The Best $500 iPhone You Can Buy Right Now


GD Tech Nerds.

A Pro Max model iPhone from Apple is hella expensive. You're looking at $1200 for the base model option.

And for a lot of people right now, that's just too damn much. But $500? That's doable. It's actually downright reasonable.

Case in point: the iPhone 15 Pro Max now comes in around the $500 mark and it is still a BEAST of a phone.

The only caveat? You don't get the latest model and the phone is refurbished.

But you save close to $800 versus buying new.

Also, and this is key: the difference between an iPhone 15 Pro Max and iPhone 17 Pro Max isn't all that.

In fact, for most people it'll be near impossible to tell the difference where it counts.

That's why, right now, the best iPhone you can buy for $500 is the iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Need more options? Cheaper options? Check out this resource page.

Peace.

Richard

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