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What do you do with a iCould locked phone? It seems like a completely worthless device if it is locked.
by MrMullen 10y ago
What do you do with a iCould locked phone? It seems like a completely worthless device if it is locked.
- duaneb 10y agoEven if the answer is "nothing" it still makes sense they're selling on ebay—people don't know that they're buying a brick, and I'd bet that's extremely difficult to contest via ebay/paypal.
- MrMullen 10y agoAccording to the link above, people know they are buying bricks.
- 67726e 10y agoI'm sure there are some folks trying to pass off locked iPhones as legit, but there are also people selling them "for parts" on Craigslist and I'm sure a load of other sites. I was just shopping for some test iPhones for work and there was one dude on Craigslist with a dozen or so new iPhones, all locked for like $80 "for parts".
- post_break 10y agoPerfect for parts. New screens aren't cheap. Battery, camera modules, etc.
- MrMullen 10y agoNew screens are a lot cheaper than $200, which appears to be the price of iCloud locked phone.
- ams6110 10y ago"genuine Apple screen" vs. cheap aftermarket knockoff? I have no idea if there's much of a difference.
- ericabiz 10y agoYeah, you could part the whole thing out, but there's so little demand for used parts currently that it's tough to make a business case for it. New screens are pretty cheap these days; under $40 for a new iPhone 6 screen wholesale currently. Used batteries are worth nothing since new batteries are so cheap (a new 6 battery is less than $10 -- why would you want a used one?) Camera, home button, charge port, prox sensor...even if you put all those together you'd barely have $100 worth of parts, and that's talking about new part prices (wholesale).
- serf 10y agoparts phone for repair of others, perhaps?