What happen to the returned iPhones?

If you swap out a phone for repair, it will most likely be for another "refurbished" unit unless you are JUST buying it. read more

Apple refurbishes returned items from iPhones to Macs. The device may have been returned for a warranty repair or may simply have been returned due to personal customer preference. read more

The point at issue is how much it has cost Foxconn to deal with iPhones that Apple sent back to it. They were sent back for being mismanufactured in some manner. My colleagues at The Register have a go at it: Foxconn has apparently botched a batch of iPhones, which Apple returned to the contract manufacturer because they were not fit for sale. read more

By Wednesday of this week, I woke up, swiped up and waited for the iPhone to recognize my puffy-eyed morning face, and realized I was going to return the thing. I loved the phone, but not enough to spend this much money on it. read more