> And yes, the scam of a trash after market battery to make the iphone battery life look good is well known. And guess how many parents and grandparents then go

> And yes, the scam of a trash after market battery to make the iphone battery life look good is well known. And guess how many parents and grandparents then go to apple to "fix" something that has nothing to do with Apple? This very situation happened right in front of me while I was waiting at the Apple store to pick up my 4yo 6s after a screen repair. A helpless woman had strange issues with her new iPhone. Turns out it was a “refurbished” phone from a shady shop. The Apple guy went through half an hour of diagnostics and calmly explained all the little details (manufacturing date, battery cycles, actual mAh, various parts misbehaving and reporting obviously bogus information to the diag tools) that had no way of adding up, which led to the conclusion that she had been scammed (although he could not be sure so he never stated it as such). As it turns out, no, you can’t get a brand new iPhone X for less than 200€.