Apple starts selling refurbished iPhone devices

Apple's "refurbished" or restored product section is already a classic among users who want to renew their products but at the same time benefit from a more or less interesting discount with respect to their usual retail price, enjoying the same guarantees as the offering a one hundred percent new product. Until now, Apple has been selling in this section of its website all kinds of products, from Mac, iPad or Apple TV to accessories such as keyboards or AirPor Extreme stations however, never offered refurbished iPhone devices.

This has just begun to change because as can be seen on the United States website, for the first time Apple has put on sale refurbished iPhone terminals. He had never done it before, at least not officially through his online store. Now the question is whether this initiative will be extended to other countries such as Spain and, if it does, when it will.

Refurbished iPhone with Apple warranties and at a better price

Until now, Apple has never sold renewed, refurbished, repaired iPhone devices or whatever they want to be called directly in its online store. Users could buy practically all kinds of products (iMac, MacBook, iPad, Apple TV, iPod devices, keyboards and mice, AirPort, etc., but there have never been refurbished iPhone terminals for sale.

Traditionally, Apple has used these types of existing devices in its inventory for other third-party sellers to sell them as such, and it even seems that also to sell their parts. But now the Cupertino company has expanded the catalog of this section to include different models of iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus They can be purchased almost as new and with all the guarantees of Apple but with the advantage of being offered at a better price.

In the past, Apple has sold refurbished iPhones however these sales had been relegated to an eBay store that was never fully recognized by Apple. This store, at present, it lacks any type of product of the company and in fact, its last sale dates from more than a year ago.

What iPhone models can be found?

This is the first time in the company's history that Apple sells iPhone devices in its "refurbished" section of the online store. Currently customers can find different models of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus (both released in September 2015).

For the moment, this option is only available in the United States; Apple's online store in Spain does not yet offer any refurbished iPhone, nor is it known that it will do so in the future, although it is to be expected, and desirable, that it will.

On the American website, the iPhone 6s is offered in its 16 GB version for $ 449,00, which represents a 15% discount or 80 dollars. The iPhone 6s Plus is available in two storage capacities, 16GB and 64GB, priced at $ 529 and $ 589 respectively. That is, also with a 15% discount that is equivalent to 100 and 110 dollars depending on the case.

Both the iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus are available in its four finishes: silver, space gray, gold and rose gold.

All devices are unlocked, that is to say, free, and can operate with any telecommunications company; their outer casing has been replaced and they also have a brand new battery.

Where do these devices come from?

Refurbished Apple computers are the closest thing to a new product that we can find. Not only do we benefit from the discount on the official sale price, but we also find covered by warranty limited by Apple to which must be added "the rules on consumers and users applicable in their respective countries of purchase", return policy fourteen days and the possibility of contracting Apple Care.

As for the origin of the restored and certified Apple products, most of them come from the returns of the users or they are products that have presented a factory defect and have been repaired. In the case of restored iPhones, it seems that this Apple initiative would have its origin in the large stock of devices that would have been generated by the current renewal plan in the United States and that many users would have taken advantage of to acquire a new one. iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus.