Bought my first second-hand phone about a year ago! A Samsung one.
Bought it from a finnish phone store. My guess would be - someone ditched their phone after the screen broke and they fixed it and put it to sell. It was 100-150€ (before I bought new phones for 600+€) Its tech was much better than my previous phone’s, including the battery life 😂
The only problem I have been experiencing is some touch screen problems - it’s almost as if a ghost starts to use my phone once in a while when I activate the screen. Usually closing and reopening the screen makes it go away. New updates might also affect positively/negatively on this challenge. But I’m still happy with my phone!
Modern phones aren’t designed to be repairable. So repairs going wrong is not rare (is not frequent either). I’ve read that refurbished offerings are actually viable, since they’re usually phones with nothing wrong, just got returned and aren’t new anymore. Samsung sometimes offers this when able.
If you want a real repairable and made to last phone, the fairphone exists. Recycled materials and all that.
Other than that, second hand depends a lot on where you live. If you can search a high income wealthy market space, then the chances of finding super cheap, recent and perfectly functioning phones is higher.
Bought my first second-hand phone about a year ago! A Samsung one.
Bought it from a finnish phone store. My guess would be - someone ditched their phone after the screen broke and they fixed it and put it to sell. It was 100-150€ (before I bought new phones for 600+€) Its tech was much better than my previous phone’s, including the battery life 😂
The only problem I have been experiencing is some touch screen problems - it’s almost as if a ghost starts to use my phone once in a while when I activate the screen. Usually closing and reopening the screen makes it go away. New updates might also affect positively/negatively on this challenge. But I’m still happy with my phone!
Modern phones aren’t designed to be repairable. So repairs going wrong is not rare (is not frequent either). I’ve read that refurbished offerings are actually viable, since they’re usually phones with nothing wrong, just got returned and aren’t new anymore. Samsung sometimes offers this when able.
If you want a real repairable and made to last phone, the fairphone exists. Recycled materials and all that.
Other than that, second hand depends a lot on where you live. If you can search a high income wealthy market space, then the chances of finding super cheap, recent and perfectly functioning phones is higher.