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If you want a sub $200 Apple product you can go down the refurb route. I’m having an outstanding experience with a refurb iPhone 8.

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Seconded. I did this first with a first gen iPhone SE that I got for $100 on ebay from a seller with good reputation as a trial.

Been happy enough, so I bought a like new second gen iPhone SE for $250.

Where to get it somewhere with good reputation?

Amazon has a one-year guarantee reseller program, at least here in Europe. It consists of third-party sellers and you can further drill down to check their reputation. I’ve been lucky thus far and would’ve probably persevered even if I had gotten a lemon - I would’ve simply returned it for a new one, maybe from a different seller.

I've had good experience with: (they're a French unicorn)

https://www.backmarket.com/

There are others:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/04/12/not-all...

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