In Spain we have a lot of ignorance of what a refurbished terminal means in the Apple environment. So much so that many users who receive a terminal with this name when they go to a repair in the Apple Store complain without delay.
However, what for a few seems like a terminal waste, for many others it is a unique opportunity. This is how the market for refurbished iPhone terminals has grown more than ever, making these devices attractive to those who had not considered them before.
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It is important to note that the Cupertino company understands by refurbished or reconditioned a device that suffered a salvageable production error and that with a small repair it is able to save all the quality controls that the company puts before the sale of any of its devices. , which are not exactly few in a company like this. In this way, Apple has an extensive range of refurbished products in countries such as the United States of America, where users who are not willing to pay what a last-run model costs see a vein to enter the iOS world in style. An example might be the usual $ 7 iPhone 499 from the Apple Store Online.
According to data from Counterpoint Research, the sale of reconditioned Apple products is negatively affecting the sale of mid-range Android terminals, so much so that globally the sale of this type of handset has grown by thirteen percent during the past year 2017, a significant figure considering that the global smart mobile telephony market has practically stagnated, offering practically zero growth data. The entry into emerging markets is assuming a reef for this type of slightly cheaper terminals, and especially the increase in hardware in recent years that makes it totally unnecessary to be "up to date" for a regular average user.
It also affects the sale of new iPhones but it would be necessary to know in what percentage the sales of new iPhones such as the I8 or Ix have decreased.
Rumors say that there will be 3 models for the next keynote 2018 so I think it is affecting them