It is a time of gifts, last good night starts back up to the night of 6 January 5, when the three kings present with most anticipated gifts. Even where there are no this kind of commercial customs, these dates are the most conducive to the buying and selling of electronic products. For this reason, want to give you a couple of tips so you don’t chop on potential scams in it comes to the purchase of an iPhone device. To this end, we are going to give a few tips that you should follow always and without exception to buy a second hand iPhone.
And is that we not only have to flee the “crooks” and the iPhone from illegal activities, often also have to take into account the ignorance of many users that leads to confusion and subsequent problem. These are for my main rules when buying a second hand iPhone:
- Beware of the perfect state: New is not for you the same for my. Not pay anything without see all their damage and adjust the price to the same.
- A replacement from iPhone is good option: If you find a “replacement from” iPhone or Refurbished desconfíes not their quality, they are practically new devices and you will have less wear.
- The warranty is relevant: It is important to know if the iPhone comes from Apple Store, in which case it will be two years direct warranty with Apple. If the iPhone provides another company or a telephone company, remember that you must receive the invoice, since the first year Apple covers it, but the second you will have to go directly to the company and aren’t going to meet without the purchase invoice.
- Beware of prices too low: The “bargains” in such products do not exist, if they give you an iPhone 6 almost new for €200 there are enclosed cat, never pay in advance.
- Make sure that your iPhone is disconnected from the Apple ID of the user who sells it to you, or you will have problems when you restore it. Similarly, make sure that the device is ready to set up and does not come from a robbery or is blocked by iCloud.
- Replicas are the order of the day, before you buy it try to view in detail an original iPhone, the first detail that betrays it will the microUSB instead of Lightning. But the details and the quality of the material, as well as the software, you will draw of doubts.
- If you sell it yourself or accessories, unboxed it is likely that such a device is a source of dubious morality. You doubt any sale of devices without boxes or invoices.
- Flees from iPhone “only with the cracked screen” which is “cheap fix”: In an Apple Store screen repair will cost more than € 100, and “third-party” providers tend to make repairs that disable the Touch ID or include false screens that turn out to cause problems. Beware of broken screens and small defects, you can go most expensive dog collar.
- The model and specifications: It is easy to give you cat by Hare, a 5s than an iPhone iPhone is not the same, for that we can look at the rear screen, on late model “S” will find that letter, just as on the iPhone YOU will find those two letters. It is important to also go to the phone settings and verify that you have the storage they have promised us before paying, since we may be paying for 64 GB and receive 16 GB.
- Make sure that the device does not come from repairs in SAT unauthorized, that will automatically void the warranty, and more probably will have performance problems by not homologated parts.
These are the basic tips you should always know before buying a second hand iPhone device. Attentive to the pillines which are on the loose by Wallapop and good luck.
