If you were one of the first people in the world to own an iPhone3g, would you take it to bits?
I might, if I were using the resulting pictures to publicize my iPhone repair website. These guys at least have the skills to put the phone back together again and have a high probability of it working.
Destroying a rare consumer good turns out to be a great way to attract attention. I'm still waiting to hear if the iPhone 3G is more or less blendable than the previous version.