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You can check the charge cycle count on the battery, and have 14 days to return the device if it's a concern.

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But how does that help? You don't expect it to be zero, you expect it to have 2-3 years worth of use on it because that's how old it is.

simonhOP2y ago

Apparently many of them are replaced. I found a thread on Reddit where a few people were saying they've bought refurbs and they often have 0 or 1 charge cycles on the batteries, indicating they were replacements.

AnthonyMouse2y ago

So you, what, keep buying them and sending them back until you get one with a new battery? Even if that works for one person, it obviously doesn't work at scale because soon the ones they'd have left in inventory would be the ones without new batteries.

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AnthonyMouse2y ago

But how does that help? You don't expect it to be zero, you expect it to have 2-3 years worth of use on it because that's how old it is.

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