Prime Members Refurbished Excellent Apple iPhone SE3 5G 64GB Midnight Unlocked Smartphone $132.99

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I thought Amazon had great prices on unlocked iPhones as well last year and wanted to share my experience in case anyone is interested. The phone arrived and would not work on my network; turns out it was actually not unlocked. Amazon customer service tried their best to get the phone unlocked with the carrier, but the original owner would have had to unlock it. It had to be returned to Amazon as a result. Normally this would not have been an issue, however these phones cannot be returned to any of my regular return locations, like UPS or Staples. Turns out IPHONES HAVE TO BE RETURNED TO AN AMAZON PHYSICAL STORE, like Amazon Fresh or Amazon Go and the nearest one to me is over an hour away. This was a hassle.

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I thought Amazon had great prices on unlocked iPhones as well last year and wanted to share my experience in case anyone is interested. The phone arrived and would not work on my network; turns out it was actually not unlocked. Amazon customer service tried their best to get the phone unlocked with the carrier, but the original owner would have had to unlock it. It had to be returned to Amazon as a result. Normally this would not have been an issue, however these phones cannot be returned to any of my regular return locations, like UPS or Staples. Turns out IPHONES HAVE TO BE RETURNED TO AN AMAZON PHYSICAL STORE, like Amazon Fresh or Amazon Go and the nearest one to me is over an hour away. This was a hassle.

Thanks for sharing your experience. Good information for those of us who don't have an Amazon retail location nearby in case of an out of the box problem. I perused some recent reviews and it appears that your issue may be relatively uncommon, but nonetheless worth noting for potential buyers.

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I thought Amazon had great prices on unlocked iPhones as well last year and wanted to share my experience in case anyone is interested. The phone arrived and would not work on my network; turns out it was actually not unlocked. Amazon customer service tried their best to get the phone unlocked with the carrier, but the original owner would have had to unlock it. It had to be returned to Amazon as a result. Normally this would not have been an issue, however these phones cannot be returned to any of my regular return locations, like UPS or Staples. Turns out IPHONES HAVE TO BE RETURNED TO AN AMAZON PHYSICAL STORE, like Amazon Fresh or Amazon Go and the nearest one to me is over an hour away. This was a hassle.

I had this same issue before for a brand new iPad that I wanted to return (unopened), and the closest amazon store location was really far away! So instead, I opened up a chat with an Amazon customer service rep, and he was able to manually generate me a UPS label and i just dropped it off at my nearest UPS Store Smilie

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Would this be major downgrade from an iPhone 14?

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rastatech

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No promise of any battery level, "excellent" seems to be a bit of spectrum. For that money then maybe get the iPhone 13 new from Total for $160 or so with port-in, or fetch a mint one from used sites where you know you will get >85% battery health at least.

I think straight talk had these as refurbished for $100 before and they came with 100% battery in most cases.

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Quote from SlyMonster

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I thought Amazon had great prices on unlocked iPhones as well last year and wanted to share my experience in case anyone is interested. The phone arrived and would not work on my network; turns out it was actually not unlocked. Amazon customer service tried their best to get the phone unlocked with the carrier, but the original owner would have had to unlock it. It had to be returned to Amazon as a result. Normally this would not have been an issue, however these phones cannot be returned to any of my regular return locations, like UPS or Staples. Turns out IPHONES HAVE TO BE RETURNED TO AN AMAZON PHYSICAL STORE, like Amazon Fresh or Amazon Go and the nearest one to me is over an hour away. This was a hassle.

Then it is not worth buying this. Folks with busy lifestyle simply cannot afford to lose more time.

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Quote from zdiddy987

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Would this be major downgrade from an iPhone 14?

Yes. Unless you absolutely have to have the smaller sized phone.

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Would this be major downgrade from an iPhone 14?

Smaller screen, slightly slower processor than iPhone 14, basic cameras, less battery capacity. I have one of these and it's a great phone for my needs, but it's on the lower end of Apple's offerings. It's the same size as the old iPhone 6 and 7, but much faster with more features.

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