I'm trying to purchase an Apple iPhone for Christmas.

I don't like the Apple 17, in particular the plateau

The Apple 16 was the "AI" model. Apple explicitly sold it as “built for Apple Intelligence,” with suite of on‑device AI features, enabled by the A18 chip. So not keen on that one either

So that leaves 13 through 15, which are expensive, but a tiny bit more aforadable.

I'm suspicious of demo units / ex-show room models, in particular of any company that have tens of these for sale.

Maybe selling one or two of demo units / ex-show room models seems natural.

There's a company called Mobile Station

If you search for "apple iphone ex demo" you get 122 iphones. And it looks like a tiny shop, with one location.

For kicks, I did check out ebay, for Australian phones, but despite the risk were as expensive or more than ones in New Zealand, once shipped to New Zealand.

Any thoughts?