
Amazon’s renewed iPhones come at very good prices. For example Amazon and its Amazon Renewed iPhone program. There are other companies that renew/refurbish iPhones too. Most of them sell their refurbished phones way cheaper than Apple’s Certified Refurbished iPhones.

We thought you might find this video interesting What’s a 3rd Party refurbished iPhone?īut it’s not only Apple that refurbishes iPhones. Therefore I would highly recommend it to anyone who is shopping for an iPhone on a budget. To summarize, an Apple-certified refurbished iPhone has exactly the same benefits as a brand new iPhone, with the extra advantage that it comes at a lower price.

Apple gives a fresh 1-year warranty, and you can even buy an AppleCare plan for a certified refurbished iPhone. Apple usually sells its certified refurbished iPhones at a sizable discount which can go up to 15% of its original price. That white box is another way by which a consumer can easily identify that it’s an Apple Certified Refurbished iPhone, and not a brand new one.

The model number and the part number are usually on the same line in the settings menu and only one is displayed at a time. The part number on my iPhone looks like this MWM62AE/A. The model number on my iPhone looks like this A2221.

You cannot easily differentiate a refurbished iPhone from a brand new one just by looking at it. 3.6 How to avoid buying a 3rd party refurbished iPhone How to check if your iPhone is refurbished
