Buying iPhone from presale for October pickup

I want to buy the new iPhone, I’m not from the us but a friend of mine will be visiting first days of October. My main issue is that the date where the phone will be available is the 19. If I buy right now will she be able to pick it up until October? Is there a deadline?

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Original Title: Buying from presale

Posted on Sep 12, 2025 11:58 AM

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Posted on Sep 12, 2025 12:04 PM

If you don't live in the US and you won't use the phone in the US, DON'T buy the phone from the US. It will have NO warranty outside the US, Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands (us Territories). If you need the phone fixed, you will need to hop on a plane and come back to the US for service. And this is a user to user only forum. We can't tell you if Apple will hold the phone to some date in October. This is just a bad idea. Buy the phone where you live.

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Sep 12, 2025 12:04 PM in response to tadepal

If you don't live in the US and you won't use the phone in the US, DON'T buy the phone from the US. It will have NO warranty outside the US, Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands (us Territories). If you need the phone fixed, you will need to hop on a plane and come back to the US for service. And this is a user to user only forum. We can't tell you if Apple will hold the phone to some date in October. This is just a bad idea. Buy the phone where you live.

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