does apple replace your phone with a refurb
#15. It should be a refurbished unit, but you will not be able to tell the difference, and it make no difference what so ever on resale, or daily use. The only other thing you can do, is return the phone to the carrier, and then go buy a new one at apple.t's unfair that you could have paid like $600 for a brand new iPhone which turns up defective and they replace it with a second hand one. That's like the biggest slap in the face ever. samven582 said: â. yup.