Portable electronic device sales, provisioning, and user care vending kiosk

An apparatus comprising:

• a transaction manager, executed by at least one hardware processor, to authenticate a user associated with a user portable electronic device;
• a user portable electronic device connector, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to
• implement communication with the user portable electronic device upon connection of the user portable electronic device connector to a portable electronic device receptacle of the user portable electronic device,
• transfer, based on the connection and the authentication of the user associated with the user portable electronic device, data from the user portable electronic device to a data storage, and
• transfer, based on the connection and the authentication of the user associated with the user portable electronic device, configurations associated with the user portable electronic device to the data storage;
• a graphical user interface, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to
• display options to purchase or upgrade to a new portable electronic device;
• a new portable electronic device configuration manager, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to
• receive selection of a new portable electronic device from a display of at least one new portable electronic device, and
• configure the selected new portable electronic device by transferring, from the data storage, the data from the user portable electronic device to the selected new portable electronic device;
• and
• at least one aperture to permit insertion of a hand of the user into the at least one aperture to physically analyze the selected new portable electronic device prior to dispensing of the selected new portable electronic device to the user.