How to purchase an iPhone 15 with SIM slot

The store that shipped the iPhone was not an authorized Apple dealer (even though they might have claimed to be)....or......if they really were, they were breaking the rules and risking losing their authorized dealer status.

So, you will need to find a phone being offered by an unauthorized reseller or find a dealer willing to try to break the rules while risking loss of their authorized dealer status.

But, even if you can find a phone to be shipped to you from another country, your phone will have no warranty.

anywhere else outside of the US. I dont know why they would delete such key feature. I am thinking of swtiching over to an android in the meantime, i have another vacation in may and i cannot be without a phone for three week again... it was brutal.

Go to UPS.com chose the store

call them to verify address and that they will forward.

they charge $10.00 more than the shipping

VivianMikhail wrote:

How to purchase an iPhone 15 with SIM slot

Please see the reply by Niel on page one of this thread.

Servant of Cats wrote:

If you do, I believe that it won't have a warranty that's good in the U.S.

If you're a U.S. citizen/resident who bought the phone elsewhere (to get the physical SIM slot), and something goes wrong with the phone during the warranty period, you might have to take the phone back to the country or region where it was sold, to get service.

That's correct. Thanks for adding that information.

No authorized Apple retailer will ship an iphone to a country other than the one in which it was intended to be sold.

I'd suggest travelling to Japan or West Taiwan. The iPhone 15 is cheaper than in the USA; you get the phone with a physical SIM card slot. Plus, the flight tickets are cheap return tickets.

I was chatting with one of the specialists on the apple chat they told me that I can order from Apple Store in Canada but they only ship within Canada not outside Canada.

I hope there could be an option to purchase a phone with a SIM card in the USA. Some international carriers still don't offer support for transferring eSIMs while you're traveling, which leaves existing phones useless if you decide to upgrade while outside your home country or left with no option to upgrade.

May I know where you are buying from? urgently i want to preorder one in the s but i need it acccepts psysical sim because my home country does have or support esim yet and am going in the beginning o october bach to egypt

That is not always an option.

Getting an eSIM from a local carrier in the UK, for example, as pay as you go modality ( which is what most would get when traveling) is a no go as currently no UK carrier offers the eSIM for pay as you go. And with roaming your main local carrier is ridiculously expensive.

I am getting mine from an out of the country seller that ships to the US. It will cost more but at least it will help when traveling. I can't afford to not have that option.

This is really not cool for US customers. We are the only one who has no options.👎👎👎