Perfect phone for someone like me.
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2021 | Rating: 5/5 | Best Sellers in Amazon Renewed
i previously purchased from amazon renewed an iphone 5s and was satisfied with it considering the price was barely over one hundred dollars that phone however was originally released in 2013 and at 8 years old it was getting hard to justify its continued useso when the new iphone se 2020 was released i was really tempted to get it but the pandemic had basically stopped any purchasing of anything for me at the time now in september of 2021 with the battery in my old phone failing it was time to do somethingi decided to check out what amazon might have in their renewed products and was surprised to find that they now have renewed premium which offers a years satisfaction guarantee that meant in my mind i could send this thing back if it wasnt good or turned out to be a lemon so i sprung for itfirst of all this one came in a nice box oversized and obviously sturdy enough to protect everything inside it comes with an information packet describing what premium means along with a quick start guide the inclusion of a standard wall charger was nice but i have a number of chargers already not to mention my ipad pro charger ill get back to that in a minuteanother thing that was nice to have included was a tool for removing the sim card tray nice but it turns out that with the new iphone se you can use esim more on that as well in a minutenow first of all  this phone looks gorgeous the red color and the black front make for an awesome combination all surfaces are smooth as if it was a brand new phone turning it on shows the screen is working perfectly with even back lighting all across to each cornerthe first thing i checked was the battery health amazon promises that with their renewed premium phones the battery would at least be at ninety percent of capacity so i immediately checkedninetyeight percent eight percent better than what they promised not bad at allso it turns out that this phone supports fast charging so that means my phone gets charged on the desk where my ipad pro sits because the charger for that is a high capacity charger the iphone se charges up easily in a little over an hour which means no need to plug it in over night in fact i plug it in before bed but its plugged into an outlet controlled by alexa and that wont come on till in the morning the phone charges up to capacity before i go to worknow for setting up the service the iphone se 2020 supports esim which means getting set up with mint mobile or any service that supports esim was as easy as  well i went to mint mobiles website checked my location checked phone compatibility chose my service plan then chose esim at check out a few minutes later a qr code appeared on the screen of my computer that i scanned with the iphone se and a few seconds later i had 4glte and everything ready to goesim is the way to go it is just trust me on thatafter about a week of using the phone on some days like i normally do and on other day literally trying to cause it run dry of battery or trying to get it to malfunction this little phone is holding up way better than i could have anticipated i believe i can safely say my iphone 5s can be retired for goodby the way get a cover this phone has a glass back which means it can be charged wirelessly but it also means you can break it easily i got a simple transparent back cover with a raised bezel around the edges it cost about 9 dollars came in the same day as the phonei would recommend this phone and the amazon renewed premium program yes the cost of the phone was more than it would have been with renewed only but being able to return the phone for up to a year is worth it