What is the difference between the iphone refurb and the normal iphone 3g?

I am thinking about buying an iphone, but i am not sure which to get; the iphone 3g refurb, or the normal iphone 3g. Can anyone help me?|||The refurbished iPhone is just an iphone that some other person had shipped in because of difficulties.....so apple ships that person a new one, keeps the broken one, fixes the broken one and then resells it for a fraction of the price. I think they put a new body on it if its damaged but not sure.|||Adding to your point you get the same warranty like one one buying a new iPhone. This also applies to iPods, you get the same level of tech support help and it will be change if any this goes wrong with it.

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|||Also often times refurbs are just phones that people have returned within the 30-day return period that were unused or lightly used. They go through rigorous testing and are then manufacturer certified. They are like new, only not exactly.

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|||A refurbished iPhone is an iPhone that may have been sent in for repair and then repair by a technician. All iPhones that are refurbished by Apple undergo the same testing procedure that Apple uses for brand new iPhones.





Some say they are unreliable, but you have to realise that any electronic component can have issues whether it is refurbished or brand new out of the box.|||Most refurbs are a good alternative to the brand-new phone and extremely reliable. However, as could be expected, it is far more likely for a refurbished phone to fail or break than a brand-new one, and sometimes there is strange data on the refurbished phone.|||The refurb is not a new model/version of the iPhone you know. It is a used one that has been fixed up to be "like-new" %26amp; then resold at a discounted price. It is exactly like the new 3G.