samboy Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 Hi gang. I'm thinking of changing my Android phone. The Samsung Galaxy is £180 in Tesco's but £100 on Amazon so i assume it's a refurbished one. What are your views on refurbished stuff ?. Thanks all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOPGUN749 Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 I have an Apple I phone I got from EBay was cheaper than new and has worked fine nearly 3 years. Only negative is the battery was at 87% capacity,and now down to 79%, Refurbishment often leaves the original battery I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 7 minutes ago, samboy said: Hi gang. I'm thinking of changing my Android phone. The Samsung Galaxy is £180 in Tesco's but £100 on Amazon so i assume it's a refurbished one. What are your views on refurbished stuff ?. Thanks all. I've had a refurbished mobile phone from Amazon and could not find anything wrong with it. No marks or scratches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPhantom Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 I bought my last refurb phone from Backmarket, no problems at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymondley Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 I bought a refurbished and "tested" iphone from a seller on ebay, took care to find one that offered a long guarantee, had lots of sales and good feedback. Phone arrived and the battery wouldn't hold any charge, went straight back, they offered to exchange it but I just took a refund. I've also heard stories about refurbished phones containing spyware, no idea how likely that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobbyathome Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 Refurbished phones are normally good you obviously take a chance more than a new one but if you get a guarantee it should be no problem you have to remember there are thousands of reasons they are refurbed it’s not often there was a lot wrong with them in the first place or simply trade ins or send outs and people don’t want them and they go back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiny tim Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 I was looking at refurb Samsung and went for a Xiaomi red mI note 12. Brand new £119. Well impressed with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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