MystiqueMide@MystiqueMide
last year i wanted to get an iphone, not because i needed it. just for the plot.
i’ve used android all my life. 𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭.
i love gadgets, but i’m very calculated with how i buy them.
i just wanted to feel the iphone processor, that smoothness everyone talks about.
so i told myself, if i’m doing this, i’m doing it properly. brand new. i overthink a lot, so peace of mind matters to me.
i called a school friend who sells phones. told him clearly i wanted a brand new iphone 15 pro.
foolish me, i didn’t even know there was technically no brand new 15 pro like that anymore, that apple do not produce them again.
next day, i got one. over a million naira plus which was not supposed to be. i was happy. felt like i did things right in my mind.
so when i got back home, i unboxed it and turned it on. bloody hell it was a lla converted that was well packaged to look like a new one
now lla isn’t bad. but from 14 pro upward, u.s models are esim only. no physical sim tray. this one had been converted.
weeks later, battery health dropped from 100 to 80. in weeks. i later found out it had a boosted battery. then touch issues started. other random faults too
also some LLA converted have no issues too but the resell value is very low af compared to others , swapping and other things too if you want to swap ofc ,if you dont want to , no worries
and the painful part of it all was before buying, i was paranoid.
i asked questions. a friend of mine and I even spoke on the phone about my concerns, and jsyk i can't buy from online vendors, i have trust issues the size of an apple.
yet i still made the mistake.
fast forward to this year.
i wanted a 16 pro max. but i didn’t want history repeating itself. i’ve seen people buy brand new phones that still had changed parts, very crazy.
that’s when i discovered how complicated iphone market is in this part.
-brand new non-active.
-brand new active.
-uk used.
-us used.
-lla.
-non-lla.
-locked.
-unlocked.
it can actually make you run mad, so this time, i went for a brand new non-active 17 pro silver colour around the beginning of this month tho
i wanted a clean history and one that could last me for years with a peace of mind, and in the process, i realised something.
in this region, buying iphones is almost a skill. if you’re ignorant, you will be exploited. unless you have a truly trusted vendor. ( for those obsessed it with ofc )
sometimes it’s honestly safer to buy from abroad if you can handle the logistics.
i don’t usually share things like this here. but i’m putting it out there so someone else doesn’t repeat my mistake.
𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝘂𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵, 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝘆 ,𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀 ,𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀
𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲.
thanks for reading.