The iPhone 3GS in South Korea

By today's standards, the iPhone 3GS is nothing special. In fact, its archaic. Yet a South Korean telecommunications provider found multiple boxes of iPhone 3GS's in their warehouse and is now planning to sell them. While that is not all that interesting, what is interesting is that people are actually interested in buying them. Keep in mind, this phone does not have LTE data, a front facing camera, and a bevy of other features we now take fore granted in smartphones today. Much of the interest in these old phones is due to this point from an article by venturebeat, "The key advantage of buying a 2009-vintage phone in 2018 is pricing. Apple currently sells its lowest-cost iPhone SE for 490,000 won (roughly $452), which is over ten times the SK Telink asking price for the iPhone 3GS." Even the cheapest smartphones today cost $75 unlocked, so in some ways this is a steal. 
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