Buy on Ebay

PayPal and eBay work hand-in-hand in order to add convenience for buyers on eBay when making purchases. The initial steps to set up your PayPal account with eBay may be a bit lengthy but the next time you buy on eBay using PayPal you will not have to go through all of the setup steps again. Once your eBay and PayPal accounts are linked, PayPal becomes the fastest method for making payments on eBay. 

I own quite often shopping on ebay, I provide the steps to shopping on ebay.

Create PayPal and eBay accounts 

if you do not already have existing accounts on these 2 websites. The accounts must be created before they can be payment for using PayPal to pay for items on eBay. 

• Use the "register" link above the search bar on the eBay homepage and fill out the online registration form if you need to create a new eBay account.
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• Click on the "Sign up" link on the PayPal homepage and follow the on-screen steps if you need to create a new account for PayPal.
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Finding items you want to buy

Before we get started, make sure you've registered with eBay. We provided a step-by-step guide in Saturday's

Digital Life, but don't worry if you missed it - simply go to www.ebay.com, click the "Register" link at the top of the page and follow the on-screen instructions.

There are millions of items available on eBay: more than 10 million in the UK and many more millions from sellers overseas who will deliver to world. It can sometimes be difficult to find the one thing you want buy from this astonishing choice on offer, but follow these rules and you won't go far wrong.

Searching

You can search goods by entering "keywords" as you would on coloumn searching on eBay. eBay will look for items with your keywords, in the title and provide you with a list of matching items.

Comparison shopping

If you find several items you like the look of, you can compare them side by side. This allows you to double-check at a glance details such as postage and packaging costs and the item description. To enable this feature, search for your item then, on the results page, simply tick the box on the left-hand side of each item you would like to compare, and then click the Compare button at the top of the list.

Choosing who to buy from

• Finding an item is the starting point of eBay buying. Once something has caught your eye, it's important to ensure that it's exactly what you want and the seller is a person you want to do business with.
• By choosing your seller carefully you'll avoid most of the common problems, such as items not arriving, receiving goods that are not as described, or being unable to get your money back.
• What to look for in a listing
• Are the postage costs fair and reasonable? Don't tolerate "shipping sharks" profiting from inflated carriage costs, like slapping £20 on a book.
• Does the picture look genuine and give you a good impression of the item you're buying? This is especially important with things like cars or bikes - you ideally want a photo from every angle.
• Is the description full and honest? Contact the seller for more details if required.
• Good sellers will offer you a variety of payment methods, but PayPal is the safest payment option (see "Paying safely"). 

Seller feedback ratings

Feedback is your most powerful tool when you're choosing who to buy from. Buyers and sellers review each other using positive, negative and neutral ratings every time they transact.

The feedback score a trader accumulates is an indication of their trustworthiness and experience. You can find a seller's feedback score beside their User ID on the listings pages. The feedback score is a tally of positive reviews left by unique members. You'll also see a percentage that represents the proportion of positive feedback that has been left. These numbers are a valuable quick-check, but it's essential to look at the more detailed information on the Member Profile page (click on the seller's User ID in the "Meet the seller" section).

• Having lots of positive ratings is great, but cast your eye over how many neutrals and negatives the seller has too. Many non-positives should ring alarm bells.

• Has the vendor successfully sold items like the one you want to buy? If so, you can bid with greater confidence.

• Feedback also shows if a seller enjoys repeat business with buyers coming back for more. It's an excellent sign.

• Buying from business sellers can be reassuring for first-time buyers. Business sellers are identified on the listings pages and you can seek out business sellers specifically using the Advanced Search function. Under UK law, British sellers who operate as a business have to offer some minimum standards and guarantees. For most items, professional sellers must accept returns under the Distance Selling Regulations, for instance. 
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Get the item ready for payment. 

To buy on eBay using PayPal you must first win a bid on eBay or use the eBay "Buy Now" option that allows you to purchase eBay items immediately without going through the bidding process. You will know that the item is ready for payment when you see the "Pay Now" button appear next to it on the "Bids/Offers" page that can be found through the "My eBay" link at the top of most eBay pages.

Press the "Pay Now" button next to the item that you want to make the payment for and Confirm your shipping address. If you want to change the shipping address, you can use the "Change shipping address" link to provide a new shipping address.

Choose PayPal as the method for making the payment.

Verify the payment amount and details such as shipping cost and tax as well as the total cost. If everything looks correct, you should press the "Continue" button to move ahead.

Reconfirm the details of the order such as the shipping address and payment amount.

Press the "Confirm Your Payment" button to finalize the PayPal payment process.

after completion of payment, give positive feedback to the seller, so we immediately ordered items delivered and we are given the maximum service. after that wait until the order we sent. the seller will provide the tracking number to track our shipment.
This is my shopping history from ebay.

after seller give tracking number, you can tracking of the shipment. Her long delivery package delivery service used depends to send the goods, I myself wear his usual free shipping or post.

This few my package photo when the package already arrived in my address.

address and tracking number my hide for privacy.

 

That's my little experience shopping on ebay, hopefully to provide inspiration to readers.
thank you

Sell on Ebay

Selling on eBay is exactly like selling in any other marketplace except that the usual barriers to entry (such as cost, employment, etc.) are virtually non-existent and, instead of just a few thousand potential buyers, you have access worldwide to over 181 million potential buyers! In fact, people who have already experienced selling through garage or yard sales or swap meets are already well and truly familiar with what it’s like to sell on eBay. Whether you're a home-based business, a big business, or just trying to sell some stuff you may have sitting around, here is a comprehensive guide to becoming an eBay seller. 

Selling on eBay is a notoriously easy process, but there are many options you can take to get the best price out of the item you are selling. This video shows you the best way to maximize profit, and how to get started as an eBay entrepreneur. 

Step 1: You Will Need

• A computer with an internet connection
• Items to sell
• A digital camera
• And your credit card or bank details 

Step 2: Open an account

Click 'Register' at the top of the page. Fill in the details required and follow the on screen instructions. Once your account is up and running you must register as a Seller. Click on 'Sell' and fill in the relevant details. You will need to enter your credit card and bank details, so make sure you have them to hand.

Step 3: Test it out

 

 

Get to grips with eBay by buying a couple of small items. This will give you a better understanding of the mechanics of the site and more importantly, give you positive feedback from buyers that future customers can use to establish that you are a trustworthy seller.

Type your item into the sell box, and then click onto the category that most fits your item. For example, if you are selling a Teddy Bear, but do not know the name of the manufacturer, you would enter Dolls and Bears> Bears> Other Bears.
You have the choice to select a second category in which to display your item, although be aware it costs a bit more.

Step 4: Write an auction title

 

An accurate, descriptive title for your item is important, as it will be the first thing buyers see when your auction comes up in their search page. Ebay's search tool prioritises the words in auction titles over words in the description text, so by including as many key words as you can in your title you should appear near the top of people's searches. A good title for selling a Teddy Bear might be "LOVELY OLD TEDDY BEAR, HAPPY SMILE"

You can supplement with a subtitle if you wish.

Step 5: Write an item description

 

Fill in the relevant details for your item on the eBay checklist. Then write a full item description. This is your sales pitch, and is key to making a buyer interested in your item, but remember to stick to the truth.
There are other boxes like 'New or Used', or 'Type', which invite you to define your item a bit further. It is worth clicking on these, as they will help your item come to the surface in people's searches.

Step 6: Photos

Adding photos of your item will help potential buyers see exactly what they are buying. A good photo can make a huge difference to the price your item sells for, so make sure you get the photo in focus, and that it is not over or underexposed.
The first photo is free, but for more than this, eBay charges a small fee per photo. If you are selling a high value item, like a car or good piece of furniture, then it is worth paying for extra photos that show the item off in extra detail. Lots of people take the time to include photos that detail the provenance of an item.

Step 7: Choose auction length

You will be given the option of having your item listed for 1, 3, 5, 7, or 10 days, depending on how fast you want to make a sale. For a small fee you can schedule your listing to start at a specific time in the future rather than straight away. Click sell to reach the next page.

Step 8: Pricing options

 

 

There are a variety of pricing structures that you can choose. A basic auction is when you set a starting price and then let potential buyers bid against each other. You have the option of placing a ‘reserve' bid if you don't want a very valuable item to go for a low price.

The 'Buy It Now' feature allows you to set a final selling price, giving a buyer the opportunity to buy instantly instead of bidding. As soon as a bid is placed the 'Buy It Now' option is removed. This forces the buyer to act fast, working for a quicker sale, at an assured price for you.

Alternatively you may wish to bypass the auction approach altogether and sell by setting a fixed price. This allows for an immediate sale and is a better option if you have multiple, identical items. You can also choose to let buyers give you 'best offers' for your consideration. You need to have a good.

Ebay

The History of eBay

eBay was founded in Pierre Omidyar's San Jose living room back in September 1995. It was from the start meant to be a marketplace for the sale of goods and services for individuals.

In 1998, Pierre and his cofounder Jeff Skoll brought in Meg Whitman to sustain the success. Meg had studied at the Harvard Business School and had learned the importance of branding at companies such as Hasbro.

Meg culled her senior staff from companies such as Pepsico and Disney, created an experienced management team with an average of 20 years of business experience and built a strong vision for the company -- that eBay is a company that's in the business of connecting people, not selling them things.

They quickly shed the image of only auctioning collectibles and moved into an array of upscale markets where the average sale price (ASP) is higher. ASP is a key metric in determining eBay's transaction fees, so increasing the ASP became an important item. By forging partnerships with namebrands such as GM, Disney and Sun, eBay has managed to do exactly that. Sun has sold
$10 million worth of equipment and it now lists between 20 and 150 items per day.

The Business Model

eBay has built an online person-to-person trading community on the Internet, using the World Wide Web. Buyers and sellers are brought together in a manner where sellers are permitted to list items for sale, buyers to bid on items of interest and all eBay users to browse through listed items in a fully automated way. The items are arranged by topics, where each type of auction has its own category.

eBay has both streamlined and globalized traditional person-to-person trading, which has traditionally been conducted through such forms as garage sales, collectibles shows, flea markets and more, with their web interface. This facilitates easy exploration for buyers and enables the sellers to immediately list an item for sale within minutes of registering.

Browsing and bidding on auctions is free of charge, but sellers are charged two kinds of charges:

When an item is listed on eBay a nonrefundable Insertion Fee is charged, which ranges between 30 cents and $3.30, depending on the seller's opening bid on the item.
A fee is charged for additional listing options to promote the item, such as highlighted or bold listing.
A Final Value (final sale price) fee is charged at the end of the seller's auction. This fee generally ranges from 1.25% to 5% of the final sale price.

eBay notifies the buyer and seller via e-mail at the end of the auction if a bid exceeds the seller's minimum price, and the seller and buyer finish the transaction independently of eBay. The binding contract of the auction is between the winning bidder and the seller only.

Adversity

Since eBay does at no point during the auctioning process take possession of either the item being sold or the buyer's payment for the item, user trust is a key issue for eBay. In the traditional model of trading forums the buyer and the seller usually exchange the item for the payment at the same time and place, meaning that trust does not play as big a role. For eBay to be able to convince users to participate, they must deal with the inevitable delay between the buyer buying the item and receiving it, which is not an issue in the tradition model.

To reduce this anonymity and uncertainty of dealing online, eBay introduced Feedback Forums. At the completion of a transaction, users are encouraged to submit compliments or criticism to the trading profile of the trading partner to the Feedback Forum. By looking at the trading partners history of trades, the user will be able to estimate more accurately the trustworthiness of the trading partner.

This is by no means a foolproof way to combat misuse, since users may be tempted to wait until their reputation is good enough that they can start to trade in expensive items before running away with the buyer's money. This argument may mean decreased scalability of eBay in terms of item price, at least for person-to-person auctions — more users may be tempted to use traditional modes to decrease their risk.

Competition

Since participating in the auction industry requires only a web presence, at first sight the threat of competition looms heavily over eBay. In fact, two online heavyweights have entered the market, Yahoo and Amazon. Amazon in partnership with the well known auctioneer Sotheby's.

These (and many other) competitors have not only longer operating histories, but larger customer base and greater brand recognition. So why does eBay currenly control more than 80% of the online auction market, with Yahoo and Amazon lagging far behind?

In my opinion, the answer lies in a combination of penny pinching and first mover advantage. eBay utilized their first mover advantage admirably, quickly and constantly building a

The network effect is important in this market, since the number of buyers and sellers increases the value of the service for other buyers and sellers. If eBay remains price competitive with its competitors there is minimal incentive for the users to switch between auction sites, meaning it becomes more and more difficult for a competitor to displace eBay's trading community.

A different kind of threat is not a direct competitor but a service which can act as a substitute to auctioning, of which Half.com is a good example. Half.com designed a site which allows people to sell used books, music, movies and games at a fixed price. eBay dealt with that threat by buying the company and experimenting with adding their own fixed-price option to their auction listings.

eBay's Position in the Industry

Because access to the online trade channel (i.e. Internet) is universal, and the physical assets required to setup an auctioning site are all commercially available, barriers to entry in the auctioning industry are minimal. What comes stronger into play is the network externalities effect, as was mentioned before.

Being in a market with huge network externalities makes it extremely difficult for a competitor to get a large share of the userbase, since most users tend to gravitate towards the service which already offers the most users (since it will presumable have the greatest number of offerings.) This tremendous switching cost has the effect of locking in customers to a single auction service provider — in this case eBay.

Given network externalities and the relative ease one company can mimick and duplicate another company's innovations online, the main tact rivals can deploy is to lower the price of their service, which is exactly what Amazon and Yahoo have done.

Currently eBay is extending to markets overseas; it is now operating in eight of the top ten countries by online market size outside of the United States. In Asia eBay is in 80% of its largest e-commerce markets. eBay is gaining users 50% faster in Europe than in the United States, and gross merchandise sales are growing 135% faster. The faster it grows, the more securely will it hold its top position in the auctioning service market.

In a very open market, where anyone can enter, the threat of substitute service is greater. An example of which, Half.com, was mentioned before. In fact, the management of eBay believes that fixed-priced trading as is done on Half.com has as much, or even more, potential than eBays core auctioning service.

The Future of eBay

eBay has become an online middleman for buyers and sellers in a way which traditional brick and mortar companies cannot touch. Using the web has also brought along with it some challenges, especially regarding trust issues between buyers and sellers.
eBay seems to have dealt adequately with those trust issues, since users don't seem to mind and continue to use their service.

eBay is operationally sound, especially considering it is still in its buildup period and it has a business model that scales extremely well. The management has shown that it responds quickly and well, and has been working hard to expand the business without jeopardizing the core business.

Even though eBay's stock may still be overvalued, the business fundamentals are solid and the only risk is if eBay doesn't grow as fast as it has estimated.

7 iPhone typing tips

 

Wish you could send a text message in ALL CAPS? Can’t find the em dash key? Tired of your iPhone constantly fixing your typing, even when it doesn’t need to be fixed? Read on for seven iPhone typing tips you need to know.

Note: Most of these tips also apply to the iPad and iPod Touch.

1. Turn on caps lock

Sending a text message or an email IN ALL CAPS is usually considered yelling—but hey, sometimes yelling is called for, right? And even if you’re not in a yelling mood, you might need something ASAP, or maybe you’re just LOL.

You’ll know that caps lock is engaged when your iPhone’s “shift” key turns blue.

Here’s the trick to turning on caps lock on the iPhone: just double-tap the shift key. When the key turns blue, the caps lock is on; tap it again to turn caps lock off.

2. Turn off auto-correct

Had enough of those little pop-up bubbles that correct your misspellings, abbreviations, proper names, or anything else you don’t want corrected? You can always tap the bubble to dismiss it, or you can simply deactivate the iPhone’s auto-correct feature altogether.

To do so, tap Settings, General, Keyboard, then switch “Auto-Correction” to off. (And if you find you miss auto-correct after awhile, don’t worry—just turn it back on.)

While you’re at it, you can also keep the iPhone from capitalizing the first word of each new sentence by switching off “Auto-Capitalization,” or have it quit checking your spelling by turning off the “Check Spelling” setting.

3. “Long-press” your way to an em dash, a bullet, a “curly” quote, or an ellipsis

Can’t find your favorite symbol on the iPhone keypad? Maybe it’s just hidden. Tapping and holding a specific key (or a “long-press,” as it’s often called) will sometimes reveal a series of additional keys.

Tap and hold a symbol key to get more character options.

For example, while typing the body of a message, you can find the em dash (“—”) by jumping to the symbols keyboard (press the “.?123″ key) and pressing and holding the dash key.

Within a second or so, the pop-up “-” will expand with more options, including an em dash, a mid-size dash, and a bullet. Slide your fingertip up to the button you want, then release. Presto!

Press and hold the period, and you’ll get a pop-up for an ellipsis (“…”). Tap and hold the exclamation or question marks for their inverted versions (“¡” and “¿”). And for a variety of “curly” quotes, tap and hold the quote key. Keep long-pressing other keys, and you’ll find even more options.

4. Add a “.com,” “.net,” “.org,” or other dot-somethings

When you’re tapping an Internet or email address into the iPhone’s browser or the “To:” line of an email message, you don’t have to type in “.com,” “.net,” or “.org” every time. Instead, just tap and hold the period key (or the “.com” key when you’re using the web browser), and a pop-up will appear with all manner of dot-somethings.

5. Create keyboard shortcuts

Tired of typing out your street address over and over, or wish there was a quicker way to ask your instant messaging buddies if they’re around?

You can create keyboard shortcuts that will replace a few letters with full words or even entire phrases—perfect for, say, quickly tapping “ut” for “You there?” or “myadd” for your home address.

Tap Settings, General, Keyboard, and then scroll down to the Shortcuts section.

6. Add emoticon and “emoji” keys

Want to add a smiley, a frowny face, or a pout to your messages, all without having to remember and type out a bunch of colons, dashes, and parentheses?

All you have to do is dive into the iPhone’s international keyboard settings and add the “Emoji” keyboard. (“Emoji,” by the way, is a Japanese term for emoticons and tiny, often elaborate pictures in digital messages; think of them as emoticons on steroids.)

Here’s how to do it:

• Tap Settings, General, Keyboard, then tap Keyboards on the next screen.
• You should see a list of all the virtual keyboards supported on the iPhone, along with an “Add New Keyboard” button; go ahead and tap that last button.
• Scroll down the long list of keyboards until you find “Emoji,” then tap it.
• Now, close the Settings app, go back to your Messages or Mail app, and begin composing a new message. In the bottom-left corner of the keyboard, you’ll see a key with a globe icon stamped on it; tap that key.
• Your default keyboard will disappear, and in its place you’ll see a bunch of emoticons and emoji; swipe the keyboard, and you’ll find more. For even more choices, tap the tabs at the bottom of the screen.
• Ready to go back to your regular keyboard? Just tap the globe key again. 
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7. Type characters with accent marks

Yep, you can type letters with accents—everything from acute (“á”) and grave (“à”) accents to umlauts (“ä”) and tildes (“ã”).

Just tap and hold the letter you want to add an accent to; in a moment or two, a pop-up with a range of accent marks will appear. Slide your fingertip to the accent you want, then release.

Identifying iPhone models

 

There are now five different kinds of iPhones on the market, and through the generations, the design has remained consistent, which can make it confusing when coming to the site to sell your iPhone. We're here to help you identify your iPhone model, making it easier to get an accurate quote when selling it to BuyMyTronics.com.

Apple came out with the iPhone in 2007, and has been releasing steady, yearly updates ever since. The first iPhone is called the iPhone 2G, or Apple iPhone Original. It's easily spotted when you look at the back of your iPhone. If it has silver metal with a black bottom part, you have an iPhone Original. Here's a picture to further illustrate:

The next generation of iphone came out 2008, and included a 3G chip that the first iPhone didn't have before. They therefore called it the iPhone 3G. The back of the iPhone 3G is completely plastic and comes in either black or white, and can be denoted by the matte writing on the back. The writing on the lower back, which also tells you your storage capacity, is written faded grey text. This text is important to note because we'll be using it to figure out the next iPhone very soon. Here's another picture to illustrate:

 

In 2009, Apple ushered in the iPhone 3GS. It's basically an iPhone 3G, but speedier (which is why they threw the "S" on the end of it). The only way to tell is by looking at the back of the phone (again). It looks exactly like the iPhone 3G, but the writing on the lower part is a mirror finish, instead of a matte grey finish like the 3G. Here's a picture to demonstrate:

See how shiny it is compared to the dullness of the iPhone 3G?  Here's a picture comparing the two of them, side by side:

 

The iPhone 4 came out in June 2010 and introduced a plethora of hardware features such as a front facing camera, a flash for the back facing one (also bumped up to 5mp instead of just 3 mp) and an innovative antenna design. It is drastically different than all previous iPhones. It's most distinguishing features are its flat front and back, which are not rounded like the previous generations, and a metal band that wraps around all sides. It also has a camera on the front side, something that no previous iPhone had. Here's a picture to further illustrate:

Notice the camera on the front, the glass back, the flash (something else that's entirely new), and the metal ring or border that's on all the sides. All these things distinguish it as an iPhone 4.

 Along with the 4 iPhones already established, a new iPhone has been added: The iPhone 4 for Verizon.  This looks almost exactly the same as the iPhone 4 for AT&T, but with a few minor changes.

On the right side of the iPhone 4 you can see the outline of the SIM tray, which is the easiest way to identify the iPhone 4's carrier; if there is no sim tray on the right side, it is a Verizon iPhone.  Please see picture below:

On the left side there is another difference, and that is that the button placement, and this means that not all cases may fit your particular iPhone. Here is a picture below demonstrating the difference:

If you're curious as to whether the iPhone 4 that you're looking at is for Verizon, or AT&T, you will no longer be in doubt!

Apple released the iPhone 4S in October 2011, and on three different mobile service carriers. The iPhone 4S looks identical to the iPhone 4, with exception of the model number. Seen on the picture below, the model number starts with an "A" and has 4 digits behind it. The iPhone 4S is A1387, and can be located in this area:

If the glass back of your iPhone says "A1387," you have an iPhone 4S. Apple's simplistic design is world renown and is lovely to look at and interact with, but this presents some problems because text showcasing the storage size and carrier are omitted from the back. In order to find these two things easily just touch the following: Settings > General > About. From here just look under "Carrier" for the carrier and "Capacity" for the capacity. Please note if you have a 16gb iPhone 4S, it'll likely say less, like 13.6gb because some of the space is taken up for the operating system and native apps. When this occurs, just round up to the nearest 16gb, 32gb, or 64gb increment.

 

Apple released the iPhone 5 last month to much acclaim and fan fare!  If you're looking to sell yours, you may want to know how to identify if it's indeed the correct iPhone that you have.  This iPhone looks a lot like the iPhone 4S, except it's longer.  It boasts a 6th row of icons now on its 4" screen (up from the previous 3.5").  The other readily identifying feature of this phone is that the back is aluminum, which hasn't been seen since the first generation iPhone.  In order to find the capacity, go into "settings," and then tap "about."

In the United States and most of the world, two versions of the iPhone 5 were released: a GSM model and a GSM/CDMA model. Both versions come in 16, 32, and 64GB versions.

To tell if you’ve got a GSM model or GSM/CDMA model, just take a peek at the model number found on the back of your phone. If it reads “A1428” you’ve got yourself a GSM iPhone 5. If you see a model number of “A1429” you have the GSM/CDMA model.

iPhone

The iPhone is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It runs Apple's iOS mobile operating system, known as the "iPhone OS" until June 2010, with the release of iOS 4. The first generation iPhone was released on June 29, 2007; the most recent iPhone, the sixth-generation iPhone 5, on September 21, 2012. The user interface is built around the device's multi-touch screen, including a virtual keyboard. The iPhone has Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity (2G, 3G, 4G, and LTE).

There are currently 6 main types of iPhone: the iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3Gs, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and the latest model the iPhone 5.

iPhone 5

The new iPhone 5 was announced by Apple on the 12th September, 2012 – and was launched on September 21st.

The iPhone 5 moved to a new new docking system with less pins, much to the dismay of the iPhone accessories industry.

The iPhone 5 features a striking new and updated design different to the previous iPhone 4/4S.

The iPhone features a larger – longer – new 4 inch 16:9 aspect ratio screen. The screen uses Apple’s retina display with 640 x 1,136 pixels at 326 ppi.

The new iPhone 5 uses the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system iOS 6.

Like the iPhone 4S the iPhone 5 has Siri the voice search system.

The iPhone 5 is powered by the Apple A6 processor which is 1.3 GHz and dual core. This is combined with 1GB of DDR2-RAM.

The introduction of the iPhone 5 has been generally positive, though users have complained about the removal of Google Maps and the new replacement mapping system from Apple.

The iPhone 5 is available is two colours: black & slate and white & silver.

The iPhone 5 is available in three sizes: 16GB, 32GB and 64GB.

In the UK the phone can be bought SIM-free, with Pay as You Go, or on a monthly contract.

iPhone 4S

 

The iPhone 4S was released October 2011 by Apple.

The phone is identical in design to the iPhone 4, but features a more powerful Dual-core A5 processor and the groundbreaking voice-recognition app Siri.

The iPhone 4S features an improved 8 mega-pixel camera and 1080p HD video recording.

The iPhone 4S is available in both black and white, in the following sizes:

• 16GB
• 32GB
• 64GB

iPhone 4

 

The iPhone 4, the fourth and most recent version of the iPhone series was introduced at the WWDC on June 7th, 2010.

The phone started shipping on June 24th, 2010. The white version of the iPhone 4 began shipping 28th April 2011.

The iPhone 4′s features includes the Apple A4 processor, a higher definition 960×640 326 ppi ‘retina’ display, a higher spec 5 megapixel back camera with LED flash, a VGA front-facing camera and a gyroscope which provides greater motion sensitivity.

The iPhone 4 is available in both black and white, in the 8GB size.

iPhone 3GS

 

The iPhone 3GS was first announced in June 2009 by Apple for release shortly afterwards in June/July/August 2009.

The iPhone 3GS is available in two sizes:

• 16GB
• 32GB

As well as two colours:

• Black
• White

The iPhone 3GS has an on-board compass allowing for advanced navigation, as well as improved performance and camera.

iPhone 3G

 

The iPhone 3G was  released on the July 11th 2008.

It is still available in one size:

• 8GB
• 16GB (Discontinued)

With one colour:

• Black

iPhone (First iPhone)

 

The iPhone was originally launched in two sizes: 4GB and 8GB, though the 4GB model was later discontinued, and a 16GB was launched.

• 4GB (Discontinued)
• 8GB (Discontinued)
• 16GB (Discontinued)