I want to buy iphone, one shop is selling iphone at a price 11% more than other, what can be the difference in both?how may i know

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I want to buy iphone, one shop is selling iphone at a price 11% more than other, what can be the difference in both?how may i know

Hello everyone,

I live in Middle East. I am interested in buying an iphone 5s. Recently I found two shops of cellphones which are selling iphone 5s, both of whom are claiming to be the phone having facetime in it.

One of the shop is selling the iphone 5s, 16 gb at a price 11% lower than the other one. Ofcourse that attracted me and I was almost going to buy that but then I thought of first confirming by asking here on the official forum, that what could be the actual difference between such a price difference? Is there anything like the shop with the one selling the phone would be lying about the facetime? If no, then how can I confirm myself whether they are telling the truth? Else than this, what things am I supposed to confirm while getting iphone 5s?

iPhone 5s

Posted on Mar 30, 2014 12:08 AM

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Protonic

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Mar 30, 2014 12:18 AM in response to taimur_3

Check the condition of each phone for damage.

You can also check if it not a counterfeit. If it looks original.

Check if they are giving the charger cable and headphones.

One might be second hand, the expensive one might be brand new.

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taimur_3 Author

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Mar 30, 2014 2:57 AM in response to Protonic

Both cellphones are brand new & (sealed) pin packed.

Can you please tell me what model number,firmware version etc should I be carefully looking at while considering in buying the cellphone?

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wjosten

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Mar 30, 2014 3:04 AM in response to taimur_3

Your best protection is to only purchase from an "authorized" reseller. If purchasing from anyone else, other than an authorized reseller, you take your chances that the product you get is represented accurately.

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taimur_3 Author

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Mar 30, 2014 12:51 PM in response to wjosten

I was rather looking for some technical answer like checking the firmware version, software version, wifi address and many other things like this which I do not know.

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wjosten

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Mar 30, 2014 2:05 PM in response to taimur_3

You really think a reseller will let you boot up the phone, then activate it to get that info?

Look, you buy from an un-authorized source, you take your chances.

Good luck.

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Mar 30, 2014 2:14 PM in response to taimur_3

taimur_3 wrote:

Both cellphones are brand new & (sealed) pin packed.

Can you please tell me what model number,firmware version etc should I be carefully looking at while considering in buying the cellphone?

How do you know they are brand new? It's really easy to put a used phone in a box and re-shrink wrap it. The only thing you can check without opening the box is the serial number. If you enter that here you can see if the phone has been previously activated: https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do

Even if it is new, if it has FaceTime it is gray market, meaning it was made for use in another country. And it may be locked to a carrier in that country. If you call Apple with the serial number they can tell you. For model numbers see: http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/

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frazzm737

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Mar 30, 2014 2:42 PM in response to taimur_3

You mention Facetime--if you are in certain mideastern countries, Facetime is prohibited and will not be on any phone purchased in those countries.

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taimur_3 Author

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Mar 30, 2014 10:30 PM in response to wjosten

Okay Mr. Wjosten, Thank you 🙂

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taimur_3 Author

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Mar 30, 2014 10:34 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Yes Mr. Finch, I agree with you about the point that we dont have any surety whether the pin packed cellphones are brand new or just been re-sealed.

The following points were really good, enabling me to have some information while buying the phone:

If you enter that here you can see if the phone has been previously activated: https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do

Even if it is new, if it has FaceTime it is gray market, meaning it was made for use in another country. And it may be locked to a carrier in that country. If you call Apple with the serial number they can tell you. For model numbers see: http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/

Thank you so much 🙂

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taimur_3 Author

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Mar 30, 2014 10:35 PM in response to frazzm737

Okay Mr. frazzm737,

Thank you 🙂 thats v nice of you to let me know about it 🙂

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