Buying a used device is a risky task were you may waste your money in a nonworking device. But thankfully in the internet you can get some advises that will led you to buy an awesome phone with a cheap price tag. In this post we will show all the critical points that will show the outstanding points of a heavy used phone.
The most important point is the body of the device.
- A damaged body.
If the phone has a noticeable damage, this means it had fallen from a high place. Specially if the damage was in the frame. Because it's hard to replace the frame of a device. So id you saw a damage in the body of the device, you mustn't buy it, even if it was cheap.
-A wired positioned display or a back cover
If you see a raised display or a glue coming out from the display or even if you notice a press feeling while you are touching the screen. This means the phones' display is replaced by a third-party display. After a month you will notice wrong and missed touch issue which will be annoying especially while playing games or scrolling pages.
In case of the back cover, if you find it very new (especially for a glass or a metal cover phone) This means it has been opened by someone before you and maybe some of the internals have been changed. Like the battery or the GPS or the motherboard.
-Check in the internet the issues that had been with a certain device.
Because most of the used phones are those were it had been released early, but they have after production issue. Like charging issues or has bad thermals.
- Buy it from a refurbished store or from a store were you can get a warranty.
and the warranty should be valid for a week or at least 2 days, so you can test your phone by benchmarks and check the status of the battery and other parts of the phone. If you buy a phone from someone, it should be from a person you trust or know, so you can return it back.
-Run Benchmarks
If it fails or freeze, you should return it back immediately. Or if it scores a lower scores than it should be.
These are some apps for bench-marking
Android
AnTuTu Benchmark
IOS
GFXBench GL
At the end I hope this tutorial will help to choose the most reliable phone with the cheapest price that you will ever get. Good luck.
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