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Shopping for a refurbished smartphone? Pay attention to its grade: It can make or break your purchase. Just like in school, refurbished phones get graded on a scale of A, B, C, and sometimes lower.

The panic around “refurbished = infected” is mostly theater. When you choose quality refurbished devices from certified sellers, the malware threat is identical to buying new—assuming you follow the ...

Refurbished phones are absolutely worth it, providing you buy them through the correct channels using certified sellers and not some random person on Facebook Marketplace. The big thing that most ...

The highest-rated refurbished mobile phone is the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra with a perfect 10/10 score. The Ultra represents the high-end version of the S21 and until the arrival of the more recent ...

A refurbished model but one that’s unlocked and comes with a full one-year warranty, the Apple iPhone XR is still pretty stylish for its age. It has a large 6.1-inch LCD screen with 1,792 x 828 ...

Google now offers refurbished Pixel phones, as originally spotted by The Verge. The company is selling refurbed Pixel 6, Pixel 6A and Pixel 7 handsets directly on the Google Store. The phones can be ...

Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew up in Sydney, Australia and moved to California in 2019. She holds degrees in law and communications, and currently writes news, analysis and features for CNET across ...

The second-hand market for smartphones has surged in recent years, borne up by lower prices as well as interest in ...

It is no secret that smartphone prices are set to increase. Due to the memory shortage, we can expect new phones to cost more than what they did last year, and the first few launches of 2026 are an ...

Mobile phone sales in China remain sluggish in the second quarter, but sales of used and refurbished phones have been brisk, according to supply chain sources. Save my User ID and Password Some ...