Buying an iPhone SE 3 in 2025

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)

Posted on Feb 24, 2025 2:28 PM

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Feb 24, 2025 2:33 PM in response to ziafromgothenburg

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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Buying an iPhone SE 3 in 2025

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