David Hanak It has now been more than nine years since Apple started selling the iPhone 3GS. The third generation iPhone was sold in the United States from June 2009, other countries (along with the Czech Republic) followed. Official sales of this model ended between 2012 and 2013. However, the nine-year-old iPhone is now making a comeback. The South Korean operator SK Telink offers it again in an unusual promotion.
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Amaya Toman The whole story is rather unbelievable. A South Korean operator has discovered that in one of its warehouses there is a huge number of unopened and completely preserved iPhone 3GS, which have been there since they were still on sale. The company thought of nothing else than to take these ancient iPhones, test that they work and offer them to people, for a relatively symbolic amount.
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According to foreign information, all iPhone 3GS preserved in this way have been tested to see if they work as they should. At the end of June, the South Korean operator will offer them for sale to all who will be interested in this historic model. The price will be 44 South Korean won, i.e. after conversion, approximately 000 crowns. However, the purchase and operation of such equipment will certainly not be easy, and the new owners will have to make many concessions.
From a purely technical point of view, the phone features hardware that was relevant and competitive almost a decade ago. This applies to the processor as well as the display or camera. The iPhone 3GS had an old 30-pin connector that has not been used for quite a few years. However, the most fundamental problem lies in the software (lack of) support.
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The last operating system that the iPhone 3GS officially received was iOS version 6.1.6 from 2014. This will be the latest update that new owners will be able to install. With such an old operating system, the issue of application incompatibility is linked. The vast majority of today's popular applications will not work on this model. Be it Facebook, Messenger, Twitter, YouTube and many others. The phone will only work in a very limited mode, but it would still be very interesting to see how this "museum" piece would work in today's reality. For less than a thousand, it is an interesting opportunity to nostalgically reminisce about the past. If a similar option were to appear in our country, would you use it?
Source: DetNews
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Well, if I just want to make phone calls, it's very good... It's not for online applications, but it's OK for contemporary offline applications...
But iOS6 slowed it down a lot, with iOS4 or even iOS5 it was the best ever..