Would it be possible to pay for an iPhone 5 from America and get it shipped to the uk?

Question

Level 1

0 points

Would it be possible to pay for an iPhone 5 from America and get it shipped to the uk?

I live in the UK. I currently own an iPhone 4S, I'm on contract with T-Mobile so I wish to keep my contract running. The prices for apple products in the UK are unbelievably high. I was wondering if it would be possible to pay for an iPhone 5 and and iPad mini with the US prices and have it shipped over to the UK? As this would be a cheaper alternative. I would be paying more than double with the UK prices in comparison to the US prices. Please respond as soon as possible.

iPhone 5

Posted on Dec 25, 2012 2:57 PM

Reply

Answer 1

Dec 25, 2012 4:00 PM in response to MattBullars

No, and you also forget you would have to pay duty on import as its not from the EU, just buy in the UK.

Reply

Answer 2

Dec 25, 2012 8:31 PM in response to MattBullars

Also the US iPhone 5 may not work with UK LTE and would not be covered by warrantee in the UK.

Reply

Answer 3

diesel vdub

Level 7

22,178 points

Dec 26, 2012 5:30 AM in response to MattBullars

MattBullars wrote:

I would be paying more than double with the UK prices in comparison to the US prices. Please respond as soon as possible.

Unlikely. Prices for unlocked iPhone 5 start at $649. Then add taxes which could be anywhere from 1% to 10% based on where the billing address for the credit card is.

Apple will only sale devices online to customers with a billing and shipping address in the country from which they are buying. In other words, to buy and iPhone from the US online store would require a billing and shipping address in the US.

Reply