There’s always a bit of mystery involved when you’re buying an iPhone second hand. Was the phone purchased new by the person selling it to you? Is it refurbished?

Turns out, you can actually find that information out by looking at the serial number of the device.
It’s a trick that’s been around for a while, but OS X daily pointed it out again this week.
Essentially the first letter of your phone’s serial number will let you know whether the phone is new, refurbished, a replacement phone, or is personalized.

To find out on your phone, go to the Settings menu on the iPhone followed by General and then About. From there look for “Model.” The first letter of that model number will either an M,N, F, or P and explains what your phone’s backstory is.

M - New phone
F- Refurbished phone
N - Replacement phone. This is for devices that the original owner likely got from the Apple store after their original phone had some sort of issue.
P - Personalized. These phones were personalized with engraving when they were purchased.

That’s it! It’s super easy and can be a great way to get a little bit more of the story behind that iPhone before you buy.

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What about the ones that starts with C and D? Na oversabi, oversabi person dey take buy fufu phone.

The moment I hold an Android and look at its Graphics,I will immediately tell you its refurbished.I don't need model number

All of you don't understand what refurbished means.

calddon:
All of you don't understand what refurbished means.

Swear down
Wetin concern refurbishing and model number?
Except it was refurbished by apple themselves and if that's the case, the phone is good to go

bobo65:


Swear down
Wetin concern refurbishing and model number?
Except it was refurbished by apple themselves and if that's the case, the phone is good to go

A simple battery change on a phone makes it user refurbished. People confuse the word refurbished with fake. Look at one up there say he can spot a refurbished phone by it's display quality.

calddon:
All of you don't understand what refurbished means.

Pleas can you elucidate?

ubcandid:


Pleas can you elucidate?

no strength, no data... allow Google do its job.

sulasa07:
The moment I hold an Android and look at its Graphics,I will immediately tell you its refurbished.I don't need model number

uncle do you know what refurbished is

calddon:

A simple battery change on a phone makes it user refurbished. People confuse the word refurbished with fake. Look at one up there say he can spot a refurbished phone by it's display quality.

when I saw it I cringed so hard

calddon:

A simple battery change on a phone makes it user refurbished. People confuse the word refurbished with fake. Look at one up there say he can spot a refurbished phone by it's display quality.

I was starting to get confused too.

Lol bt refurbished is just a packaged used phone now... What concern model number? Yeye thread