Returning new iPhone

[Tech Fun]

What happens to iPhones that have been used for a few days and then returned back to the carrier ?
Hope they are not sold as new again.

 

[yui4]

They get recycled by apple

 

[Tech Fun]

Thanks

 

[Lunfai]

What happens to iPhones that have been used for a few days and then returned back to the carrier ?
Hope they are not sold as new again.

They are sent back and redone as they go through a quality check. They do not sell them as a new phone until they arrive back from the factory.

 

[Tech Fun]

Good to know

 

[maka344]

Then they end up as Genius Bar replacement stock. Also, some retailers buy them and sell as refurbished devices in slightly cheaper contracts.

 

[Tech Fun]

Interesting.

 

[immx]

Then they end up as Genius Bar replacement stock. Also, some retailers buy them and sell as refurbished devices in slightly cheaper contracts.

I know that this certainly was true, so I would assume it still to be correct. I swapped out an iPhone 4 for a fault and the 'genius' took one out of a plain box, I asked where it had come from and he said customer returns were sent of for refurbishment and then used as replacements.