BRAND NEW vs second hand

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I need help, i know it's a common mentality for us Nigerians, but i'm at the edge of making new turns and i need to know which way to go, so here's the thing, for those of you that read my eulogy for my missing phone "in-loving-memory-of-my-dearest-nokia-c2", it is no longer news that i.m currently stationary,
i.e without a mobile, and that led to my plunge into the GSM market, the popular computer village in Ikeja area of Lagos was my sure bet, and i fed my eyes, just that my pocket was starved at that moment so it was like using the aroma of a fried fish to drink garri, i had the chance to hold some of the most expensive phone in the country and i checked all what was to be checked and in the end, i dropped it and moved to the next...i know you all do it, so don't look at me like i'm cheap, well, i finally agreed to go with one of the new phones in the market, a samsung galaxy core II, It wasnt the best but it gave me a lot of leverage, but the night i decided to go for the phone a  friend of mine called about a much better offer, well for some of you it might not be better, a fairly (cant say how fair) used samsung galaxy S3 with a tiny crack on the screen, and he was giving the phone at a much lesser price...i know... i know...aroro no go kill me,  but you gotta admit the offer was good so i place my brand new intentions on hold and i decided to have a second thought or hand,  now i'm at a cross road, brand new or fairly used, bear in mind that with the fairly used i get a more powerful and smarter phone with 2x more features than my brand new choice, i asked my lady and she took it to another realm (another talk for another day), so i throw it to you all, should i be somewhat cheap and make my move on the cracked screen or spoil myself with the dashing elegant leather finish of a brand new phone...drop your comments...