the CF360 and Vu(refurbished) are both $9.99 from AT&T. Which one should I get? Also, how much worse is a refurbished phone compared to a brand new phone? Should I trust the refurbished Vu?
I wouldn't trust a refurbished. All they do it replace the broken part, if there is one, and reflash the phone. So the body is the same. Someone has already put their face all over the phone. I activated one for a customer when I worked for Radioshack and when i opened the box, you could already see smudges, fingerprints, scratches, etc. Its more likely to go out sooner because all of the parts that are in the phone that were working fine before are still there and have plenty of mileage on them. The only way you will get lucky is if the phone was sent back because it was defective because then they replace the broken part and resell it as refurbished. And no one has really used it. The problem is you never know the history of a refurbished phone.