Tips on buying a mobile phone with hands

So you've decided to buy a mobile phone, but no money for a new, or do not want to spend them on expensive device that will be the strength of a couple of summer months in the country. Naturally, the question is not about buying a new phone, the benefit of ad networks and newspapers abound. Indeed, so you can save money and get a good phone, but you can buy a machine that stops working after a few days. Together, let us consider the pitfalls that beset the unfortunate buyer.

Those who sell their old phone, do so for several reasons. Here are the basics:

• replacement phone to a new, as a consequence, the old machinery is no longer needed;
  
  
• phone began to work poorly, it's time to get rid of him;
  
  
• phone stolen.

The third case, sadly, has become quite common. Typically, the seller does not have a stolen phone to him charger, instructions and other accessories. Explanation that all this is accidentally lost, was stolen, and the like should not fool you - the phone is stolen with probability close to 100 percent. The price of such machines in most cases extremely low, but recommend them to purchase should not be for several reasons.

The first and foremost is the fact that stolen goods can not buy - it ugly and illegal. Other reasons are not so important, but they also should take into account. For example, the former owner of the phone may apply to the police that his phone to call him home and threatened (after stealing the phone when it was a SIM-card numbers from the notebook). In 90 cases out of 100 police will do anything, but there is a possibility that still flywheel spun around, and will be made a request to all operators. Then it is up to technology - the next time you register to a stolen vehicle (it can be any SIM-card), the operator will receive information about you that and give to the police. Then you'll have to explain where you phone, as you have purchased, and get a small headache, coupled with the lost time. Shall make a reservation, that such cases are rare, but they are. Such a practice exists. Technically, to find a stolen phone with the operators quite easily. But enough about sad.

So you've decided which type of phone you want, conducted a small study that, for many of its offer on the secondary market. It should be remembered that most of the major communication salons are not engaged Used phones, as well as the legal basis for this in our country does not exist. Too many permits should be obtained, and almost on every unit sold, as in the case of Used phones each one is unique.

Remaining individuals who sell the phones and on the secondary market, is no guarantee they are the goods sold do not provide. This has to be put up when buying Used apparatus to receive a guarantee impossible.There are rare cases where, together with the phone is not yet expired firm guarantee, but count on it not worth it. When buying Used phone on the market, you can try to negotiate with the seller to return the phone if he does not show himself to advantage. Vendors rarely, but are taking this step. A word, no harm in trying. If you're dealing with a friend, all is very simplified - there may be initial agreement to return the phone if it will work poorly.

Prices for the same model can vary by orders of magnitude, they should be roughly equal. In the secondary market pricing is also just as everywhere else - the same things are about the same, very low price only indicates the desire of the owner to get rid of poorly performing or stolen items. Thus, the price of one and the same model for about the same, but here are themselves vehicles operated in different conditions, they have different characteristics and the balance of safety. Let's look at what is worth paying attention in the first place.

The main part of the phone, what to look

Corps. The main body of the phone there should be no visible damage, dents, cracks. Their presence indicates that the phone is dropped, and this may lead to micro defects on the PCB phone, which is not always immediately apparent. The safety margin for phones with physical defects in the shell, usually small, from their purchase as possible should be abandoned.

Display. Plastic, conceals the screen can be quite heavily worn - this is fine, because the operation of the phone, he touches the bag, clothing, etc. If desired, it can be polished, this procedure is quite simple, and it can be done in any 'Optics.

Should pay attention to the screen was dropped lines (or groups of points), lighting was fairly uniform (poorly when illuminated only half of the screen). If the menu is the contrast setting, then check what the value is set, if the maximum, then the screen going to die soon.

Interface connector, plug the battery. Typically, the bottom of the phone system connector is the phone, he can look at the different manufacturers and models in different ways. Thus in any case, you see the contacts, and so, they should not be oxidized (uniform color, not tipped !!!). The second point, which is connected with connectors - this is their razboltannost. Check how to connect the charger, it keeps the plug in the connector.

Battery. Used For phone is - the weakest link, because the use of cell phones on them may be enough to call, but the battery while still working. Pluses and minuses of batteries derived from their type. Thus, Ni-MH batteries have "memory effect", that over time reduces the time to work on a single charge. Some phones have a menu item 'Caring for the battery, it is intended to train the battery. The service life of this type of battery is high enough, they lose their effective capacity, but may work acceptable to a few years.

Lithium-ion batteries have no memory effect, but their service life is much less, only about two years and then begin an irreversible and they lose their capacity, which leads to less time working the phone. And this happens regardless of whether or not to use the phone - the battery is destroyed in both cases, differing only in the speed of this process. To Train these batteries can not, life in general, can reach up to 3-4 years.

Obviously, your task is to check the battery efficiency, for it is based has everything else. Seen from the phone look at the battery level, if it is maximum, the seller in good faith, prepared to meet with you, and maybe just wants to hide the battery is idle. Call the phone in a free help desk operator, or any other toll-free, stay connected for 5 minutes. During this time, the number of divisions, showing the battery shall not be reduced, if it occurs, it most likely already close to the end of his career. Expect that not the original (non-proprietary) battery for the phone will cost about 10-30 dollars, and adopt this in their negotiations.

If you show an unloaded phone, you can safely assume that the battery is 'killed', and the seller disingenuous, saying that he did not have time to charge.

Keys. The keypad of any phone can be made of plastic or rubber. In both cases, the wear marks inflicted on the keys, or close to them, is very high - more than erased those characters, the more the phone was used.Keys to press without extraneous sounds (many originally present mechanical click), but the scratches should not be. Sound clicking on all the number keys should be the same. The presence of scratches suggests that contacts are more likely exposed to water, from buying a machine is better to refuse.

Menu and efficiency. Check when buying, how much the phone is functional virtually impossible, you know it is only in operation. But note a few important things you can and should. First, see if there are Russian language in the menu, if it is missing, it's likely - gray apparatus, serve it in a branded service center, even money can not succeed. Secondly, you can see how much phone use, for this menu calls (Calls) look at the total length of conversations. This feature is in almost all vehicles. This way you can compare what the seller said on the phone, with the real state of things. In fairness it should be noted that there is always the possibility of reset the counter.

Before buying, try to find out what version of firmware (software) are available for your chosen model and how they affect performance, because the first firmware, as a rule, contain errors. For some models, such mistakes are not critical, for some - on the contrary.

Please call to another phone. Listen to how a speaker, ask your companion, as he hears you. Let someone call you on the phone, check the ringer volume, as well as the effectiveness of shakes. All should work.

The division of phones on the secondary market

Phones on the secondary market in addition to dividing by manufacturer and model can be divided by age. If the store you knowingly buy a new machine, then here you can buy almost a new phone, and grandfather, age 3-4 years. Since the start of production of a particular model before its withdrawal from the conveyor passes from one to two years, it is small enough time. But it means that the actual purchase only models that age does not exceed two to three years. Let's see what phones are interesting to buy and why.

There is a small group of users who always wants to stay at the peak of progress, these people often update their mobile phones, and trying to sell. Purchase phone exactly such people is most beneficial, since they do not charge an exorbitant price, while selling the phone is in almost perfect condition, and was used on the force six months, and sometimes even less. The cost of the apparatus can be 20-25 percent lower than the same, but the new - it is a material difference to the expensive models, namely this price segment of interest to such users.

Further, ordinary users who bought the phone for himself. This category uses the phone very carefully, but it does not change the machine until it performs all the functions. Once the problem starts, or for any signs master guessing their approach, he seeks to get rid of the phone. Age phones, ranging from one to two years, safety - are quite different, we need to look at each case. This is a massive segment of the market, it was such devices hold up to 90 percent of the market.

Finally, the sale of the first apparatus. People often buy the first phone for little money, because they do not know what they might need from your phone. It takes about a year, and they are already taking a business model or image cot, since realized that they needed. Budget models initially are inexpensive, so the savings on Used phone turns and does a small (in absolute terms). If we take a relative, then winning will be 10-15 per cent - Not a very profitable acquisition.

I note that the above division is rather conditional, as is found an incredible number of variations, there was an attempt to isolate the main directions.

Conclusion

Buying Used phone in something akin to not buying a new car. Upon initial examination, you can not say exactly how the car will behave in a month or week. Here is the same, you'll be able to identify only the primary problem, not more. Interestingly, the service centers have long had a service diagnostics Used phone - imagine that for 5-10 dollars you get a conclusion on how the phone works and what flaws it has. This is convenient for the user, and for an honest seller. After all, when buying a phone for 150-250 dollars to spend 5-10 dollars to diagnose it is quite possible.

And the last advice. How would you not want to buy a phone, no matter how tempting was the price, if there is the slightest doubt - refuse to purchase, otherwise there is a big chance that you throw your money. Use common sense - you should not chase cheap, because only free cheese is in a mousetrap.