Q: Browsing for Certified Refurbished Apple 5 IPhones
I am browsing through Amazon and E-bay in buying another Certified Refurbished IPhone that is a U.S. model with the camera shutter turned off and return the one that I currently have in which it is manufactured in Japan. There are some available, but it is out of my price range. Under Japan law, camera shutter sound cannot be turned down and off due to women's upskirt photography. Other countries have their own laws when it comes to communicating, recording videos and taking pictures. My guess some of the certified refurbished Iphones were manufactured from Japan and shipped it to the U.S. or to other countries. Since Apple no longer sells older model iPhones on their website and they are not reliable on the refurbished phones, it is very difficult to find a U.S. version of a certified refurbished iPhone.
iPhone 5, iOS 9.3.2, null
Posted on Jul 2, 2016 2:02 PM
Amason is not. nor is any vendor on Amazon, an Apple Authorized Reseller of iPhones. Just so you know, those are not phones refurbished by Apple or its iPhone OEM companies. Any "refurbishment" is done by Amazon or their contractors, not Apple. They are basically just used devices that have had whatever the seller has done to them in the way of refurbishment or reconditioning.
There have also never been any iPhone's manufactured in Japan nor the USA. All iPhones have always been made in China (or some in Taiwan).
Apple does not sell refurbished iPhones at retail. Any such claims by a seller refer to their own in-house or contract "refurbishment" so you should check with the seller just exactly what do they do to the iPhone in their refurbishment or reconditioning procedure, and what exactly do they mean by "certified".
Any warranty with those Amazon or eBay "refurbished" devices will be through the seller, not Apple.
Posted on Jul 2, 2016 3:36 PM