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Are replacement ipads new or refurbished?
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TheBritishBloke
macrumors 68030
Apparently they all come in brown boxes, the only real way to tell is the serial number. New ones tend to start with GB I believe, and Refurbs begin with CQ?
My replacement is arriving tomorrow, so if I remember I'll tell you then.
GoCubsGo
macrumors Nehalem
No my point is if it were a brown box from the back that had an iPad in it to which the store swapped yours with theirs and left you with your box, I think those are new replacement models. That is what I got.
TheBritishBloke
macrumors 68030
Brown box from the back. All I did was walk in with my defective iPad and no box. Also, the s/n starts with GB.
I got a replacement iPad from an Apple Store which was from a brown box and my serial number starts with AK.
I had always heard that if you send your iPad in for a replacement battery, that they will just send you someone else's iPad. ie you don't get yours back, you get another iPad that they already did the battery swap on.
This makes me think that they would do this for anything involving an iPad swap.
This makes me think that they would do this for anything involving an iPad swap.
likemyorbs
macrumors 68000
its too bad they classify "refurbs" with distinct serial numbers. that kinda makes them second class citizens with possibly lower resale value, when its just as good as a brand new one.