How to purchase an iPhone 15 with SIM slot

How can I order the new iPhone 15 model with a SIM card slot in the U.S ?


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Posted on Sep 12, 2023 10:34 PM

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Jan 5, 2024 8:00 PM in response to Bandit_1200

If you buy a sealed iphone that has never been opened or activated, it doesn’t matter from where, if the iphone is still in production it should for sure be covered under warranty


Wrong.


Call an authorized service shop where you live in the U.S., or anywhere in the U.S. for that matter and explain to them that you purchased a new phone in London, but it needs service. Ask whether the warranty will be good in the U.S.



Feb 2, 2024 5:56 PM in response to vmt2025

vmt2025 wrote:

They can ask Apple to track you by FaceID or TouchID regardless which iPhone you use...also they can ask google for your Gmail audit trail if you are not using iOS. Also from your voice from Google or Amazon/Alexa if you are using it...I think Samsung uses eye retina scan as well. There are enough trails from different vendors to track you...

Who is “they”? And no, “they” - whoever they are - can’t ask Apple to track you in any way, shape or form, because Apple has no idea where you are. And certainly not by the biometric identification whose only purpose is to unlock the screen, and which exists only on the phone, and nowhere else in the world. And no, Google and Amazon cannot track you by voice either.


Your phone, regardless of manufacturer, is not something to be concerned about. Here are the real tracking risks:


  • Your carrier knows the location of your phone all the time, even if you turn off location services, because it can triangulate from the towers that receive your phone’s periodic “I’m here” ping. They are required by law to do this to support E911. They upload this information to databases where your location and whereabouts are known to law enforcement and any business that cares to know where you are.
  • License plate scanners are ubiquitous, in police vehicles and repo trucks. And also along limited access highways, toll roads, bridges and tunnels. And every time your plate is scanned it goes into a location database.
  • Electronic toll tags are obviously used every time you use a toll facility, but transponders are located everywhere along highways for traffic control. Have you see signs that display how long it will take to get to an upcoming milepost? Where do you think they get that information?
  • Do you use public Wi-Fi, your cable provider’s hotspots or the “free” convenient Wi-Fi networks in malls and stores? Did you think that your location wasn’t tracked by those?
  • See those cameras in stores, malls and other public places? Have you heard about facial recognition?
  • Did you ever post your picture in Shutterfly?
  • Do you have a Transit Pass account?
  • Do you use an urban bicycle rental like New York’s CitiBike? Have you noticed that your usage history shows the location and time you picked up the bike and likewise when you dropped it off?
  • Do you use credit cards in stores? Did you know that the location where you use a card is recorded in a worldwide central database, ostensibly to detect card fraud through what’s called a “velocity check” (AKA as the “superman test”)?
  • Have you heard of iBeacon? It’s a feature that tracks and reports the location of any device that has Bluetooth enabled on a device.
  • What about Find My iPhone, which always knows where your phone is? And its feature added in iOS 12 that uses the Bluetooth signals from other phones to anonymously crowdsource the location of a missing phone, even when the phone is powered off?


Apple is about the only business in the world that does NOT track you.

Jan 5, 2024 6:43 PM in response to Bob Timmons

I was thinking, If you buy a sealed iphone that has never been opened or activated, it doesn’t matter from where, if the iphone is still in production it should for sure be covered under warranty Plus you can add applecare to a new device. Ive added applecare to new activations of iphone 11pro maxs and the phone is what 5 years old…. Once apple stops providing ios updates to a generation of iPhones I believe they stop servicing them through applecare, but until then you can stay on applecare.

https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/add-applecare-to-iphone-after-purchase/



Jan 5, 2024 7:50 PM in response to Bandit_1200

Bandit_1200 wrote:

I was thinking, If you buy a sealed iphone that has never been opened or activated, it doesn’t matter from where, if the iphone is still in production it should for sure be covered under warranty Plus you can add applecare to a new device. Ive added applecare to new activations of iphone 11pro maxs and the phone is what 5 years old…. Once apple stops providing ios updates to a generation of iPhones I believe they stop servicing them through applecare, but until then you can stay on applecare.
https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/add-applecare-to-iphone-after-purchase/


It DOES matter from where the phone was purchased. iPhone is made regionally and iPhone Warranty is limited to the country of purchase. You cannot buy an iPhone for example in Canada and then add AppleCare+ to it in the US. You'd have to buy the AppleCare+ plan in Canada, but then the AppleCare+ plan would ONLY apply to Canada, so you'd have to travel back to Canada for warranty or AppleCare+ support. Whether it is still factory sealed or ever activated makes absolutely NO difference.

Feb 2, 2024 4:17 PM in response to vmt2025

vmt2025 wrote:

They can ask Apple to track you by FaceID or TouchID regardless which iPhone you use.

FaceID and TouchID are not tracking technologies. They only lock or unlock your phone and apps that support it.


Also from your voice from Google or Amazon/Alexa if you are using it.

While Google and Amazon may have a wealth of information on you, they can't track you by your voice. Worry about the real things.


Sep 18, 2023 7:59 AM in response to Niel

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.

How to purchase an iPhone 15 with SIM slot

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