Buying Wholesale Refurbished iPhones from China: Where Do Refurbished iPhones come from?

Refurbished iPhones are a much preferred option due to the fact that they’re less pricey than their fresh out of the box counterparts. There’re iPhones that have been pre-owned and have been enhanced in terms of quality and appearance to make them ready for the next sale. Refurbished iPhones have many points of interest that make them popular, and buying wholesale refurbished iphones from Shenzhen is proven to be a quite profitable business. Everyday millions of refurbished iPhones are traded in Huaqiangbei. Have you ever wondered why are there so many refurbished iphones in China, where do they come from? In this post, we’ll unveil some sources where iphone dealers in Huaqiangbei get the iPhones from.

Where do refurbished iPhones come from?

In general, wholesale refurbished iPhones in China come from four sources.
1. Second hand iPhones transited from HongKong
2. Pre-owned iPhones sold by owners in China
3. Assembled iPhones
4. Stolen iPhones

* Second hand iPhones transited from Hongkong
Hongkong is not the place of origin for second hand iPhone, instead, it’s more a transition point. In some countries the costs for fixing broken iPhones are so insanely high that many people prefer to sell the old ones and buy the latest models. These defective second hand iPhones are purchased by some companies then export first to Hongkong then to mainland China(almost all the phones go into Huaqiangbei). Second hand phone dealers in Hongkong used to sell the phones carton by carton, while in each carton there’re different grades of iPhones: Grade A, B and C. In general there’re 50 pcs of second hand iphones in one carton, sometimes 200 pcs or 300 pcs with mixing quality. Most of second hand iphones are old models that tend to be more popular in the refurbished iphone markets.

A great part of second hand iphones transited from Hongkong are originally from the United States since it has the largest market share and more people tend to buy the latest version of iPhones.

After these cartons and cartons of second hand iphones arrive in Huaqiangbei, they would be tested, categorized and fixed for resale purpose. iPhones falling into Grade A of top value that can be put on sales after testing, while Grade B and C with prominent defects like broken screen, scratches, cracks would be fixed and put on sales. For refurbished iPhones falling into Grade B and C, you would get lots of homework to do if you want to snag a great deal since some dealers might use cheap parts to replace the original broken parts.

* Pre-owned iPhones sold by owners in China
There’re also some good conditioned pre-owned iPhones available in Huaqiangbei. After buying the latest iPhones, some people would their previous ones to dealers in Huaqiangbei or on Chinese yellow page like 58.com. Huaqiangbei is a much preferred option as they can just go, negotiate with the dealer face to face and get money immediately, while selling online there are some limitations like trust, meeting, etc.

* Assemble iPhones
With a large talent pool of skillful workers and several wholesale buildings housing thousands of stalls dedicated to all kinds of iPhone components, it’s simply a breeze to assemble an iphone from scratch from Huaqiangbei with its splendid ecosystem.

* Stolen iPhones
With high value iPhone is constantly the target of thieves. Have you wondered where the stolen iPhones end up? When you use the track your iPhone function, the chances are it’s in Huaqiangbei. But can you get it back? It’s completely mission impossible as after the dealers buy stolen iphones at unbelievably low prices from the thieves, they would tear all the parts apart, either sell the parts to the components markets or assemble the parts into different iphones.