Im considering buying a new phone and got my eye set on the SE3. It was released in 2022 and is now discontinued. I therefore wonder if I purchase a brand new (in box) iPhone SE3 will the battery be damaged due to long shelf period?
iPhone SE (3rd generation)
That depends on how you buy it. “In box” is not a useful factor, because it is trivially easy to put a used phone back in a box and shrink-wrap it so it looks like new.
If you buy from a reliable source and can be sure it is new then it should be OK, because it was only discontinued 2 weeks ago.
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Correct; a battery in a new phone is charged to around 50% at the factory, and should stay there for many months.
It will be brand new, from reliable source. Since it was only recently discontinued, the phone probably won't have a long shelf life that could have damaged battery then right?
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