You could just get a refurbished Samsung phone on Amazon

I lately bought a used Galaxy phone, and now Samsung is leaning into that market on Amazon following raising prices on its newest phones. Its certified renewed phones are accessible on Amazon for the archetypal time, alongside a new power division and a one-year warranty. They currently commencement at $489 for the Galaxy S24 FE alongside 128GB of storage, considerably small than its $649 initiate price, or $699 for the current-gen S26 FE.

I got that exact identical phone in August following cracking the display on my Nothing CMF Phone 1. But my used 128GB Galaxy S24 FE disbursal $329 on Back Market, complete $100 small than the certified renewed one Samsung is offering. I’ve gone alongside preowned phones a brace of times now since I don’t use my phone for item that justifies paying hundreds additional for a new one. I’d fairly not go into debt for a new phone alongside a buy-now-pay-later program, either, or lease-to-own setups akin Apple’s Upgrade program.

My used S24 FE looks new, motionless has five additional years of OS updates, and has been operating awesome so far. These aren’t the lone ways to get a used phone without looking about on Facebook Marketplace or eBay either; Apple and Google recommendation used phones on their online stores at a discount, for example.

Samsung’s perks for its certified renewed phones are nice, particularly the new battery, but you can discover those elsewhere, too. My S24 FE came alongside Back Market’s one-year warranty. It didn’t arrive alongside a new battery, but I haven’t had difficulty getting through a brace days on a sole charge. Some third-party refurbished phones arrive alongside new batteries installed, but you can additionally do a DIY power division replacement. Even if I had paid to have my phone’s power division professionally replaced, it would motionless have disbursal small in total than Samsung’s $489 cost for the identical pre-owned phone.