Mobitronics
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Lynn K
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12 Dec 2025, 10:34
Unhappy Customer who bought an iPhone and you let me down - BIG TIME! Always check your battery health, or ask Mobitronics what the battery health is, before you purchase a phone.
I was so happy, I purchased an iPhone through Takealot, but Mobitronics was the provider. It said 'Pristine iPhone like New' - and it arrived and yes, it did look Pristine (not a single scratch or mark - I was so happy), but after one day of charging and the next day half way into the day, my battery was at 24%. This cannot be, as I charged it the previous evening. So, I went to the battery health under General Settings and it this battery was at 83% (now remember you cannot sell an iPhone that is under 83% as a 'Pristine like New phone' - I mean, legally, it says on their agreement, they cannot sell a 2nd hand phone that has a battery health of under 83% - so they sold me one on the actual cusp of the health. After 2 months (and I do not use my phone a lot at all (I am 42 and I don't even go onto Facebook) - I use it for WhatsApp, the camera occasionally and sometimes a call. My battery health AFTER TWO MONTHS of purchasing it was at 79% - it went down 4% in 2 months. Now, I have to charge my iPhone every single day, sometimes, twice a day (I have a wireless charger I have to carry around with me at all times). I wrote to them and they told me, as I purchased it 'through' Takealot, it's their issue - that's such *******, as it's their terrible battery. Anyway, I contacted Takealot, at least 20 time, and no response, nada, nothing. So, I've left a review on Takealot, but I will leave a review here because at some point you HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for what you did. You wrote 'Pristine iPhone like New' - knowing the battery was already almost a goner. It's unacceptable and for that, I will now go and do all the platform reviews (Google, Facebook, yelp etc) everywhere, so people can know how you operate.
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Lynn K's updateReviewer Update
13 Dec 2025, 17:27Same story: I was so happy, I purchased an iPhone through Takealot, but Mobitronics was the provider. It said 'Pristine iPhone like New' - and it arrived and yes, it did look Pristine (not a single scratch or mark - I was so happy), but after one day of charging and the next day half way into the day, my battery was at 24%. This cannot be, as I charged it the previous evening. So, I went to the battery health under General Settings and it this battery was at 83% (now remember you cannot sell an iPhone that is under 83% as a 'Pristine like New phone' - I mean, legally, it says on their agreement, they cannot sell a 2nd hand phone that has a battery health of under 83% - so they sold me one on the actual cusp of the health. After 2 months (and I do not use my phone a lot at all (I am 42 and I don't even go onto Facebook) - I use it for WhatsApp, the camera occasionally and sometimes a call. My battery health AFTER TWO MONTHS of purchasing it was at 79% - it went down 4% in 2 months. Now, I have to charge my iPhone every single day, sometimes, twice a day (I have a wireless charger I have to carry around with me at all times).
I wrote to them and they told me, as I purchased it 'through' Takealot, it's their issue - that's such *******, as it's their terrible battery. Anyway, I contacted Takealot, at least 20 time, and no response, nada, nothing. So, I've left a review on Takealot, but I will leave a review here because at some point you HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for what you did. You wrote 'Pristine iPhone like New' - knowing the battery was already almost a goner.
It's unacceptable and for that, I will now go and do all the platform reviews (HelloPeter, Facebook, yelp etc) everywhere, so people can know how you operate.
THIS should bother you and your business, as it's giving you a terrible reputation.
With regards to what you said about phones allowing to be sold between 80% to 90% - You CANNOT say in the subject of your advert that the phone is 'PRISTINE, like NEW' - because that means that the phone would have a good battery health. No-one ONLY cares about the look of the phone - if you buy a phone with a bad battery healthy and pay A LOT of money for it, then you're basically just throwing away good money because now that phone, a year old, has to be charged twice a day.
I wrote to them and they told me, as I purchased it 'through' Takealot, it's their issue - that's such *******, as it's their terrible battery. Anyway, I contacted Takealot, at least 20 time, and no response, nada, nothing. So, I've left a review on Takealot, but I will leave a review here because at some point you HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for what you did. You wrote 'Pristine iPhone like New' - knowing the battery was already almost a goner.
It's unacceptable and for that, I will now go and do all the platform reviews (HelloPeter, Facebook, yelp etc) everywhere, so people can know how you operate.
THIS should bother you and your business, as it's giving you a terrible reputation.
With regards to what you said about phones allowing to be sold between 80% to 90% - You CANNOT say in the subject of your advert that the phone is 'PRISTINE, like NEW' - because that means that the phone would have a good battery health. No-one ONLY cares about the look of the phone - if you buy a phone with a bad battery healthy and pay A LOT of money for it, then you're basically just throwing away good money because now that phone, a year old, has to be charged twice a day.
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Lynn K's update13 Dec 2025, 17:27
Reviewer Update
Same story: I was so happy, I purchased an iPhone through Takealot, but Mobitronics was the provider. It said 'Pristine iPhone like New' - and it arrived and yes, it did look Pristine (not a single scratch or mark - I was so happy), but after one day of charging and the next day half way into the day, my battery was at 24%. This cannot be, as I charged it the previous evening. So, I went to the battery health under General Settings and it this battery was at 83% (now remember you cannot sell an iPhone that is under 83% as a 'Pristine like New phone' - I mean, legally, it says on their agreement, they cannot sell a 2nd hand phone that has a battery health of under 83% - so they sold me one on the actual cusp of the health. After 2 months (and I do not use my phone a lot at all (I am 42 and I don't even go onto Facebook) - I use it for WhatsApp, the camera occasionally and sometimes a call. My battery health AFTER TWO MONTHS of purchasing it was at 79% - it went down 4% in 2 months. Now, I have to charge my iPhone every single day, sometimes, twice a day (I have a wireless charger I have to carry around with me at all times).
I wrote to them and they told me, as I purchased it 'through' Takealot, it's their issue - that's such *******, as it's their terrible battery. Anyway, I contacted Takealot, at least 20 time, and no response, nada, nothing. So, I've left a review on Takealot, but I will leave a review here because at some point you HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for what you did. You wrote 'Pristine iPhone like New' - knowing the battery was already almost a goner.
It's unacceptable and for that, I will now go and do all the platform reviews (HelloPeter, Facebook, yelp etc) everywhere, so people can know how you operate.
THIS should bother you and your business, as it's giving you a terrible reputation.
With regards to what you said about phones allowing to be sold between 80% to 90% - You CANNOT say in the subject of your advert that the phone is 'PRISTINE, like NEW' - because that means that the phone would have a good battery health. No-one ONLY cares about the look of the phone - if you buy a phone with a bad battery healthy and pay A LOT of money for it, then you're basically just throwing away good money because now that phone, a year old, has to be charged twice a day.
I wrote to them and they told me, as I purchased it 'through' Takealot, it's their issue - that's such *******, as it's their terrible battery. Anyway, I contacted Takealot, at least 20 time, and no response, nada, nothing. So, I've left a review on Takealot, but I will leave a review here because at some point you HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for what you did. You wrote 'Pristine iPhone like New' - knowing the battery was already almost a goner.
It's unacceptable and for that, I will now go and do all the platform reviews (HelloPeter, Facebook, yelp etc) everywhere, so people can know how you operate.
THIS should bother you and your business, as it's giving you a terrible reputation.
With regards to what you said about phones allowing to be sold between 80% to 90% - You CANNOT say in the subject of your advert that the phone is 'PRISTINE, like NEW' - because that means that the phone would have a good battery health. No-one ONLY cares about the look of the phone - if you buy a phone with a bad battery healthy and pay A LOT of money for it, then you're basically just throwing away good money because now that phone, a year old, has to be charged twice a day.