Does removing the sticker on the back of your smartphone affect your smartphones warranty?

      

Sticker at the back of your newly purchased smartphone

     You purchase a new smartphone. You notice that there is a sticker on the back of your newly purchased  smartphone with some bar codes and numbers on it. So does removing the sticker on the back of your smartphone affect your warranty? Let's find out.

     Smartphones or specifically Android come with a  sticker or two stuck on its back with some barcodes and some numbers on it. They look pretty bad and ruin the aesthetic of the back of your smartphone. So you feel to remove it as soon as you unbox your smartphone. So the question arises does removing it affect your smartphones warranty?

     In general, smartphone users tend to keep those stickers on the back of their devices and there's no wrong in that. But keeping them just hides the shiny or glossy backs provided by the smartphone companies and it just doesn't look good and off course, OCD. So why would you not remove it and show off your smartphone glossy back?

    We need to understand what does those stickers mean. Each and every smartphone manufacturer has to follow certain guidelines or policies for manufacturing a smartphone. They have to mention important details or specifications about the smartphone such as serial number, the IMEI number and so on. In case of a feature phone, in the past, or even in the early days of the smartphone industry became a boom, the back cover of the smartphone was removable. So it was easy to print that information inside.

    Nowadays, most of the smartphones come with a non removable back covers. Thus the smartphone manufacturer's either could print the information on the back making it an expensive affair or apply those ugly stickers.

Are those important?

   There is a saying that if you don't know a thing, you don't do it. Ahh! I just made it up. People go by this saying and don't touch or do things which they are unaware of. The sticker on the back of the smartphone showcase very important information which is as follows:-

1. IMEI (International mobile equipment identity) number which is a factory installed unique serial number that identifies each unit. In case your smartphone is lost, you can find it with the help of this number.
2. SAR value (Specific  Absorption Rate
3. Storage
4. Model information and other data about the smartphone.

So can you remove it?

     Of course Yes. You can get rid of those awful stickers and flaunt the back of your smartphone. And about the information, it is already available on or inside of the box. So you can keep the box safely or note down the details somewhere handy.

Does removing the sticker affect the smartphone warranty?

     Nope!! Not at all. the question you have been waiting for. As discussed earlier, all the details about the smartphone are available on the box. Just go through the warranty terms and policies before getting rid of those stickers.