Apple iPhone 14, 128GB, Midnight – Unlocked (Renewed)

I have had this iPhone for 38 days.
It has the worst battery life of any iPhone I’ve ever owned, and I have owned ONLY iPhones since the first version was released 17 years ago.

This is the second iPhone 14 that I’ve bought from the renewed store .

The first one I bought on December 4th, 2023, and I could not have been happier with the phone.
It arrived in brand new condition, and performed flawlessly.
On the recommendation of a friend, I checked the battery health and charging after having it for MONTHS and it was at 100%! I was thrilled!
I absolutely loved the phone!
I never had a single problem with it.
Unfortunately, on July 30 of this year I dropped it, and it was beyond repair.

I immediately went back to the Amazon renewed store and purchased another iPhone 14 because my experience with the first one was so fantastic.

It arrived in new looking condition, exactly like the one I bought in December 2023.
It was not scratched or anything really noticeable, it just seemed to be “worn” a little bit, but I fully understood that it was a renewed phone, and any cosmetic issues were not that important to me, including the color, which, when my iPhone is in its case, you cannot tell what color it is anyway.

Unfortunately, I DID NOT look at the battery health and charging when I first got the phone 38 days ago, but I did look at it about two weeks ago, and it said 93%.
I thought, ok, it’s a renewed phone, it’s not going to have 100% battery life.
I can live with that.

Well, I just looked at it today and it’s now at 90% battery health and charging.
So this phone is dying quickly.

After being fully charged it dies within hours.
I have it completely set up for optimized battery life.
I have lost emails and messages that I was in the middle of composing, and the phone just dies.
I’ve been in the middle of important phone calls when the phone dies, simply because I had just fully charged it a few hours before that, and thought I would be fine for hours to come.

I just had a total shoulder replacement surgery a week ago, and I was on the phone with my doctors office yesterday about my first post-op appointment, and my phone died in the middle of it.
I thought I had HOURS left before the phone would die.
Then I had to plug it in, and wait for it to come back alive, so I could call my doctor back and hopefully not wait a half hour after losing my place in line.

On top of that is also has issues with the touchscreen being glitchy, and sometimes I have to tap on things several times to get them to work.

As I said, I have been an iPhone owner/user since the very first version came out 17 years ago.
I’ve always loved all my iPhones, and I will continue to be an iPhone user for the rest of my life.
This is in no way reflection on Apple iPhones whatsoever.
They are an amazing and fantastic piece of technology.

I think I just got a bad one for the first time in my life.

Luckily, I have just checked and I have until November 6th to return this phone, and I WILL be returning it.

The problem is, what do I do in the meantime?
Am I expected to buy a new one and get that shipped to me, transfer all my information from this phone to the new one, and then return this one?
That is extremely hard to do financially!
I am actually still paying for this phone on my Amazon Prime American Express card!

Or, do I return this phone and wait until the refund has been issued and then buy another phone? Then wait until that is sent to me.
I would not have a phone for at least a week in the interim, and we all know these days that’s a practical impossibility.
I am also having several medical issues.
Like I said, I just had a total shoulder replacement surgery last Monday, September 9th, and have several upcoming follow up appointments, and physical therapy appointments.
I also have several other non-related medical issues that definitely require that I have a phone.

I just don’t know what to do.

The phone looks great and works well. It is fully unlocked. There are a few scratches by the camera area but other than that the phone looks brand new. Very happy with my purchase 🤭

When I received this phone, there was a small scratch on the front near the top corner. Once I put on the Tempered Glass Screen Protector, the scratch was not noticeable. Other than that, the phone works great and was easy to add to my service. The battery is in great shape and charges to 100% which will provide battery life all day. I would buy again from this seller.

Not a single scratch, I bought in good condition and looks immaculate (also battery it’s at 100% health), all it’s working grade, package was good, not super good but it has enough protection I guess, arrived pretty fast. I recommend this seller and device!

I was hella skeptical after reading some reviews but I bought the excellent version and it came pretty much brand new with a 95 battery health and no scratches that I could find, and was delivered like 6 hours earlier than it said