059a%24f8bab3c0%24ea301b40%24%40gmail.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/4c0e01dc05b9%24b06b8f80%241142ae80%24%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/307F59EC-3246-4AE1-B487-C2EF77807EF3%40gmail.com.
