SAMSUNG Galaxy S22 5G, US Version, 256GB, Phantom Black – Unlocked (Renewed)

Basically brand new
So I’ve always been skeptical of buying refurbished items but my sister did it so I kinda thought why not? I bought this from the seller Wireless Source back on the 17th and I and received it on the 20th. So it was delivered quickly. It came in a brown box with a printed stickt label detailing what’s inside. Upon opening the box, the phone box was wrapped nicely in packaging. I was surprised the seller had placed the phone into another box but super glad they did because it was STROMING! After taking the phone out of the box, first impressions was DAMN! The color is gorgeous and slick, the seller already put on screen protector. It was pretty much brand new! It had no scratches, chips, missing piant, absolutely NOTHING. It came with a charger and the pin to open the sim card area. The phone did come in dead so I immediately placed it on the charger. After about an hour give or take (I went to Walmart so came back so now exactly sure when it was fully charged) it was charged, and I turned it on with no issues. I set up the photo manually which was super simple to do after I inserted my sim card. I didn’t need a code or anything it just asked me if I wanted to use the Sims card or use a new one. Once I verified that I wanted to use the old Sims card, it immediately recognized it as AT&T and asked me to click okay to switch over. Done. All my apps are on and updated. Everything is set to my liking and I’ve had no issues at all. I’ve had the phone for 2 full days now and the phone actually automatically adjust the brighteness if you are outside or in a dim environment. Just be careful because you have to readjust the brightness whenever you like it after. The phone battery life is pretty darn good. I’m currently at 45% and it’s 5:07pm where I’m located. The phone has been used actively since 8am off charger. The camera quality is fantastic. Volume and sound is phenomenal. There is lots of storage and I have plenty more of exploring to do on the phone. I have let the phone die and had no problems with charging and turning back on. It will let you add a fingerprint for protection later one which I thought was cool because I didn’t have to set thay up right away. Samsung is just the best for that. I bought a case to match the phone as well. I absolutely love the phone so far.The only downside, in my opinion, is that I can not add an SD card. Other then that, it’s an exceptional phone. I will definitely update later if anything starts happening or I find cool stuff regarding the phone but so far so good!

App issues and waste of money
For the most part the phone is okay. Only defect is a 1 inch indentation on screen. Only visible when screen is black. Isn’t noticeable when screen is on. The reason for 2 stars is when l downloaded a malware app and scanned phone a malware threat came up. I factory reset phone and threat is gone. This is first time ever buying a refurbished phone to save money. I have only used phone for couple days. Very skeptical about using phone because of the malware problem even with the factory reset. Well this is a follow up report. Had to do a second factory reset. I regret buying it. It’s super slow now. I don’t use it anymore.

Great choice if you “need” to upgrade without spending nearly $1000 for a new phone.
I purchased this phone to replace my Samsung S9 phone. I’ve owned the S9 for about 7 years and really was content with the phone. However, it does not support 5G so it was time to replace it. But rather than spend $1000+ dollars for an upgrade I thought I would try ordered a “renew” or refurbished phone outright and keep myself open for the best mobile service. Plus, I am now a senior and may be entitled to some additional discounts. Well to make a long story short the S22 is great works very similar to my S9. I purchased the one in excellent condition and it came in brand new condition. Pretty easy to setup and copy my information from my old phone to my new phone. Also this is a great option if you want to keep your old phone. I am now ordering one for my wife (1 week later) to make sure we have the same units. I am very pleased with the purchase, the phone and the cost!

Disappointed
I buy a refurbished phone every two years. Although I like Samsung and won’t switch, this one was problems from the start. Took numerous calls to Verizon and a trip to the Verizon store, just to get it to work. The battery was not at least 80% like they claimed. I would often have to charge it before the end of the day early on. Now I have to charge it more than once a day most of the time. Screen has issues also with typing. I have gone slow and tested it and I can hit the same letter multiple times but surrounding letters get typed and the auto correct/A.I. gets nowhere near what I am trying to type, often changing correctly spelled words because it doesn’t recognize them. Maybe screen sensitivity is too great? I have had great luck with the Galaxy series and will likely continue with them but this one fell short.

Estuve revisando diferentes vendedores aqui y en otras tiendas en linea, finalmente me decidí por este proveedor, el equipo lo adquiri hace 14 días, la realidad es que no encontre ningún vendedor que no tuviera criticas malas, pero este en particular tenía muy pocas, asi que me anime a pedir el telefono, el cual vino en perfecto estado, solo tiene unos pequeños puntos en el marco de la camara que no se perciben a simple vista, le doy un 9.9.Al ser el modelo “estandar” la bateria es de tan solo 3700mha por lo cual si necesitas un telefono al que le dure mucho la batería este no es el indicado, fuera de eso funciona a la perfección, muy buena camara, realizo todos mis pagos con NFC, la carga reversible funciona sin ningun inconveniente, y en general todo excelente, unicamente cuando juego wild rift el equipo se calienta y aun con mas velocidad si tienes aplicaciones en segundo plano.La conexión DeX funciona muy bien, por lo que si no tienes computadora y tus necesidades no son muchas puedes usar el telefono que reacciona muy bien en cualquier pantalla o monitor.De momento me llevo un muy buen sabor de boca, me parece que el unico inconveniente es la batería pero no es tema de amazon renewed, si no que el equipo asi fue fabricado, mas adelante si noto algun cambio en el rendimiento escribire otra critica pero por ahora, muy contento con el resultado.

Teléfono como nuevo, ni una seña de uso. El cargador es una basura, pero de fabrica no tienen, asi que ✅️. Es estadounidense, de verizon, tiene algo de bloatware pero no afecta nada al desempeño, 5G funcionando (Telcel)