Timeline for How can I check if an iPhone is new or refurbished based on its serial number?
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| Jan 27, 2019 at 9:01 | comment | added | Harald Hanche-Olsen | On second thought, it is possible that my 6s changed its serial number from M… to F… when I had the battery replaced early in 2017. I have the F number in my personal database, but it is conceivable that I edited that after getting the phone back after the battery replacement – and I have no access to the edit history. I tried going back to the original invoice to check it, but it only lists the IMEI as the “serial number”. So you could be right after all – but only for phones newer than the 4s, at best. | |
| Jan 27, 2019 at 8:52 | comment | added | Harald Hanche-Olsen | Are you sure? My iPhone 6s has a serial number starting with an F. I bought it as new via my phone company (in Norway) in October 2015. I doubt that there were many refurbished 6s phones then. In any case, it came in what looked like the original packaging. Looking further back, my 4s purchased in November 2011 had a serial number starting with D, and on my 3gs (August 2009) it did not even start with a letter. Perhaps the convention you state is valid for newer phones, though. | |
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| Jan 27, 2019 at 8:10 | history | answered | Mahdi Moqadasi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |