Buying 2nd hand iPhone?

I have always bought and sold used iPhones on ebay.

Maybe I'm lucky, but I've never had a problem.

I have just followed your advice ??

If you get a new-ish model you can often find they are within the manufacturers warranty. Samsung replaced the battery on a 2nd hand phone for me under warranty.

But it’s still a 7 year old phone running an out of date operating system.

But it’s still a 7 year old phone running an out of date operating system.

Exactly. It still gets security updates, which is the important thing especially if you use it for any form of banking app or store passwords on it.

According to the internet Apple will issue security updates on the 7 for at least another year or 2

Did a search and found a local repair shop, dropped my iPhone 12 off and they did a deep clean by dipping it into one of those ultrasonic jewellery cleaner baths, picked it up 45 mins later and the lightning port now works perfectly. Id tried numerous times myself with a cocktail stick but without success. he said it must have been dirty as the chemical turned a dirty colour.

Now to decide whether to keep it or sell to Music Magpie and upgrade with them to the Pro Max version, which will work out about £150. Always fancied the Pro Max but have never wanted to buy one new in case I found it too big, but trying one out the 2nd hand way might be worth a go.