Would it be worth $50 to get a refurbed 4S?

[davidg4781]

A refurb will also have a new battery

Selling a refurb BNIB will probably net you a little more, maybe not enough to cover $50, but at least the sale will be much quicker.

That's kind of what I'm hoping for. I've posted some feelers in the Marketplace and had 0 responses.

 

[charlituna]

Ok. I still haven't switched. AppleCare+ ends in late November and I'm just waiting for gold iPhone availability before switching.

Any opinions on paying the $50 now for a refurbished one? I don't know if it'll add that much value, especially if selling to Gazelle or something like that. It could help on here or eBay.

Thoughts?

Best cosmetic condition will totally help will resale.

All you have yo do it book a genius bar appt. That's where they will do it.

Now you might get some gruff over doing a whole swap over the back even with the coating issue. So you could 'accidentally' expose that liquid sticker in the dock to a nice healthy red. Make sure you have a backup etc and have you accident right before you leave for the store.

Sure some folks will scream fraud but the way I see it you are willing to pay and you are just helping out the staff. They can't get in trouble for swapping for known liquid damage etc. So this is more a white lie than say shorting out your phone to cover up that you borked unlocking the sim, to get a free swap

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I used AppleCare+ a month ago with my 4S and I'm pretty sure I got a brand new 4S. If it wasn't new then it was as close to new as you could get. I'd definitely say it's worth it.

You might have. Service phones aren't refurbs in the sense most use it. You get a refurb from best buy or a carrier and it's a return they possibly erased the data and wiped it off with a rag

With Apple, refurbs are returns that are tested whole then (if it passes) all the internals sans the battery are transferred to a fresh body (batteries are always replaced). Then sold 'retail'

Service 'refurbs' are remanufactured. Service returns and failed retail returns are tested whole then stripped to their parts and all presumed good parts are tested. Then the good parts like cameras, vibe motors etc go back in a pile where they are assembled into new units with fresh batteries, cases etc. Hot off the press parts are added in as needed. In some cases there aren't enough parts to build enough phones so the service parts are straight up new.