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So you say want to get an Apple iPhone? There are a couple of ways, but they are not free. Whichever way you choose, just like anything else that Apple does, it’s restricted. You cannot get it before June 29 period. And you have to dump your old cell phone company if it’s not AT&T. One way that you can get it of course is the old standby, eBay. But be careful, among the 800 or so listings (Last time I searched) it is mostly accessories for the coveted phone. The phone is not even available yet, I’m not even sure that anyone except Steve Jobs has seen it, yet they have silicon case protectors, car brackets, chargers, screen protectors, arm belts etc. The so called “Pre-Sale” units on ebay are going for almost $800. Crazy isn’t it? They don’t even know when they’ll get it. Be careful if you go this route. Check the seller’s feedback. Some of them are legitimate, because they get coupons as resellers from the manufacturer to be one of the first ones to get it to test it etc. but they choose to capitalize on it at these early stages and put the coupon or certificate on eBay and sell it at a premium. Another way of course would be to make the jump to AT&T and hope that you are one of the few that will get it the day that it comes out. They are gearing up, but I am sure there will be shortages. If this launch was done in October or November, I would have thought it was a genius orchestrating it to take advantage of the buying season and introducing an artificial shortage to boost interest (If that’s necessary). Yet another way is to join the reseller network. Of course this is a lot of work, and you need to either be a Cell Phone service reseller, or Apple reseller, or be willing to become one. The last method, which even being the early adopter that I am, I still prefer in this case, is wait a couple of months for the frenzy to die down and get it from Amazon with an extra $200 discount. You have to love capitalism! Oh, I forgot to mention, they are even selling iPhone related domain names like iphonecustomerservice.com for a mere $199,000.00!! Certainly no bids yet. Or a domain name called buy-cheap-iphones.com for $1 (bound to go up of course), and maybe a couple of hundred other domains that have been registered already in anticipation of the mirthful welcome of the royal phone. Like I said, you have to love capitalism.