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are refurbished droids risky??
I am awaiting my 4th refurb.
1. proximity sensor did not work at all. Screen would black out and lock up, often requiring a battery pull.
2. speaker was defective and crackled (luckily the tech at the store noticed it during activation.
3. Got this one home and noticed the same odd big dents at the bottom and a chip out of the corner of the screen. Also, some of the plastic trim around it was loose and rattled/clicked whenever I held it.
4. We'll see what fedex brings. This one will get a thorough once over before I go through the setup all over again.
Normally I am happy to take a refurb and save some $....but it seems that there is a Quality control issue here.