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I bought iPhone 4 and 5 from Saudi Arabia. Currently, I reside in India. My friends told me that, there are FaceTime and non-FaceTime iPhones, and i have bought the latter ones. So, is there any way to make FaceTime available in these phones?

I bought iPhone 4 and 5 from Saudi Arabia. Currently, I reside in India. My friends told me that, there are FaceTime and non-FaceTime iPhones, and i have bought the latter ones. So, is there any way to make FaceTime available in these phones?

iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Nov 27, 2013 8:35 AM

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Posted on Nov 27, 2013 8:36 AM

No unfortunately not.

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Nov 27, 2013 8:42 AM in response to joshingeorgey2k

Certain Countries in the Middle East including Saudi Arabia and the UAE prohibit the usage of facetime. As such and to comply with government regulations in those countries, Apple removes Facetime from all devices sold there.


Since Facetime is part of the iOS software there is no external way to install it on those or any phone for that matter.


The only choice is to use a different service such as Skype for video calls. Skype can be downloaded from the App store.

I bought iPhone 4 and 5 from Saudi Arabia. Currently, I reside in India. My friends told me that, there are FaceTime and non-FaceTime iPhones, and i have bought the latter ones. So, is there any way to make FaceTime available in these phones?

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