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Will refurbished Sony Xperia Z3 Compact from Newegg work w/ Public Mobile?

ellajane — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 06:55:45 GMT

Hey all, I'm considering buying a refurbished phone from Newegg.ca

It's this phone: https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAEMM7919739&ignorebbr=1&_ga=2.33569378.277466493.1537887640-159440493.1537887640&_gac=1.212127392.1537887640.EAIaIQobChMI7t6v7bXW3QIVgbfACh09iwQfEAQYAiABEgIG_fD_BwE

I'm wondering a couple things:

1) Is Newegg.ca trustworthy/reliable?

2) Will this phone work on Public Mobile? I've attached a shot of its specs here but know nothing about 3G, 4G etc.

Re: Will refurbished Sony Xperia Z3 Compact from Newegg work w/ Public Mobile?

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 20:38:15 GMT

@ellajane: Did you try Check Your Phone?

Or here?

Newegg is a long established online tech company.

Re: Will refurbished Sony Xperia Z3 Compact from Newegg work w/ Public Mobile?

wetcoaster — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 20:43:34 GMT

@ellajane wrote:
Hey all, I'm considering buying a refurbished phone from Newegg.ca

It's this phone: https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAEMM7919739&ignorebbr=1&_ga=2.33569378.277466493.1537887640-159440493.1537887640&_gac=1.212127392.1537887640.EAIaIQobChMI7t6v7bXW3QIVgbfACh09iwQfEAQYAiABEgIG_fD_BwE

I'm wondering a couple things:
1) Is Newegg.ca trustworthy/reliable?
2) Will this phone work on Public Mobile? I've attached a shot of its specs here but know nothing about 3G, 4G etc.

If these are the actual bands covered by the phone then it will work with Public Mobile.

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Discussions/LTE-network-fundamentals/m-p/198799/highlight/true#M58227

While I have not purchased a refurbished cell phone from them I've had no problems at all when I got some headphones on sale from Newegg a couple of years ago.

Re: Will refurbished Sony Xperia Z3 Compact from Newegg work w/ Public Mobile?

will13am — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 20:58:07 GMT

This phone will work on the Public Mobile network. However, this is a refurbished unit that is sold by a third party advertising on newegg. It ships from China and so likely it could be slow journey to get it to the front door. Crutially, this is a 4 year old phone. Very crusty old for tech. Personally, I would not touch it. The battery is probably well worn. BTW, newegg's site was hacked not long ago. Customers information was being skimmed.

Re: Will refurbished Sony Xperia Z3 Compact from Newegg work w/ Public Mobile?

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 21:04:36 GMT

@will13am wrote:
BTW, newegg's site was hacked not long ago. Customers information was being skimmed.

Well...aren't YOU on top of the news 🙂 I knew about the ncix problem but this was news to me. Thanks

Re: Will refurbished Sony Xperia Z3 Compact from Newegg work w/ Public Mobile?

computergeek541 — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 21:15:55 GMT

@ellajane wrote:
Hey all, I'm considering buying a refurbished phone from Newegg.ca

It's this phone: https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAEMM7919739&ignorebbr=1&_ga=2.33569378.277466493.1537887640-159440493.1537887640&_gac=1.212127392.1537887640.EAIaIQobChMI7t6v7bXW3QIVgbfACh09iwQfEAQYAiABEgIG_fD_BwE

I'm wondering a couple things:
1) Is Newegg.ca trustworthy/reliable?
2) Will this phone work on Public Mobile? I've attached a shot of its specs here but know nothing about 3G, 4G etc.

Based on those specs, yes the phone will work.

However, whether or not newegg.ca is a reliable seller/store is irrelevant. This product is not being sold by Newegg. It is being sold by a third-party seller who could be pretty much anyone.

Re: Will refurbished Sony Xperia Z3 Compact from Newegg work w/ Public Mobile?

will13am — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 22:44:12 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@will13am wrote:
BTW, newegg's site was hacked not long ago. Customers information was being skimmed.
Well...aren't YOU on top of the news 🙂 I knew about the ncix problem but this was news to me. Thanks

Ncix is a loser company to store people's information in plain text.