Foxconn starts selling used iPhones every Wednesday at 12:00

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Yesterday, reporters discovered that Foxconn's e-commerce platform Fulian.com has begun selling second-hand iPhones. Due to insufficient supply, the initial sales will be conducted at 12 noon every Wednesday.

On the 1st of this month, Foxconn Group announced that it would launch a "trade-in" program with Apple and specially registered a wholly-owned subsidiary, Aifeng Party, to sell used Apple devices recycled on its official website. Hu Guohui, the person in charge of Foxconn's Apple "trade-in" project, once said that the first batch of recycled refurbished iPhones will be sold online in mid-April. The initial sales channels will mainly be Foxconn's own sales channels Fulian.com and Feihu Tesco, and in the future, they will also open stores on Taobao.

Yesterday, the reporter found that the sales links of second-hand iPhones can be seen on Fulian.com, including iPhone4, iPhone4s, iPhone5, iPhone5c and iPhone5s, and the prices of different versions are also different. Among them, the price of iPhone4 is 499 yuan; iPhone4s 8G version is 899 yuan, 16G version is 949 yuan; iPhone5 16G version is 1399 yuan, 32G version is 1499 yuan, 64G version is 1599 yuan; iPhone5c 8G version is 1199 yuan, 16G version is 1299 yuan; iPhone5s 16G version is 2099 yuan, 32G version is 2199 yuan, 64G version is 2299 yuan.

However, information on Fulian.com also shows that sales cannot be released yet due to tight supply. The current sales method is a limited purchase at 12 noon every Wednesday until stocks last, and each registered account can only purchase one.

In addition, Foxconn also stated that all refurbished machines are recycled from Apple's 18 retail stores in China, using Apple's original materials to repair or replace components, and provide a one-year firmware warranty. The introduction of Fulian.com's second-hand iPhone also states that "the appearance may not be perfect, but the functions are complete. In terms of the screen and appearance, the refurbished machine has less than 7 scratches on the frame, no obvious scratches on the screen glass, no multiple cracks on the back of the product, and no obvious scratches on the product shell; in terms of hardware, there is no sign of contact with liquid, no unauthorized modification or implantation of third-party parts by Apple."