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Review on 📱 Refurbished Samsung Galaxy Note 9, 128GB, Lavender Purple - AT&T: Excellent Value! by Andrew Kay

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Good phone just a few minor issues

**UPDATE 03/16/2020** Phone was recently updated to Android 10 and went south. I can charge the battery to 100% and go to bed, when I wake up after 8 hours the battery is 25% or more empty. I've found that if I leave Wi-Fi OFF it only drains 5% overnight. For some reason, Wi-Fi now dramatically decreases battery life. With only a 90 day warranty on "refurbished" phones, 10 months after buying the phone I've had no luck getting a repair. ** ORIGINAL 4 STAR RATING ** I bought a "refurbished" phone from the CellGuru seller. It arrived before the date originally stated on the order. All I had was a phone and a charger. On arrival the battery was at 18% so I connected it to my charger and left overnight. When I came back after more than 5 hours the battery was at 24% so I was shocked. I sent a message to Revain and after a bit of troubleshooting it turned out that the charger was faulty. I was given a loan to buy a new charger from Revain and all is well. The screen has VERY small scratches that are only visible in the sun at certain angles, so it's not 100% updated. get a new sim card as i upgraded my note 4 with a much larger sim card. They gave me a new sim card within minutes, put it in for me and everything was fine! The Verizon guy told me they could give me insurance over the phone, but I declined. The only thing that scared me was that before I got a SIM card, I used the phone over Wi-Fi to transfer all my apps and stuff. . I opened Google Chrome and it went straight to the Sprint home page. After seeing this I was afraid it would be tied to Sprint, but it isn't. It must have been a Sprint phone before it was unlocked. The only reason I deducted a star was for minor scratches on the screen and poor quality charger. .If you found this review helpful, please click the button below. Thanks very much!

Pros
  • Consistent test results
Cons
  • Could have gone for a newer model