Hi,
I reside in South Africa and a friend wants to purchase an iPhone from Apple Store in the United States for me. Will it work with my MTN sim and is there anything else to worry about?
Thank you.
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An iPhone warranty is effectively not international, and it is possible you could not get Apple to perform out of warranty service there either. Should something go wrong it would have to be carried back to the USA for service. Apple won't do international shipment.
Warranty restriction! - http://www.apple.com/legal/warranty/products/ios-warranty-document-us.html - "IMPORTANT RESTRICTION FOR iPHONE, iPAD AND APPLE TV SERVICE. Apple may restrict warranty service for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV to the country where Apple or its Authorized Distributors originally sold the device." <-- The warranty does not outright deny warranty coverage in other countries but there are many limitations to the effect they almost certainly will refuse to do repairs under warranty or even repairs at all except where you bought it. The phone would have to be sent to a friend in the country of purchase to handle any repair claims because Apple will not handle international shipping.
LTE Find the right iPhone for the right country or region. - http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/
New phones may also have tax added to the cost (e.g., in the USA prices do not include taxes), and you may have to pay import duty when bringing an expensive phone into your country.
Some carriers will not accept unlocked phones - https://discussions.apple.com/message/20359060#20359060 - E.g., "Virgin Mobile, like all CDMA carriers, will only activate devices on their network that were initially sold for use on their network." and https://discussions.apple.com/message/33206605#message33206605 "The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus sold unlocked and for use on AT&T and T-Mobile is not physically compatible with the Verizon and Sprint networks."
An iPhone warranty is effectively not international, and it is possible you could not get Apple to perform out of warranty service there either. Should something go wrong it would have to be carried back to the USA for service. Apple won't do international shipment.
Warranty restriction! - http://www.apple.com/legal/warranty/products/ios-warranty-document-us.html - "IMPORTANT RESTRICTION FOR iPHONE, iPAD AND APPLE TV SERVICE. Apple may restrict warranty service for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV to the country where Apple or its Authorized Distributors originally sold the device." <-- The warranty does not outright deny warranty coverage in other countries but there are many limitations to the effect they almost certainly will refuse to do repairs under warranty or even repairs at all except where you bought it. The phone would have to be sent to a friend in the country of purchase to handle any repair claims because Apple will not handle international shipping.
LTE Find the right iPhone for the right country or region. - http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/
New phones may also have tax added to the cost (e.g., in the USA prices do not include taxes), and you may have to pay import duty when bringing an expensive phone into your country.
Some carriers will not accept unlocked phones - https://discussions.apple.com/message/20359060#20359060 - E.g., "Virgin Mobile, like all CDMA carriers, will only activate devices on their network that were initially sold for use on their network." and https://discussions.apple.com/message/33206605#message33206605 "The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus sold unlocked and for use on AT&T and T-Mobile is not physically compatible with the Verizon and Sprint networks."
I reside in South Africa and a friend wants to purchase an iPhone from Apple Store in the United States for me.
