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3.0 out of 5 starsBattery concerns and slight scuffs
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2022
Everything on the outside seems perfect despite some slight scuffs along the edges of the phone that a phone case easily covers and micro scratches on the screen that you don’t see unless the screens off and you hold it up at different angles.
My main concern has to do with the battery Amazon had installed into the phone, as soon as I set my phone up, I got an alert claiming the batter may be in-authentic and in-turn, will affect my phones full capabilities.
The only reason I’m being generous on my rating is because I think the issue has more to do with Amazon than the seller.
Amazon is sending me a new phone and I’ll be updating my review as soon as I get the new one in the mail about 12-15 days .
Update:
The only good news I have to report is that the phone arrived sooner than the 12-15 days they said it would take…
The bad news is, the replacement I received was in worse condition than first…
The second phone arrived to me and the first thing I noticed was the front speaker and filthy it was. There was so much dirt and crud caked into it, that it was stark white .. I could just tell by looking at it, that it was going to effect the sound quality which it definitely did (I even tried cleaning it but it was cemented in there). I started to wonder if they even inspected the phone at all because they claim to clean their phone’s thoroughly so if they didn’t even notice that, and then I went to turn the phone on, the battery was already completely dead which is already a bad sign because you’re expecting a “renewed” phone to have all new parts meaning it should have been almost fully charged … so if the replacement phones battery was completely drained, how would they have looked at it to even inspect it unless something was wrong with the battery that caused the phone to drain while it was shut off but then that circles back to the inspectors again and them not properly doing their job. if the battery was faulty, they should have caught it and fixed the issue before sending it out…
once the phone got a charge, I did notice that I wasn’t getting any alerts about the battery being in-authentic like the first phone did so I believe the 2nd phone still has all its original parts but then it shouldn’t be considered renewed… the phone also took a really long time to charge and as I mentioned, the sound quality was horrid.
I just hate this cat and mouse game of having to send phones back and forth and having to reset them and transfer all my date over and over again so I just decided to suck it up and keep the first iPhone I got and pray it works out because I’ve read stories of Apple locking users out of their phones if it’s believed their phones have in-authentic parts including batteries. I’ll try to remember to give anyone who wants to know, an update in a month or so.
Update 02/26/23-
Phone still works and I haven’t had any major issues expect the the battery life doesn’t hold a charge for long and the camera quality is horrid. I don’t think I’ll be getting an iPhone ever again. Android is way better in my opinion .
