What is the "Refurbish" product that you often hear on smartphones?

For electronic products such as smartphones, we often see items that can be purchased at reasonable prices called "refurbished (serviced)" products. Then, with regard to "What is a refurbish product?" "How will it be produced?" "What is different from second - hand goods?WccftechI explain it in an easy-to-understand manner.

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Apple, for example, calls refurbished products "refined products" and sells them on official websites. If you are a refurbished product with stock, you will be able to purchase Apple products that are known to be discounted by not more than 10% discount over roughly fixed price.

Mac Refurbished Products - Apple (Japan)


"Refurbished" is an English word "refurbished", and a refurbished product means a product that has been refurbished. The important thing here is "main body that refurbished the product", it seems that refurbished products are refurbished by the manufacturer who produced the product. In other words, in the case of Apple products, only those that Apple repaired / checked a defective terminal are allowed to call a refurbished product. Also, even if the terminal taken from the former owner is sold again, it is "second-hand goods" to the last, it means that it is not a refurbish product.

So, what kind of terminal will come back to the manufacturer, there are various situations. An example was returned as a terminal with an initial malfunction. For example, when a person who purchased a smartphone points out unevenness in the liquid crystal screen and has been exchanged for another product, the terminal returned as the initial failure is sent back to the manufacturer and after exchanging parts, The check of the shipment is carried out again and the passed products will be put on the market. This is the mechanism by which refurbish products are on the market.

In some cases, terminals returned to the manufacturer with no problems in functionality that were returned for reasons such as "I do not like colors" may be sent back to the manufacturer. However, according to Wccftech, "anything once the package has been opened will be treated as a refurbishment and will be re-checked by the manufacturer." Some of the refurbish products seem to be mixed with things that have their functions recovered by repair or parts replacement from virtually malfunctioning states and virtually unused items. In other words, there are various states such as refurbish products with small scratches and refurbish products of new products not even having a feeling of use rather than scratches. Nonetheless, there is no difference that all refurbish products meet the acceptance criteria in that they got the certification by rechecking by the manufacturer. And, in many cases, the refurbish product which the manufacturer once again put on the market is warranted from the manufacturer, and it seems that it often seems that the warranty period of 1 year is applied like Apple and it is treated the same as new.


There are two types of refurbish products, "Factory-Refurbished" and "Non-Factory-Refurbished", if they are further divided finely. Factory - Refurbished is a refurbish product of original meaning which was repaired by the manufacturer as described above. On the other hand, Non-Factory-Refurbished was repaired by a repair specialist other than the manufacturer and was put on the market again. Even though the subject is not a manufacturer, it seems that repairing and checking of products is often done on exactly the same standards, but guarantee of products to be put on the market will be provided independently by refurbishing companies and dealers other than manufacturers It is going to be.

As mentioned above, the refurbish product is different from the second-hand goods after the repair / check by the manufacturer has been completed, and it can be said that the terminal which can be obtained with no problem regarding functionality can be obtained at a low price. Although it is difficult to completely avoid those with small scratches, it is an option that can respond to the needs of the user who wants to obtain a device that is cheaper and has sufficient guarantee.