No the iPhone 7 came all complete with battery installed, charger etc, it was 128 GB model and I paid ?210. If it had been refurbished I could not tell 12 months of daily use and battery still shows 100% capacity. Hope this helps The refurbished iPhone 7 that I bought is 4 years old and has a perfectly good battery, so I I saw no reason to replace it. In fact, this replaced an old iPhone 5s, which still had the original battery. If I am not mistaken, Apple say that a battery should be good for 500 charge / discharge cycles When my phone came my battery health was at 100% so I assume they do Hi there, I recently bought a reconditioned iPhone from Amazon which was complete with battery and have never heard of Amazon selling an iPhone without one. Hope this helps. Cheers. Frank. No The phone retains charge easily for a full day although I am not heavy user Yes. I am 98% they are new####[['battery', 'Battery/Longevity#General', 'positive'], ['battery health', 'Battery/Longevity#Battery Life', 'positive'], ['128 GB', 'Product Configuration#Memory', 'neutral'], ['100% capacity', 'Battery/Longevity#Battery Capacity', 'positive']]