Google Pixel 7 5G, US Version, 128GB, Obsidian – Unlocked (Renewed)

Locked or Unlocked, that is the question…
I have purchased several phones from Amazon before this, each allegedly unlocked. But what are we asking when we ask that question? If a phone is stolen, it can be locked from being reactivated. A phone can be locked because the person you purchased it from didn’t share their passcode to “unlock” the phone to make calls. Then there is Carrier Unlocked, which usually means it can be used with any provider’s (like AT&T, Verizon, TMobile, etc.) system. There may be other things that unlocked may refer to that I am frankly ignorant about. Any time I’ve purchased a phone that was supposed to be unlocked, and it would not activate, the seller always insisted it was unlocked. Finally, with this Pixel 7, I seem to have a phone which is carrier unlocked, as well as not having a user lock. No warnings about using a specific network’s SIM card were presented on activation. In fact, the phone appeared completely new other than generic packaging. It functions well, clean,no scratches anywhere on the exterior, initial setup was as if it was an unused phone. The screen has no “burn in” patterns and is bright and responds quickly to touch. Battery appears to be like new as well. I purchased this phone after using iPhones for about 8 years. I tired of Apple’s insisting I buy more cloud space without an effective way to remove my photos (and KEEP them), the only choices being to delete them or subscribe for more cloud space. Apple doesn’t have to do it that way, but they want you to buy cloud space. A dollar a month doesn’t seem like much, but multiply that by 230million users! The cloud is probably the most environmentally damaging way to hang onto old digital photos ever invented. Also, if at some point the cloud loses your photos, you have little recourse. That is also the case if they change the rules about access to YOUR DATA. Research it.I you think you want a new phone, a good place to start your research is gsmarena. I like the Pixel series because there are custom ROMS, operating systems, that can be loaded in place of Android. Remember how I said I switched from Apple to Android? Well my previous Android phone wasn’t to my liking, which is why I switched to iPhones to start with…and because MS messed up the WONDERFUL Windows Phone 8.1, I felt there were no other choices. I digress…in case I don’t like the latest offering from Android I wanted options, like LineageOS and GrapheneOS. So far I am experimenting with the stock Android until I know it isn’t merely learning curve that frustrates me.By the way, Google has their own dirty cloud, as does MS. I avoid them all.My final word of advice is to be prepared to return the phone, any phone. You might have just a bad example, or maybe it wasn’t properly listed, or renewed, or unlocked. Mistakes happen. Or maybe the phone just isn’t right for you. I didn’t need to contact this seller for anything, I am happy with the purchase ! The seller was “thegadgetdeals”.

NOT COMPATIBLE WITH VERIZON
DOESN’T WORK WITH VERIZON: A Terrible product. The manager of the Verizon store could not get this phone to work with multiple physical SIM cards and eSIMs. You can hear loose hardware jostling around inside this phone. I had a new Google Pixel 7 that worked great for years. This is not a high quality product and does not work as advertised.

A Fabulous Buy
Excellent condition and performs great. Being unlocked, it easily activated and connected to my new carrier transferring my data to my new phone seamlessly. I use my phone quite a bit and needed to charge my previous Pixel 4 once or twice daily. The Google Pixel 7’s battery is incredible. It lasts much longer than a day with heavy use and barely loses power in sleep mode all night. Truly an incredible phone!

Unlocked. Working. Good deal.
Phone arrived with factory reset of OS. Worked fine with Mint mobile. Had a few scuffs on the back but I’ll never see them under my case.Battery life seems reasonable. Screen came with protector on. Cameras seem to work fine with no visible scratches. Overall very happy with the price to performance.

I was nervous to buy a cell phone off Amazon but I’m really happy with my purchase so far! Ive had the phone for just about a month now and it’s working amazing. The battery life is fantastic I’m really impressed! Can’t go wrong for the price of this phone!

I’ve always gone cheap on my phones. For the longest time I was even just using a UMIDIGI branded phone (lol).I finally wanted to upgrade to something nice though, and decided on the Pixel 7.Very happy with my purchase!At first I will be honest, I was not so happy. The phone itself is lovely and seemed to work great, but for the first few days the battery was terrible! It was draining so fast.I don’t know what happened after a few days, but it got much better. Now with my usage, I can go about 2.5 days in between needing to charge.Speaking of, I love how fast this phone charges. My old phone took FOREVER. This thing (even with adaptive charging enabled) is really quick. Rapid charging for the win!The in-screen fingerprint reader works well too. I know a lot of people have issues with it, but for the most part, it seems fine to me. I do not use a screen protector though, so perhaps that is why. The odd time I do have to hit the fingerprint reader a few times, but I’d say that only happens occasionally. No where near enough to be an issue for me.Overall I am really impressed and happy with my purchase. It really feels like I now own a top of the line phone.

Screen was detached on one side, making this an instant return. More scuffs than I would like in a “renewed” phone, I’d just call it used. Speakers were full of dust and little hairs (gross!)