Apple iPad Air Wi-Fi + 4G LTE (First Generation) Price: $449.99 - 499.99 Shipping Options:: $5 Standard Shipping Estimates: Ships in 3-5 business days. (Thursday, Aug 20 to Tuesday, Aug 25) + transit Condition: Factory Reconditioned
Good deal, these are $539 direct from the Apple Outlet (Air1, 4G, 64GB)
$10 cheaper on CowBoom, but those aren’t necessarily “refurbished” on there, and may not always have all the accessories. The Air 2 without cellular is available for about the same price if you don’t need that option.
when you buy a new iPad and it is defective or you drop it and break the screen, you send your iPad (just the iPad, not the accessories) back to apple for replacement (damaged units aren’t covered under warranty, but the process is still the same). Apple then sends you a replacement iPad. The replacement Apple sends you is basically new, but doesn’t come with a new warranty. The warranty is effective from the date of your original iPad purchase. You also don’t get new accessories (unless you stated that the accessories was the cause of your defect). From time to time you see these replacement iPads being sold with either no warranty or a 3rd party warranty and with either no accessories or with 3rd party accessories. But the iPads themselves look and work like new for a lot less then paying for new.