That headset probably wasn't purchased at clearance and resold, it's more likely that it came from a return or old stock palet purchased at auction.

Buy me a pc

about that Samsung flip and the cover screen, I am kinda thinking it might simply have been disabled in the settings as that is something you can do. So the screen might not be broken and simply disabled ....... Settings -> Smart Assistance -> Smart cover -> Disable / Enable

9:35 nobody noticed the 100% CPU usage when doing nothing? LOL

I remember the 2013 Droid series. My grandparents used to have these and I grew up with those phones. I still have them, but one of them went in the washer 6 years ago, the other one broke and the 3rd one I still have.

Windows phone died faster than Austin's faith in Wish 😂

I used to work for RIM which was the maker of blackberry , had to sign 2 NDAs back then while testing the firmware and components on the z10 up to the z3s , i also made countless of those classic blackberries everyones used to seeing lol

Austin's victory lap on the OLED Nokia screen just made my day 💯

"Not a terrible CPU", CPU pinned at 100% lmao. Love it.

the fact i had 2/3 of these phones sent me down the nostalgia route and makes me feel somewhat old

A lot of places will simply take overstock or warehouse items and sell them as refurbish to get rid of them. Lots of liquidation companies will just sell stuff they got from buying out a warehouse as a refurb to avoid issues with warranty etc on older stuff.

2:44 yoo this ad is from Malaysia. And I do believe I had once see this ad somewhere on a magazine like, a decade ago or somethin

I worked in hardware engineering on the BlackBerry Z10 (processor integration). That was a depressing time.

THANKYOU FOR A SUNDAY UPLOAD.. my youtube was dry AF this morning.

Austin, your videos always hit different thank you for being an amazing youtuber

Thanks for pointing out at the end of the video, I was going nuts trying to find the refurbished section.

an ad from Malaysia about the Lumia , phones were cheaper back then ..

my mate had a blackberry z10 and it was kinda cool as it could play youtube audio in background which at that time wasnt really thing on most phones and is now a premium feature it wasnt really any good in for much else though

I still have a whole collection of my BlackBerry phones, and just yesterday was reminiscing about Time Shift and how ahead of its time that was. Creating a perfect picture that never existed, was amazing.

YOOOOO!!! I had that Lumia back in the day. I actually LOVED it. There was a rad feature on it where you could use the main camera and navigate from maps just by pulling up maps, going vertical, and then it would show you waypoints and distance between shops or restaurants nearby. I used that in Austin Texas during SXSW several times and it was super accurate.

3:30 It was not as good as today's OLED. There was inconstancies and you didn't get pure black.

The Chuwi would be perfect for retro gaming on Intel. You got royally screwed on the (vintage) MacBook Air and the Airpods Pro 1, price-wise.

I had the lumia, was the first phone i bought with my own money. Hated that phone so much, barely had any apps

.....I REALLY miss the Lumia phones and WIndows Phone in general. They seriously were some of the best phones I ever used.

3:28 The original Galaxy S had an OLED screen in 2010. Sure it was only 4 inches and 480x800, bit it had one.

I had the Droid Razr back in the day, loved that thing.

Interesting the former price labels aren’t removed. It might even help make it seem used with the box being destroyed a bit with the label removed, lol.

I've bought 3 laptops and a iPad from wish and they were all good. I did learn to make sure to check out the seller, make sure they were verified and they were a USA shipper 💜💜

I had a Lumia 735! So pumped to see one again!

I personally loved the tile set up with microsoft/ nokias. Idk why but I would totally get one if a new one came out.

I had a lumia. It was okay. Served me well in high-school.

The Droid Mini was my first smartphone coming from a samsung flip phone and the wireless charging feature of it blew my mind

The original Motorola droid with the full size slide out keyboard, was the single greatest phone ever made. It helped me drive 26 hrs straight from PA to Florida. It also helped me at my job as assistant manager for the census bureau. Best phone of all time!

I had that Nokia back in 2012/2013 and it is still one of my favorite phones. Watching anime from the countless anime pirating apps is something I did till it eventually died a couple years ago 😢

Those chuwi mini pcs are EXPENSIVE. i would buy one for $150 but they are $4-700 units.

The blackberry z10 was the only phone I had where you could play KZfaq in the background without premium. Before premium existed. Such a cool little phone.

This was really good, a lot of these Wish/Temu bits are just fun novelty videos, but there was some good insight into what does or does not make this worth trying.

Too bad you didn't fiddle a bit with Lumia 735 camera. Nokia did some good stuff with Lumia 7xx to 9xx line on the audio side while filming. If I remember correctly, the 735 had a pretty decent stereo recording capability.

9:10 this may very well be a store return. They get listed as refurbished on eBay, I doubt it's any different on wish.

I have just bought a Blackberry Z10 for my collection. It was 12 dollars on a flea market, and it looks like new.

That nostalgia reminded me of what asus did like a decade ago They had this phone and tablet 2 in 1 where you dock the phone into the tablet and it functions to a tablet, man that was a time

I literally had a galaxy tab 3 as a christmas present when they first came out as a kid lol

“Don’t attack us..” 🤣

Seeing the droid mini, a $100 verizon only smartphone in 2013, being refurbished for $54. Man I'm sorry but you got scammed.

I remember back in the day when I was maybe 13-14 I would buy cheap target phones that I would hide from my mom (I wasn't allowed to have a smartphone) and I got the Windows phone at one point. I kinda liked the setup but didn't at the same time, because I wasn't used to it. Seeing that was re-living part of my childhood.

I work at a liquidation store ND yes 70% of items are used some are just lost items ND most of the time electronics work good

The last Blackberry phones like the Z10 were quite interesting as they could sideload Android APK's

Every time Austin posts my day gets better

Heard Droid and got excited, only to see a mini. The Droid 1 needs to be remade, I miss my slide out keyboard.

I bought a chuwi core box and switch out cpu, ram, hard drive (all total about 160) and a really great productivity computer. Mind you most of what I do is word processing, email, video watch so not real demanding. Really don't think i could play games on it.

The customizable layout of Windows Phone was far superior than either Android or iPhone has ever been.

I have fond memories of the windows phones, the nokia camera’s were honestly better than any other phone at the time imo, the only thing that windows phones didn’t have was better app support. If they actually gave them 3rd party app support, they would’ve been a actual competitor to android/ios. I might have to get one just to preserve.

OMG I had the galaxy tab 3. It was my first ever mobile device that I got as a kid. Just seeing the tablet brings back soo many Minecraft PE nostalgic!

I had a chuwi hero book air, and it was very slow and it the bottom of the laptop got very warm to the point that all 4 of the rubber pads on the bottom fell off because the glue melted. Not a very good laptop and its not really upgradable either

13:30 - Austin, its actually a GOOD thing the battery app was installed; that was likely whoever was refurbishing the phone checking that the battery was still in good, working order! great refurbisher! edit: it does make you wonder why they don't put notes like 'outside screen non-functional' if they can go as far as installing a battery app to check the health of it though - that being said, id still take a $300 z flip with a non functioning outside screen over the brand new price tag ANY day

Any tablets you suggest for Temu cheap I just need one to put on the wall in kitchen the used as a smart device control for the light because my mum and step dad I dumb tech and keep switching light switch off and I'm always having to set them up again because they reset themselves

You had me laughing soo hard at the Target situation!!

I really enjoyed my Blackberry phones. The Z10 was not a big of exeption but according to my parents they always had issues to hear me right when I was on this phone. Not related to the location I was in. Everything was fine on my end though. Don't know what went wrong....

Nature’s pocket 🤣

"Ouch, 408 cycles!" Meanwhile me with a 2019 Macbook Pro with a battery that INFLATED in the first year of owning it and 2555 cycles. Battery actually lasts a lot still, like 6˜8 hours which is more than a plethora of Windows laptops.

Austin can't believe how good the quality is, wonder if his name was on the order invoice?

I actually have the Red Blackberry Z10. They had good ideas but sadly, too little, too late and never followed through with most. They gave up on backwards compatibility with their old ecosystem and their Android compatibility was...behind a few versions of Android. Sadly, my Z10's battery puffed up, so it's not in the best condition, though at least it's swapable.

I used to have a Droid mini. I loved it!

I actually have a galaxy tab 3 and use it as a clock

I still have a Tab 3 from when they were new, because I have yet to find a better remote control for anything and everything. I have a 200 dollar Harmony remote with a little screen sitting in a box of junk somewhere because it couldn't do half of what the ten year older Tab does, as easily as it does, while looking as good as it does. As long as it keeps charging, I don't think I'll ever need anything else than that old Samsung tablet with just the remote control app on it.

TBF though, anytime you buy refurbished, you roll the dice. Whether that be from Wish, Aliexpress, eBay, Amazon etc(when you buy from a bulk seller and not an individual seller who posts specific pictures for the item and lists anything wrong). The only real question is how they handles returns or refunds when you don't get what was laid out.

Definitely got that pallet auction feel

I am so glad ken and matt both said "D R O I D" when austin opened the droid mini because i said the exact same thing when he was looking at the listing for it

I remember getting a Droid 4 with the sliding keyboard for $35 on Amazon back in 2014. It had a built in hdmi so it was perfect for emulators. I used to play ps1 games on the TV with it using a Bluetooth ps4 controller. It seemed like emulators were the only thing that phone was good at, the camera was decent but it was slow as hell trying to do anything else

Austin Makes Sad People To Make Him Happy❤

I had and loved the Nokia Lumia 735 windows phone.. For a all plastic phone it looked and felt so good in the hand and the blackest blacks on any phone I've seen. I also still have a Lumia Icon in mint like brand new condition. To bad windows phone didn't take off, I bet it would be pretty awesome now

Unlimited money boy is back again OMG

The mini PC was refurbished but the internals are the one that was probably fixed and they used a brand new case.

I think if it’s new and refurbished, it was probably a defective unit from assembly line that got undefected and sold

Not me knowing exactly which model MacBooks those are lmao. Like for instance the MD101 is a mid-2012 13” MacBook Pro. 2.5 i5, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HD

Speaking of 2013 smartphones, the original Moto X was easily one of my favorite android phones. Great screen, replaceable battery, a curved back that just fit in my hand so so well.

they probrably send new items cause its being sent to your channel and it would benefit them for you to make them look good and trustworthy

AMOLED's were introduced in 2008 specificly for small device screens likew phones. So a 2012 phone having one is pretty normal.

I miss window phones so much!

How can I find the music in the background?🎵

A galaxy tab for £80 they cost that new when they first released and they run like crap back then pmsl. I bet the storage is probably struggling to store the operating system.

Would be cool to gut that little Chuwi desktop and do a fun little build video cramming the best gear you can into it.

you can sometimes get "refurbished" that are just new open box items

I still have my samsung tab 3 lite, works as well as you would expect, but just the fact it still works is amazing.

2:58 I didn't know Microsoft made thos kinda plugs.

I loved that first Nokia Windows phone I would totally use it again I loved the menu set up

What would be awesome Austin if He upgrades the CHUWI to scary levels !!! And Then Does high end gaming on it , but has to fit everything in the chasis.

Do a video where you compare wish refurbished, and back market

Wow a 730 brand new I still miss my lumia 830 best phone I ever used

I remember selling the first three phones back in the day

I mean...I got a mini I5 6600u system with windows 11 for about $100 on Amazon, so that chuwi system is...yeah also, watching this on that same system right now

Fun fact: The Z10 was the go to phone of the German government because of the awesome security features.

When you hear Austin's nose-breath through the mic you know he's angy. 😤😤😤

I have a Samsung note 10.1 2014 edition, and i watch KZfaq on it all the time

My most favourite phone wast the Lumia 1020. I was gutted when I had to go back to android cause they stopped selling them.....

I own most of these old phones and tablets and funny how the 7 inch Tab 3 3G version can be used as a phone..

I'm a pretty hardcore Linux user - but not for the reasons you might expect. I miss my Windows phone. I figured I was perfectly safe 'cause ain't no malware author going to bother targeting a device with so few users! Actually, I like it because it was a pretty solid experience. If more folks had given it a shot, it might still be around and we'd have at least some competition besides Google and Apple.

Did the page for the Flip SAY it had a defect?

that macbook air's batter still has a few years in it, im rocking an early 2015 13 inch intel core i5 macbook air and its battery is way past its limit but itll still last a good hour and a half to two and a half hours on a full charge and its been used almost every day, if i traded it in to apple id get $80 back so its not worth getting rid of

I wonder how many of these items are labeled as 'refurbished' when they're actually 'stolen'.