Apple has the program Reuse and Recycle which allows you to exchange old iPhone for new one. However, main problem is that the company does not accept iPhone with broken screen, damaged camera and buttons.

Today it became known that situation has changed and manufacturer has chosen a new strategy. Now users can change their damaged iPhone 5s and iPhone 6/6 Plus for new smartphones. If you want to change iPhone 5S, Apple gives you a discount of $50 for buying a new smartphone, $200 in exchange iPhone 6s and $250 if you want to replace iPhone 6 Plus.

Of course, Apple has established some restrictions on the types of damage. Nevertheless, it is still a good offer. By the way, this method is mutually beneficial for Apple and its customers. From a financial point of view, the replacement of a broken screen will cost half the price of a new smartphone, and even more expensive. So that producers and consumers are winners. The company from Cupertino makes a sale, and client gets new gadget at discount.

The second good news: for those who change the damaged iPhone on new smartphone, Apple will offer to set protection on display for free. As reported, it is very difficult to set protective film on the screen. Apple launches new protection program for iPhone displays in cooperation with well-known manufacturer accessories Belkin.

This program is related to the fact that Belkin provides a special device that automates the installation of protective film on iPhone screen. The device for gluing the film is very compact, it can be placed on one of the shelves and in a few minutes carefully apply the protective film on iPhone display.

The film from Belkin consumer buys separately. Its price on Apple website is $35.

Unfortunately, at the moment we do not know where the program will work. Sources say that the device for gluing protective films is already set in the Japanese Apple Store.

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Everyone knows where it is best to buy iPhone 5s no contract- certainly in the United States. In addition, after the release of new version iPhone, the cost of the previous generation is reduced.

In the US, people often buy iPhone from mobile operators such as AT & T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint. However, we decided to look at what stores you can buy iPhone 5s no contract.

eBay

Everything is very simple – write in the search bar « iPhone 5s no contract» and you will see many proposals.

On the left you can see two options of Lock Status – Factory Unlocked and Network Unlocked. The first option means that the phone is refurbished, and maybe has small defects. The second option means that the smartphone has a two-year contract with the mobile operator.

Amazon

We write again « iPhone 5s no contract » and see thousands of options to choose from.

Left in the column you can select new phone, refurbished or second-hand. Our recommendation – always read the comments. It often happens that in the description of the goods is written is not what the buyer would get.

Walmart

On the main page you should click on All Departments, then at the Electronics & Office, and in this section we find Cell Phones.

As you can see, there are No-Contract Phones and Unlocked Phones, where we find iPhone 5s no contract.

Best Buy

Click on Products, and you will see Cell Phones.  After that you choose No-Contract Phones and Unlocked Phones.

This shop does not sell locked smartphones. Apple iPhone 5S from BestBuy works with any GSM-operator in the world. Moreover, the new iPhone 5s no contract are presented with a discount of up to $110, and the refurbished iPhone can be purchased for only $300.

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Another large online retailer that sell only unlocked smartphones and iPhone 5s no contract.

However, when we wrote the article, the iPhone 5S has not been available for sale, but you can look in the future, maybe it will.

Newegg

We go to the store page, and click on All Products, Electronics and then continue to the sections Cell Phones – Unlocked Cell and Phones – No-contract.

We found new iPhone 5s no contract for $359. I think that’s an excellent offer.

In general, you can easily find iPhone 5s no contract on the websites of the American stores. Do not forget to look at Unlocked.

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Manufacturer refurbished means that the manufacturer has restored smartphone to full working condition. Smartphone looks and works as good as new. But smartphone can be delivered in the unofficial package or can be opened.

Let’s look at how to buy a manufacturer refurbished iphone 5s tmobile on Ebay. You need to write in the search bar «iPhone 5S» and find more than 11000 options in different states. On the left in the section «Condition» we find the required «manufacturer refurbished iPhone 5s tmobile»:

We make a selection and analyze the lots. For comparison, take two options – from a seller with a mark «Top Rated» and seller with a large number of sales and a rating of almost 100%. Here are listed first:

We found a seller with a rating of 100%.

Read the description of “refurbished iPhone 5s tmobile with the program Applecare, cross-checked in the factory. Tested, almost new. In the original box and with wires. ”

The second seller who has a lower rating.

As we can see, the seller has a lower rating, and the smartphone is a little worse.

But the price is much lower. We read in the description – “refurbished iPhone 5s tmobile in working condition, but with slightly signs of use. It comes without box”.

To be honest, this refurbished iPhone 5s does not quite fit the description «Manufacturer refurbished». However, you have to decide for yourself – if you want to buy cheap, then a few scratches are not important to you.

You may ask – can we trust the description and sellers?

Sellers with high ratings work only honestly and professionally, moreover they always have the option of returning the goods (by the way, eBay provides a service for free return). Thus, if the description says that the phone is manufacturer refurbished iPhone 5s tmobile, then it is so.

In addition, if the seller sends you a manufacturer refurbished iPhone 5s tmobile, but then he gets a refund, the seller loses 10% of the value of the goods, as well as it can get negative feedback from you.

So if you want to save money, then buy manufacturer refurbished iPhone 5s tmobile.

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iPhone 5s no contract is one of the most popular smartphones. However, the price of new items is quite impressive. At the same time the price of the iphone 5s no contract may vary significantly in different countries.

Where to buy cheap iphone 5s no contract?

Of course, you will not go to the other end of the world to buy iphone 5s no contract. However, for those who are going to travel, information can be useful. We present to you a map, which shows the price range of 707 to 1091 US dollars.

The creators of the map took into account not only the prices in the shops, but also taxes, as well as other hidden charges, which the buyer pays when purchasing. It would seem that the price in China and India should be lower, but it is not.  In these countries, iphone 5s no contract will cost $866.93 and $857.76, respectively.

Most expensive iphone 5s no contract in Europe and the Middle East. In Jordan, the basic model with 16 GB of memory will cost $1091, in Turkey – $1063. In Sweden, the price of iphone 5s no contract is 953.79 US dollar, in France – $958.47.

Homeland of iPhone are the United States of America. You might be surprised, but in the US, not all users prefer to buy a iphone 5s no contract in the Apple store. Only 25% of users buy iphone 5s no contract at Apple Store. The remaining 75% of users buy from mobile operators or and retail sales of electronics.

Best Buy stores sell 12% of all smartphones, including the iphone 5s no contract. Target, Walmart and Costco in total were able to score only 13%.

The largest representative of the US mobile operator Verizon has realized sales 57% of the iphone 5s no contract.

In addition, Apple stores are on the list of top stores that sell smartphones, and it’s only iPhone. Apple covers 11% of the sales of smartphones in the United States. If to speak about iPhone sales only, then Apple is 25% of the market.  The sales of AT & T are about 21%, Verizon – 18%, Best Buy – 13%, Sprint and Amazon sell about 5% each.

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Unlock is a process disconnecting the mobile phone iPhone (6S, 6S Plus, 6, 6Plus, 5S, 5C, 5, 4S, 4) from the mobile operator. Unlock verizon iphone 5 necessary, if you bought an iPhone with a contract of verizon, but you want to use another operator.

IMEI of iPhones are stored in a single database activation servers Apple. This database can be accessed only Apple employees and representatives of mobile operators, which signed an agreement with Apple to sell locked iPhone. For every iPhone in the database contains information on how it is locked or not, if so, on what mobile operator.

When you turn on the iPhone for the first time or do recovery firmware, the device is activated. Once, iTunes sends to Apple server several hardware IDs. The server finds your iPhone by IMEI in the database Apple and sends the activation key. It is encrypted order to allow iTunes unlock verizon iphone 5 for one or for all mobile operators.

How to unlock verizon iphone 5 official?

Official Unlock iPhone is one way to unlock verizon iphone 5 from the mobile operator and use it with any connection.

Official unlock is very convenient and fast procedure.  During the official unlock verizon iphone 5 company Apple change IMEI in database that stores all the information about smartphones. This is the most reliable method and is done once and for all.

How to unlock verizon iphone 5 software?

Software unlock iPhone works by modem vulnerabilities in the iPhone. This type of unlock iPhone requires a modification of the program cover the device.

The software unlock verizon iphone 5 can all versions of iOS, but to install it, you must first jailbreak your phone. Traditionally jailbreak comes only a few days after the release of new firmware.

Software unlock verizon iphone 5 is the most popular type unlock because it is completely free.

How to unlock verizon iphone 5 hardware?

Hardware unlock verizon iphone 5 involves working with internal hardware iPhone.

For example, iPhone 2G can be unlocked by opening the housing and closing the right contacts on the chip modem.

The most popular method of a hardware unlock is GEVEY SIM – a special tray for SIM-card for the verizon iphone 5 and verizon iphone 5S, which allows you to force iPhone to accept SIM-card of another operator.

This method is interesting, but uncomfortable. Firstly, you need to pay extra money for Gevey Sim. Secondly, if you want to update the firmware to the latest version, the iPhone after this procedure again blocked.

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You might think that to buy new iphone 5s no contract and unlocked is very simple – just come  to the store and buy. But unfortunately it is not so. Strong demand, enhanced quality control, availability of a large number of countries led to the fact that buy new iphone 5s no contract and unlocked, even in the United States, the main market of Apple, is not so easy. The situation is further complicated by the fact that formally Apple does not sell new iphone 5s no contract and unlocked.

There are, of course, Europe and Asia, where some countries officially sell new iphone 5s no contract and unlocked, but we went to Barcelona and there was not unlocked smartphones.

So I tell you how I bought new iphone 5s no contract and unlocked in the US.

Some years ago I bought the iPhone 4S at retail Apple Store. I just went to the store in the morning and phones were available. I asked the iPhone 4S at full price, put in a SIM-card and phone activation unlock. But now it is impossible to buy new iphone 5s no contract and unlocked at Apple store.

Just reserve smartphone also fail. You can buy iPhone 5S online in the Apple Store and wait 4-5 weeks delivery.

However, in America not only one GSM-operator AT & T that sells new iphone 5s no contract and unlocked. There’s also still the second-largest US carriers – Verizon. Previously, iPhone 4S from Verizon could unlock only after two months of using the contract. However, this year everything changed.

Bingo! So, you can buy new iphone 5s no contract and unlocked from Verizon! However, we could not buy it in the online store, so our goal was Verizon retail stores. There was little thing – to find the store where the new iphone 5s no contract and unlocked will be available.

If you are lucky and you find a store – you can safely buy the new iphone 5s no contract and unlocked. Please note that the managers in the store will not be aware of is new iphone 5s no contract and unlocked or not.

Moreover, they are likely to say that it is still locked. I do not know whether he actually did not know or did not want me to buy the iPhone, but he claimed that the phone is locked, iPhone will not work with other operators, and even forced me to sign a piece of paper that, as I buy a phone at full price, I would not be able to return it to the store.

In general, I bought new iphone 5s no contract and unlocked, put in the Sim-card, connected it to iTunes, – and the activation was successful, the phone is registered to a network, and uses as a roaming network operator AT & T, the biggest rival Verizon.

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Recently, the company Apple began to sell its new smartphones iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. Unfortunately, not all apple lovers can buy a new device on the first day. Today we decided to find out whether to hurry to buy a new iPhone or wait a little.

When it comes to purchasing a new device, most of us carefully study all the “pros” and “cons”, including screen size, the amount of internal memory, the camera quality and price.

Apple has a lot of good smartphones. In fact, everyone can find a suitable device.

Let’s look at the statistics. As a rule, the most popular are the iPhone with 64 GB of storage. After paying the extra $ 100, you get four times more internal memory.

In the case of iPhone 6s, this strategy will fail. Shooting in 4K video, live photos, panoramas with a resolution of 63 megapixels –16 GB is not enough.

You can delete files or send them to the cloud, or do not use the new features, but then what’s the point in buying? Therefore, we conclude that 64 GB is not a luxury but a necessity.

An important part in choosing a smartphone is screen size. As you know, iPhone 6s Plus has a 5.5 inch screen. Apple iPhone 6s Plus get few interesting features. Firstly, the “plus” version has a resolution of 1080p, which gives the density of pixels 401ppi. Second, iPhone 6s Plus has an optical image stabilization, unlike iPhone 6S.

Third, the battery capacity iPhone 6s Plus is nearly one and a half times higher.  Thus, the autonomy of the smartphone operating for 14 hours without recharging. Battery life iPhone 6s is only 10 hours.

As a result, we can say that for $ 100 you get a whole set of features.

You do not want to spend so much money to buy another “piece of iron”? We have another option for you.

As you know, with releasing new iPhone, the price of older models is slightly reduced. So you can buy the iPhone 6 Plus for the price of iPhone 6s. Of course, some functions will not be available, however you will have one of the most powerful smartphones on the market.

We also have a third option. As you know, iPhone 5s is still for sale. Touch ID, shooting video in slow-motion and compact metal body. Really, for many users 4 inches is comfortable size.

We can also recommend to buy refurbished iPhone 5s, which we discussed in the last article.

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This summer the refurbished iPhone 5s became very popular in the market. For many years Apple and US carriers sell refurbished smartphones.  We decided to find out what is different between refurbished iPhone 5s verizon and the new iPhone 5s.

Refurbished iphone 5s verizon is a previously used smartphones around the world that are factory recovery process, replacement of the case and screen, and only then re-enter the market.

For example, the phone could be exchanged on the trade-in program in the stores Apple Store. Also, the smartphone runs recovery stage when the buyer returned the device because of a manufacturing defect – for example, a broken speaker.

refurbished iPhone 5s verizon is on the left

The company exchange defective smartphone to a new one, while the gadget with defect is transferred to the Apple’s factory, where the defect is eliminated. At the factory is changing the screen and casing of smartphone. After that it is packed in a box, complete with a new charger and headphones. This is a fully functional unit with complete set of documentation.

Refurbished iPhone 5s verizon have a 1 year factory warranty.

Why buy refurbished iPhone 5s verizon?

If you want to try iOS, at the same time you do not want to spend money on a new smartphone. In addition, refurbished iPhone 5s has a guarantee from the company Apple, while using smartphones cannot offer such an opportunity.

Refurbished iPhone 5s verizon is powerful even for standards of 2015 year. Smartphone has a good camera and excellent screen. The only one disadvantage is a diagonal of the screen. According to current standards, 4 inches is not enough.

What are the differences between refurbished iPhone 5s verizon and new iPhone?

The only difference is the packaging and labeling on it. We compared new iPhone 5s and refurbished iPhone 5s. Recovered smartphones are marked RFB (Refurbished). All photos below refurbished iPhone 5s verizon is on the left:

refurbished iPhone 5s verizon is on the left

And how does refurbished iPhone 5s verizon work? Updates, do not slow down?

They work as well as new ones. Refurbished iPhone 5s verizon have the same specifications and the software. As an experiment, we went a week with a refurbished iPhone 5s, in parallel using the ordinary.

Both smartphones received an upgrade to iOS 9.0.1 (and later 9.0.2). No bugs, lockups, reboots. The battery life was about the same. In the setting of the smartphone you will not see any mention of the fact that the iPhone is refurbished. Everything, as in the usual iPhone 5s.

According on sales, the phrase “refurbished iPhone 5s verizon” does not frighten buyers. Meanwhile, we are waiting for refurbished iPhone 6S.

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