Refurbished Iphones

I am about to purchase an iphone 3g. Can I get some pros/cons to a refurbished iphone vs a new one? thanks

I imagine the only con of a refurbished iPhone would be that it is exactly that - refurbished. It has therefore probably gone wrong at some point or been broken and has now been fixed. However all the components will be in complete working order so that argument is kind of redundant I guess.
I don't know whether or not they replace / clean up the case so that it looks brand new. My guess is they don't.

Pros - cheaper.

I bought mine refurbished online... ATT tried 2 different SIM cards.. they didn't work.. I bought it for $100 dollars.. It looked brand new, no scratches, nothing at all... The SIM card though wasn't working.. So I went to the apple store and they replaced it for me with a brand new iPhone! And they didn't charge me a dime! So I got a brand new iPhone for 100! So don't worry.. it's gonna be exactly the same as a new iphone.. unless it's deffective and you're as lucky as I was.. then they'll replace it for you without charging you!

I bought one for my wife about a month ago at Best Buy. Many of theirs are just returned phones that someone decided not to keep. It has been flawless so far. you can tell the outside had been buffed slightly, but that is all. Too bad I'm returning hers for a 3G S.

Refurbished also counts as a used phone that someone returned. I have purchased a 16GB and it still had 11 months 17 days on the warrantee from the original purchase.