Apple iPhone 13, 128GB, Blue – Unlocked (Renewed)

9.5/10 overall
iPhone 13, midnight, 256gb, unlocked version, seller = DirectCertified. I ordered 2 for my kids. Both phones were practically same condition.Cosmetic – One phone had a very tiny stress fracture on the screen that measured approx 1″ across. It was only noticeable at direct light and 6″ away. After laying a screen protector, it is not noticeable. Both iphones had 1-2 tiny knicks on the screen. Again, both are only noticeable up front and after laying a screen protector, it is barely noticeable. The casings on both were near flawless. I can tell the previous owners used screen protectors and cases with longevity in mind. I grade both phones a 95% on appearance and like new cosmetically.Battery – One phone had 85% and other had 86%. A bit on the lower end but its all a gamble going the refurbished route. Not bad enough for me to deal with doing an exchange and take a chance I may get a worse condition phone. I suspect its the original batteries in these 2 units.Function – speaker is loud, face ID works, touchscreen is good, sidebar buttons all work, rear and front cameras are clear, everything works as it should. Doesn’t seem to have aftermarket parts used on these phones as there is no pop up notification indicating so. I suspect everything on these 2 phones were original.I will update this review after few weeks of use. I am more curious on battery life so we’ll see…8/18/2024 update: kiddos reported the phone battery holds its charge fine. 1 full charge lasts them the whole day. They’re using a fast charger purchased off Amazon and so far so good!

Great buy and experience so far!!
This was a great buy for me and the phone works extremely well so far. For a refurbished phone, it looks brand new. I was so glad to able to get an updated smartphone for just under $400 with plenty of space (256MB). Although it reads five stars, I reluctantly give it 4.85. Only reason is because the battery health is at 86%. Yes I know that’s still good, but would have been nice if it was above 90%, but hey you can’t get everything when you buy second hand (LOL). Overall, I’m very happy with it!!

Pleasantly surprised
So let me start out by saying that I am not one to purchased refurbished phones and whenever something would happen to one of mine and I had to turn it into the Phone company and they would send me a refurbished one to replace mine, there was always something wrong with them. So, that has always made me a little bit gunshy regarding that particular situation.With that said, as a full-time caregiver for the last 11 years, I have not been able to work and unfortunately can no longer purchase the best of the best with the flagship phones that I used to get back in the day. Many of my parents doctors do some video visits and some of them actually prefer FaceTime so as a result, having an iPhone was actually partly a necessity for that reason.I have always been an Android girl, )still have that too), so I didn’t quite know what iPhone I needed to get, but after some research, I finally settled on what I thought would be the best choice for me both with regard to the technology inside and with the price as well as the warranty.I had actually considered either an iPhone 11 or an iPhone 13 as my choice. As we are now on the 15 I found the 13 to be the wisest choice of the two.After researching many different sites, some very reputable and actually recommended by people, I decided to land on Amazon‘s renewed program because I’ve always had a nice experience when there have been any issues with a product and I’ve never had any problems with customer service. They’ve always been very helpful and I thought if anything were to happen with the phone, I would be hoping to have the same type of experience.In looking at the options, I chose to actually pay more to have one that was put forth by Amazon themselves because they offered a year warranty as opposed to many of the others who were a bit cheaper and offered maybe 30 days or so etc.And hey, so far, so good! The Phone arrived. It was in perfect cosmetic condition and I have not had any issues with it since. The battery was at 87% and although I would’ve liked to had it higher than that, I was glad to see that it still was pretty snappy when I needed it to be.So I would say that I have been very pleased so far and I would absolutely recommend the renewed program to anyone interested, but can only speak to the actual product provided by Amazon itself, however, I’m sure many of the third-party individuals that sell refurbished items may have some really good product themselves.Ah…there I go again…refurbished…renewed…to-may-toe…to-mah-toe… well you get the jist…

El teléfono llegó con el color y capacidad de almacenamiento que pedí, estéticamente está como nuevo y la condición de la batería llegó al 100% (cabe resaltar que la condición estética e interna del teléfono depende del proveedor, es recomendable que antes de ordenar un producto revise las reseñas), también llega con un cargador de 5W y en una caja genérica, no la original de Apple, en general es una muy buena compra, todo depende del proveedor y su reputación .

Buen producto. Me llegó sin ningún detalle de estética y con 89% de pila. Yo diría que tuve suerte.