{"id":22093,"date":"2018-02-07T12:35:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T10:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.radioislam.org.za\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/07\/how-to-check-if-your-iphone-is-new-refurbished-or-a-replacement\/"},"modified":"2018-02-07T12:35:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T10:35:53","slug":"how-to-check-if-your-iphone-is-new-refurbished-or-a-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/how-to-check-if-your-iphone-is-new-refurbished-or-a-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Check if Your  iPhone is New, Refurbished or a Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News &#8211; 07-02-2018<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>If you are considering buying a used iPhone, you may wonder if the previous owner bought the device as a new, refurbished or as a replacement device provided by Apple.<\/p>\n<p>To determine the origin of the device, you can use an interesting device model identifier trick to discover the history of the phone.<\/p>\n<p>This can be helpful information for buyers of used devices, if you\u2019re troubleshooting or repairing an iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>So how do you discover the origin of your iPhone,iPad or possibly other iOS devices?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0Open the \u201cSettings\u201d app on the iPhone<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Go to \u201cGeneral\u201d and then go to \u201cAbout\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Look for \u201cModel\u201d and then read the model identifier next to that text, it will look something like \u201cMN572LL\/A\u201d, the first character will let you know if the device is new, refurbished, replacement, or personalized:\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>M \u2013 Brand new device, meaning the device was purchased new<\/li>\n<li>F \u2013 Refurbished device, meaning the device has been through refurbishing process<\/li>\n<li>N \u2013 Replacement device, meaning the originally bought device was replaced by this model likely due to a service request<\/li>\n<li>P \u2013 Personalized device with engraving, meaning the device was customized with an engraving on purchase<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note the model identifier shown here (like MN572LL\/A) is different from the general model (like iPhone X) and model number of the iOS device (like A1822) \u2013 admittedly a bit confusing since they all have similar labels, but they are indeed entirely different things.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Apple New.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/faizie143\">Twitter: @FaizelPatel143<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News &#8211; 07-02-2018 If you are considering buying a used iPhone, you may wonder if the previous owner bought the device as a new, refurbished or as a replacement device provided by Apple. 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