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Cell-Fax

Like Car-Fax, but for your phone.
 
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If you've ever had a cellphone replaced, either through warranty or insurance, it was probably a refurbished phone, which exactly like a factory-restored, used car. And they're about as reliable as a used car. You've got a 50/50 chance that it'll work great or work like shit. I don't care what the company says, the phone's prior use has got to have some effect on how reliable it is after refurbishment.

So what I want is a service that documents every service call and complaint made for each phone, tracked by the IMEI number so if you get a refurb you can check out its history. Find out if was dropped in a toilet, find out if it was thrown against a wall. Just like getting a used car, check your facts. Cell-Fax.

21 Quest, Jul 06 2009

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       3 Bones, not a single anno... what gives?
21 Quest, Jul 07 2009
  

       Apparently the auto-bunner is just a myth...
Custardguts, Jul 07 2009
  

       Don't think you need to have had the equivalent of a car wreck to build up serious future problems with a cellphone ... by the time I've got through 18 months, mine have already pretty much given up the ghost.
kindachewy, Jul 07 2009
  
      
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