I am going to guess that the OP water damaged his / her original iPhone, and wants a working phone with perhaps a bad touch screen which those tend to be fairly water resistant etc...
Yes my iPhone did sustain water damage. I've been without one for a while and will let you know how it goes when I'm able to get an iPhone 2G. I'm wary of meeting someone from CL and I'm trying on Ebay, but keep getting outbid.
Comment