There are many reasons that can lead us to want to know how long you have a mobile , among them is to know how long it has been with us, but it can also be just as important to know how long you have a second-hand mobile that we are going to buy. For all this, we want to give you the keys that will be very useful to find out the real time.
As in many other cases, technology does not offer us a single solution and there are several that we are going to find. In case you are not sure of the information obtained, we always recommend you to choose at least two of the methods in order to be sure that the information is true about the time you have a mobile.
Know the time of a mobile since its purchase
There are two types of time that we can know on a mobile and the first that we are going to discover is the time of use of the smartphone. This means that it is the time that the smartphone has been out of the store and therefore in the hands of a user who can be us or someone else if it is a second-hand terminal.
The purchase invoice tells the truth
The simplest place where we are going to find the exact date of purchase and even the time is on the invoice. Whether the mobile was bought in a store and we have the physical invoice or it was bought in an online store and it is in the email, the information with the date and therefore age of the mobile is at our disposal.
The IMEI number gives us all the information
To know the time our mobile has, we can also rely on the IMEI number, which gives us all the information about the device . This number is unrepeatable and therefore it will only give us the information of a specific mobile. To find out the time of the mobile, we have to imitate the steps we do to know the warranty of the mobile and therefore access the manufacturer’s website or contact them to find out the day the mobile was sold and have its age at our disposal.
You cannot trust the “physical” state of the mobile
Another of the solutions that we could think of as valid to know the time of the mobile is the physical state, although this is not reliable at all. We can find a mobile that has been cared for to perfection, with a cover and a screen protector, so even if it is 4 years old we will not be able to see it. In the same way, on the contrary, we can only trust the “legal papers” that show the time that the smartphone has.
The importance of time for warranty
One of the aspects for which it is advisable to know how old or new a mobile is is focused on the warranty of the device. However, not all mobile phone brands offer the same warranty period, which is limited by law to a maximum of 2 years for the smartphone, which is different when referring to the warranty period for batteries in mobile phones.
Whether we have a mobile phone that begins to present a problem or we want to buy a new one, it will be key that we know its age so that later when we go to the official technical service to try to make use of the guarantee, we are not surprised by how old it is.
Know the time a mobile has had from the presentation
The second of the times that a mobile can have is the one that begins to count from the moment of its presentation. This gives us very important information, such as the updates that remain on our mobile since they begin to count from the day it was officially launched on the market. Not all brands have the same update time and therefore it is important to know what each brand offers.
To find out the day of the presentation of a mobile we can use the mobile files on our site. On the web we find from the characteristics to all the most important points of the mobile phones and at the top is the presentation date that we want to achieve.
We must be attentive to the variety of models, since some brands have similar names in some of them. To make the search easier, at the top of the menu or in the sidebar from the mobile, we only have to choose the brand of the mobile and then in the search engine locate our specific model to be able to see the launch date.