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What is a refurb phone?

I want the AT&T Tilt phone - should I go with new ($299) or refurb ($149)?

  • The refurb is a much better deal but I have never gotten a "refurbished" phone or PDA before. I did some research online and some people were posting that the refurb phones look just like new... what do you all think?

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    My wife and I have refurb Tilt's. If I showed it to you, you would think that it was new. Mine had 1 hour of talk time used on it. My wife's had only 13 seconds on hers when she got it. I have never had any issue with my phone whatsoever. It is the best phone I have owned to date. Buying a refurb phone from a carrier is like buying a certified used car. New or refurb doesn't matter, AT&T does not provide insurance coverage for ANY PDA (Palm, Blackberry, or Tilt) so be careful with it. If you have money like that then buy the new one. But remember 90%+ of refurbs are just returns because someone didn't like the phone itself...

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Refurb with a warranty.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovo

New you can't get it on your insurance so if you loose it are someone steals it your SOL... but at least if it's new and it breaks naturally then typically it is still under warranty from the manufacturer. Refurbished phones don't even have warranty.

..ღღSarah ♥'s Edward Cullenღ

well if you have the cash (299$ in your pocket) go with the new one, but if you dont and you really dont mind having used things, go with the referbished.. P.s the new iphone 3g is comming out (apple.com), ands its only 199$

Andres F

The refurbished one should be fine just make sure it has a warrenty

cali_goodin

new refurbished break easily

Corey C

yea refurbish are better (at that price, they are almost the same thing) just think of them as being built twice.

sup3rsal

get the refurb its all the same it works but only other ppl used it thats all its like a used video game

mark

well they fix the problems the change the keypad and the case and put a new one on there....there fine...

crazybmxer0

dont get the refurb. ewww.

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