Apple accused of selling refurbished iPhones as new in China

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    A well-known consumer rights advocate in China has filed two lawsuits against Apple after customers reported purchasing iPhone 4s from Beijing Apple Stores only to discover their warranties were for less than a year, prompting allegations that the handsets were refurbished.| Credit:



    All Apple products have a warranty date based on a presumed shelf life after manufacture. This provisional expiry date of the warranty can be updated by the buyer by providing the serial number and sales receipt to Apple. If the iPhone spent a month longer than expected in shipping and on the shelf in a store then of course the website warranty will be deficient by that time difference. I had exactly this problem with my eleven month old iMac with a power-supply failure that had spent an extra month on the shelf in New Zealand. It was sold New; and the warranty was adjusted by producing the sales receipt.
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