Scoring a sweet Black Friday deal on a set of AirPods, the M4 MacBook Air you have had your eye on, an iPad, or even Apple’s new M5 MacBook Pro at $250 off is a relatively easy process – follow 9to5Toys. An iPhone though is a bit of a different beast, especially when it comes to unlocked units. There are some seriously great iPhone deals out there, and perhaps the best source of all is Amazon’s Renewed Premium listings – there are hundreds in savings available here with solid 1-year warranties on the best condition units, but there are few things to watch out for so you don’t get burned.
The renewed or refurbished iPhone listings out there can sometimes get confusing and a bit dicey. You might end up buying one from some sketchy third-party Amazon storefront if you don’t know what to look out for, or just blindly trusting some random link on the internet, but the official Amazon Renewed Premium listings are a solid option. And not just the ones that look like Renewed Premium listings, we mean the actual Amazon Renewed Premium listings:
iPhone 16 Pro/Max Black Friday Weekend deals:
iPhone 15 Pro/Max Black Friday Weekend deals:
As you can see above Amazon is selling a range of its absolute best quality Renewed Premium iPhone units at giant discounts right now for Black Friday weekend (Amazon has technically already moved over to its early Cyber Monday sale, but it is effectively the same thing with most of the same deals, thus far). You’re looking at as much as $800 off the original list prices on iPhone 15 Pro/Max units here and nearly as much on last year’s iPhone 16, 16 Pro, and 16 Pro Max units. They are no iPhone 17, but are still entirely capable, powerful, and particularly compelling grabs at prices like these.
Here are a couple key factors to watch out for (each of which explained in greater fidelity below):
- Amazon Renewed Premium: Make sure the unit you purchase is marked as Amazon Renewed Premium, and not just Renewed.
- Shipped and sold directly from Amazon: Be careful of the renewed iPhone “deals” you see floating around the webs, not all of them are actually shipped and sold directly from Amazon despite the listing being marked as Renewed Premium
Amazon Renewed Premium Refund/Return Details
There are a few reasons, as alluded to above, that make these Amazon Renewed Premium units some of, if not, the best options on the internet when it comes to scoring a heavily discounted iPhone – one of them is the return/refund policy.
We feature the discounts on these units, first and foremost, because they are seriously great deals that deliver a ton of value on perfectly capable iPhone models, but despite being the absolute best quality renewed units Amazon sells, they actually come with a better (longer) return window than some new gear:
365-day refund / replacement – This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 365 days of receipt.
Unlike the”Acceptable,” “Good,” or “Excellent” condition units, or those sold by less-than-desirable third-party sellers you have likely seen other sites pushing on a regular basis, an Amazon Renewed Premium iPhone can be returned within 365 days – it effectively includes a 1-year warranty like many of the brand new products out there. Nice.
Direct from Amazon to you
Not all Renewed Premium iPhone listings on Amazon are made equal.
You can and will bump into Amazon listings for Renewed Premium units that are very much not shipping to you or sourced directly from Amazon. That’s not to say all of these listings are a total scam or those delivering a cobbled together Frankenstein iPhone some guy found and slapped into a box in his basement, but parsing through these options can be tricky – tedious at best, and outright devastating at worst.
Best practice: Just never purchase a renewed product on Amazon unless it specifically ships and sells directly from Amazon – it might work out just fine either way, but you might get left with a $1,200 brick in the shape of an iPhone that looks like it was used as a house lion’s scratching post, and who knows how much of a nightmare it’s going to be getting a return from some other dude’s storefront on Amazon.
Again, it might be just fine, but it very much might not be. Stick with the direct listings – they look like this:
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