i am on the lookout for a new unlocked iphone 13. i specially want the iphone 13 since it is the last iphone in the US to contain a physical SIM tray. however since it is a discontinued phone, there’s no retailers out there that still sell this specific phone in blue. the issue is there are many similar listings on ebay for “new” iphone 13s from about 5 different sellers, but when i go to look about the seller, it says located in China and the product ships from New Jersey. the ratings seem acceptable, i wouldn’t think a seller could possibly fake hundreds of different feedback right? are they selling fake manufactured iphones or am i just excessively overthinking it? is this a scam?

Can’t find the carrier no matter where I look. Any help?

Anyone do this recently? Looks like 256 model is scarce in a brand new state. Anyone buy one recently from eBay? Looks like I won’t have many options on where to buy it, just going to make sure that the seller has a good amount of feedback with very few negatives. Im set on buying a new (sealed?!) one and paying a few extra bucks. Any advice would be appreciated.

EDIT: So I think I give up on the iPhone mini plan. Going to get my wife a iPhone 16 pro, take her 14 pro then when the 17 air comes out I’ll sell the 14 pro and get the 17 air.