Apple iPhone SE (2nd Generation), US Version, 64GB, White for Verizon (Renewed)

the SE2 still works perfectly fine for everyday tasks. No stutters or glitches. I don't play games on my phone, but I've never had an issue with calls, texts, navigation, listening to music, or watching videos. The screen is obviously small, but that is a plus in my book. It can be annoying to navigate web pages or watch videos because of the size, but again that is part of the reason I bought it so I don't want to use it as much.The exterior of the phone is almost like new. There is a very fine scratch on the screen that I only notice when holding the phone up to a light. Never notice it in daily use.The only bad thing is the battery life. I average about 3 hours a day of screen on time, and I usually end the day with 10% or less if I don't charge during the day. Again, that isn't a terrible thing in my case since I got this specifically to use less than my other phones, but could be inconvenient when traveling or other long days.

I've been using it three weeks now. Cosmetically, not a scratch or ding anywhere on the body or the screen. The battery life was 89%, which is well above the minimum. It powered up fine and went into the new screen. I did the phone-to-phone transfer and everything transferred over just fine. You will have to reload all your apps. While they did transfer over, they didn't know who I was. The first thing I did was to check in setting to see if the phone was fully unlocked, and it was. I put in my sim card and everything worked just fine. Nothing hinky, nothing jiggy, nothing strange. A completely transparent, seamless upgrade to a pretty good phone.

I previously purchased from Amazon Renewed an iPhone 5s, and was satisfied with it considering the price was barely over one hundred dollars. That phone, however, was originally released in 2013, and at 8 years old it was getting hard to justify its continued use.So when the new iPhone SE (2020) was released I was really tempted to get it, but the pandemic had basically stopped any purchasing of anything for me at the time. Now in September of 2021, with the battery in my old phone failing, it was time to do something.I decided to check out what Amazon might have in their "renewed" products and was surprised to find that they now have "Renewed Premium", which offers a year's satisfaction guarantee. That meant, in my mind, I could send this thing back if it wasn't good or turned out to be a lemon, so I sprung for it.First of all, this one came in a nice box, oversized, and obviously sturdy enough to protect everything inside. It comes with an information packet describing what "premium" means, along with a quick start guide. The inclusion of a standard wall charger was nice, but I have a number of chargers already, not to mention my iPad Pro charger. I'll get back to that in a minute.Another thing that was nice to have included was a tool for removing the SIM card tray. Nice, but it turns out that with the new iPhone SE you can use eSIM! More on that as well in a minute.Now first of all... This phone looks gorgeous. The red color and the black front make for an awesome combination. All surfaces are smooth as if it was a brand new phone. Turning it on shows the screen is working perfectly, with even back lighting all across to each corner.The first thing I checked was the "battery health". Amazon promises that with their renewed premium phones the battery would at least be at ninety percent of capacity, so I immediately checked.Ninety-eight percent! Eight percent better than what they promised. Not bad at all!So it turns out that this phone supports fast charging. So that means my phone gets charged on the desk where my iPad Pro sits, because the charger for that is a high capacity charger. The iPhone SE charges up easily in a little over an hour, which means no need to plug it in over night. In fact, I plug it in before bed, but it's plugged into an outlet controlled by Alexa and that wont come on till in the morning. The phone charges up to capacity before I go to work!Now for setting up the service, the iPhone SE (2020) supports eSIM, which means getting set up with Mint Mobile (or any service that supports eSIM) was as easy as... Well, I went to Mint Mobile's website, checked my location, checked phone compatibility, chose my service plan, then chose eSIM at check out. A few minutes later a QR code appeared on the screen of my computer that I scanned with the iPhone SE, and a few seconds later I had 4G/LTE and everything ready to go.eSIM is the way to go. It is, just trust me on that.After about a week of using the phone, on some days like I normally do and on other day literally trying to cause it run dry of battery or trying to get it to malfunction, this little phone is holding up way better than I could have anticipated. I believe I can safely say my iPhone 5s can be retired for good.By the way. Get a cover. This phone has a glass back, which means it can be charged wirelessly, but it also means you can break it easily. I got a simple transparent back cover with a raised bezel around the edges. It cost about 9 dollars, came in the same day as the phone.I would recommend this phone and the Amazon Renewed Premium program. Yes the cost of the phone was more than it would have been with renewed only, but being able to return the phone for up to a year is worth it.

I had an excellent experience with the seller, and the device came in perfect condition. The rest of this review will be about the device itself rather than my experience purchasing it refurbished.EDIT: this review has been updated for the fall 2023 smartphone market conditions.The GoodThe A13 processor punches far above its weight and compares favorably with the best premium Android processors. This performance level in a phone at this price is very nice. You'll struggle to find a better deal for performance per dollar.With the high end chip, you're also getting camera smarts well above what a single lens shooter should be capable of achieving. While not beating the cheaper Pixel 3a with its multi lens design and Google algorithms, do not underestimate this single camera and brains combination. I found it quite adequate for casual and social media use, so it will struggle in low light conditions due to the notable lack of Night Sight found on newer phones.The phone feels premium and is extremely lightweight still. Wireless charging and Wi-Fi 6 are bonuses that we typically don't see in this part of the market.Apple will support this device for most likely two more years based on the typical support life cycle. This is as expected for the price point whether you go Apple or Android.The BadThe biggest limitation of this phone is the small battery design that hasn't been updated in years. It's the same as the iPhone 8 aside from the upgrades to the internals. This means you're getting iPhone 8 battery life. Unless you are a light user, you'll need to top up the charge before the day is through when combined with that A13 engine. This is like a sporty hatchback with a tiny gas tank. Other phones in the segment have nearly double the battery capacity, and the super fast A13 gives you ample opportunity to spend it.That dated design brings with it a small LCD screen when most of the world has moved on to LED technology. While the screen is one of the best given the technology in use, the display technology is obsolete. The display is objectively less color accurate and less sharp the newer display technology. Only cheaper phones still use LCD today. With that said, it's still a pretty good display with adequate contrast and brilliant colors. It is the best you can get if you don't mind the older technology class.Summary: Insanely powerful engine strapped to a tiny battery wrapped up in yesterday's package.I would recommend this for light to moderate users who often have access to charging during the day, and anyone who wants to get into the Apple world at a lowest price point.I would not recommend this device to someone who plans to use it for watching HD videos, plays games for long periods, or is usually far away from an outlet. I think this person would prefer a device with a more up-to-date display and better battery capacity.

Me llegó ayer por la tarde, la estética muy buena no hay detalles a la vista, la condición de la batería es del 91%. Es mi primer iPhone y me da buenas sensaciones.

Recibí el iPhone en tiempo y forma. El equipo traía detalles estéticos muy mínimos, traía colocado su cristal templado, y me vino con 91% de vida de la batería. Considero que fue una excelente compra, y cubrió mis expectativas.

Ok, so I ordered this re-furbished phone because I'm going on a cruise and I can't take my business iPhone phone with me.When I opened the box, I was very impressed. The phone was absolutely like brand new. No scratches, the screen was perfect and everything worked. I set it up and everything went smoothly. It charged with no issue and the battery life, so far (its only been a few days) seems good.The only tiny issue that I can find so far is that the phone doesn't come with the pin device that opens the SIM card slot. Not a huge issue at all as I have a couple of them, but someone else might not.As for setting it up, there was no issue at all. It connected to my WiFi without problems and updated itself as soon as it connected.Now I still have to add it to my wireless phone plan, but I expect that will be very easy.I would recommend Canadian Outlet (company that fulfills Amazon's requests) as like I said, I was extremely impressed by the phone that I received and it was also a very good price.As for the Amazon side, product arrived on-time and was packaged well for shipping.

Me llegó en excelentes condiciones ,todo ha funcionado perfectamente me llegó con un 82% de batería y ligeros detalles estéticos poco visibles .

Perfect condition and, unlike the first “renewed” one that only had 72% battery capacity, this one has 100%.