I could get a good-looking smartphone used with a perfect cover without any scratches on it, but do not have any clue that maybe your internal hardware or your screen interface may not work on any time soon because there has been some critical damage inside the phone caused by the previous owners. For this reason, it is very important to avoid this type of smart phone for your own good.
Speaking of used smartphones, most think that used smartphones mostly suck just because of second hand are smartphones. Well, the truth is that not all used smartphones that are on the market are some damaged phones no longer work. In fact, some of this type of smartphone works still as big as a new one. So it's irrelevant since say that smartphones of second hand quality will be that awful.
Well, if you have taken the final decision and is perfectly sure that now is the time to buy your first used smartphone, then are 15 tips that we hope to be your first address whenever you are planning to buy smartphones used in the future.
1. run a quick scan of the box cover
The first thing to notice of a smartphone is definitely its cover. Therefore, whenever you meet some smartphones used in any store, be sure to run a full scan of the device. Test to see if the device has a physical defect or scratches on the body of the device. This must be done to learn more about what the device has been through in the past when it was still used by the previous owners.
2 make sure that the cover is Original
Smartphones usually used are plagued with the perception that their covers case will tell you all about his condition. Well, that's so bad. You can not judge the overall quality of used smartphones looking at how bright your chassis or how impeccable your screen. There is a great possibility that the seller already covers up with some new 3 decks party case that obviously will make them look like new phones, right?
Therefore, as a smart client, always equip you with the mentality that sellers could always replace the original but damaged the box with some new 3 cover chassis party to make sales.
3. ensure that all physical buttons work perfectly
Physical buttons always become fragile element in any smartphone that tends to easily be damaged if it has struck many times by the owners. Therefore, to check out any smartphone used in the store, make sure all the physical buttons, remember all of them, can work perfectly, without any hiccups. The best to do this is by pressing each physical button over and over again. If you see that there is no button that gives a weak or delayed response (sometimes works, sometimes not) or even does not work when you press, then the best
4. always check the sensitivity of the screen with the user interface
The following check from a used smartphone is the screen surface and the sensitivity of its user interface. In this process, always run a scan carefully if there is any scratch on the screen and make sure that the touch screen still works perfectly. Try the touch response of each corner of the screen until the middle. Make some gestures mixed and randomly on the screen over and over again, from:
sliding of the user interface to the left/right/up/down,
making multi-touch,
Zoom in/out photos or web browser,
delete widgets/apps/items
typing on the virtual keyboard on screen QWERTY
etc.
And if you have a lot of time, try to play some applications that are already installed on your phone, including high performance gaming and test the sensitivity of the screen interface. Remember that this is very important because most of the previous owners can already falls on the floor for several times in the past, so directly affect the sensitivity of the screen.
5. check if there is any error or strange reproduction of colors on the screen
In addition to its sensitivity, the other important thing to check on the screen is the screen. Generally, used smart phones have gone several times by the previous owners. Therefore, it is very important so that you can see the entire screen to check if there is an error or strange line in reproduction of color around the screen. If you see any of these, the screen is not good.
6 make sure that the battery is still pretty good
There is no doubt that the battery is one of the most important elements in smart phones. Most of the phones with touch screen, even the new iPhone, have duration of weak battery (with the exception of flagships of Samsung or Motorola of course). Therefore, it is really crucial to always run a test in this area whenever you want to buy used smartphones. On behalf of the few, you can do things like high-performance 3D games or watch movies and videos to make sure that the battery is still in fairly good condition, if not. If the battery drains very quickly even when you simply open the photos or listen to some songs (which are not activities consume power), then there is something wrong with the battery.
7. check if key of the camera shutter (if any exist) still works
Some of the smartphones usually have a physical shutter key to shoot photos and videos, but you can substitute for the virtual button on screen. However, on some phones, is a feature that lets you capture photos with the shutter button even when the screen is still blocked (for example, Sony Xperia S, etc.). It is why, even though you can not use it very often, always becomes a rapid test on this key of shutter by pressing repeatedly again just to be sure that this button still works perfectly.
8. ensure that the cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity still work great
Connectivity is another important element in the smartphone. Without this sector used phone will be quite useless to you. You can't surf the Internet, download things or connect to internet applications. Therefore, always run the test of this feature of connectivity for surfing the web with the pre-installed browser or any other applications that require 3 g/4 G and Wi-Fi connectivity that uses smartphone.
9. check the Bluetooth, NFC, or any other connectivity offline
These connectivity features can be very important in the future because like it or not, it will have Bluetooth and use it often to share content such as photos/music/videos/files with other devices, while NFC is also very important for mobile payments in the future. Therefore, never forget to always run the rapid test in Bluetooth, NFC or several features of connectivity offline on the phone.
10. the quality of the sound from the speaker test
Make a phone call is the reason why cell phone was invented in the first place. Without it, the phone should not be called as a phone. It is why, if this function is not working properly, then your used phone will be useless in the future. So it is also very important to always run the test of this feature calling randomly through other devices and listen if there is something wrong with the quality of sound, signal or your speakers.
11 try to send text message
Generally, if the works of still large cellular connectivity, then there is a great possibility that can also send text messages with this phone. However, not let go and send a text message would not come bad, right? This is for your own good.
12. check the quality of the sound of the phone, with or without headphones
The majority of users usually does not open all the speaker to listen to music or watch videos. They usually use a headset for the majority of activities that have sounds, like games, movies, music or anything else. However, to make sure that everything is well, spend few seconds or minutes to check if the speaker sounds still great or not.
13 make sure that the charging port can still charge the phone
Charging port is also the other most important thing on the smartphone. If charging port does not work and can not charge the device properly, this can be really dangerous for you in the future. These days, smartphones most cargo ports are not only assembled with glue, but in some smartphones, this part is deeply integrated with welding. So be sure to check the charging port of the device to connect your phone to the charger input/output and see if delay there is a little response in the bar of the battery on the screen while charging. The phone is pretty useless if you can not load.
14. check the microSD card slot (if any) to see if it still works
Despite the growing popularity of smartphones of large internal storage, the majority of phone users think that you slot for microSD card as a very essential element in smartphones. This type of users tends to choose to have a smartphone with a small internal storage but can be further expanded with external microSD card. Therefore, if you are planning to buy a microSD card enabled smartphone, recommended that you to check if the card slot still works very well or not. You don't want to buy a phone with little storage that can not read the external microSD card, do you?
15 ask the seller if the phone is already jail broken or roots
Jailbreak iPhone or unlocked Android phones can be a good thing or bad thing. If you are an expert user, then it is a good thing because you can still make heck a lot of technical things with your phone even without the assistance of the Distributor. However, if you are tech-savvy buyer, you really need to ask seller regarding this information. Especially for iPhone, you can ask the seller return return your iPhone uses a version of jailbreak not, so you can still carry safely to the official Apple store if there is something wrong with your iPhone.
Well, they are 15 tips that you need to know before making a purchase of any used smartphone. Buy used smartphone can be much cheaper that getting a new one, but you as customer still deserve to get good quality product, even used one. So I hope that these tips can be really useful for you whenever you are planning to buy smartphones used in the future.
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