These iPhone 7's are sold with a $10 Boost sim and will be sold in VIC and QLD stores at in the near future.
Consumers here in Australia are able to get their hands on an iPhone for the sum of $259, and they can pick it up at Coles store.
These born again phones will cost $259
The new iPhone 12 range starts at just under $1200 and the price goes up to more than $2300, and while the least expensive iPhone, Apple's iPhone SE starts at $650.00 that is excessive for a lot of potential purchasers, and this is why this week Coles and Boost have joined forces to offer these iPhones at low rates.
Have you considered exactly where our phones go following customers people upgrading, and when the iPhones are traded in for a newer iPhone - there's a very big after-market for "Refurbishing" handsets.
Now these devices aren't someone else's second hand phone, these phones undergo a rigorous 72 point inspection process which confirms the phones are not stolen, in great condition.
The testing includes cross checking the national police lost and stolen smartphone database, as well as factory resetting, before these handsets are polished and buffed then they are packaged up in a box with a $10 SIM card.
The refurbished phones have a 12 month warranty. The General Manager of Coles non food products Mr Torr announced it was an innovative step for the organisation.
At Wednesday's launch, these Boost branded refurbished iPhone 7's will be for sale in all states except Queensland and Victoria
With the solid features of the iPhone 7 and the phone so cheaply this will surely appeal to Mum and Dads after an iPhone for the kids, or to consumers that don't want to buy a top of the range phone at a top of the range price.
The founder of Boost Mobile, Peter Adderton, sees it as a huge bonus for all Aussies.
Buyers are chasing a cost cheaper option now, more than ever before and we are happy that, after being the first to market last year, we are teaming up with Coles to bring refurbished smartphones to the people like never done Mr Adderton told a press conference.
These Boost refurbished devices are not network locked, are able to be ran with any telco, and they do come with an included Boost SIM card that has $10 value.
And even though there's hundreds and thousands of the iPhones available upon launch, contrary to new handsets there is no supply chain from the factory these refurbished phones, and so it'll be an early bird catches the worm scenario with the refurbed devices upon launch in Coles supermarkets.