Buying an iPhone in South Africa, going back to United States

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Buying an iPhone in South Africa, going back to United States

I am currently studying in Cape Town and my iPhone 6 plus was stolen. I am going to be here for three more weeks before I go back to the States. I am considering buying an iPhone from the iStore here in Cape Town. Aside from the cost, what are the disadvantages of buying an iPhone here that I will use in America? My service provider at home is Verizon but I have been using a prepaid Vodacom SIM card here in South Africa.

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 8.4

Posted on Jul 3, 2015 1:29 AM

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Ingo2711

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Jul 3, 2015 5:05 AM in response to berttvk

Be biggest disadvantage could be, that, in case your phone needs to be serviced, Apple USA will not accept the device, because the warranty for an iPhone is only valid in the country of purchase. Sending the phone back to the country of purchase is not an option in that case.

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Rudegar

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Jul 3, 2015 8:12 AM in response to berttvk

apart from the warranty and cost then south africa may not use the same frequencies for LTE (4g) as usa so it would not work on 4g only 3g

and if it was sim locked you would have to get it unlocked before it could be used in usa and only the carrier it was locked to could unlock it

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