Importing an Iphone

Hello everyone,

I am traveling to the USA from the Uk in april. By then the Iphone 5 should be out and bug free lol so I have been considering buying one out there

the iphone 4s is around $649 sim free however if you paid UK prices your looking $800-900 so obviously a huge saving.

How easy is it to buy a sim free phone out there?

and what issues would I have taking it home and sticking a standard micro sim from a vodafone contract in there.. (i currently have an iphone 4)

I am fully aware that any contracted fone etc out there are locked to a network however sim free i am under the impression are like ours which is free for any sim to be insterted?

thanks in advance for any help

all the best

Mumbles

moosquared said:

Yep. Like the poster above said. Just go into any apple store and tell them that you want a factory unlocked phone. You will pay the full retail price for it.

As long as it's factory unlocked, you shouldn't have any trouble using it in the UK. Any micro-sim will do.

I should mention that if anything goes wrong, the warranty is only valid in the US. Happened to my boss. He bought his phone in London and apple stores in Hong Kong & Singapore won't repair his phone unless he pay a certain amount. They said it's only valid at at the country where you purchased the item. Although sometimes you get a nice (or perhaps clueless) genius, s/he will just happily accept your phone for repair.

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lol thanks everyone for the help.

I like the word clueless here as apple "genius'" are helping to downgrade the word. more like apple "specials"

but yes I am looking for a factory unlocked. thanks for the tip on the iphone 4s 8gb however I will only be looking for a 5

also thanks for the heads up about the warranty. That said I think having phone insurance via my bank will cover me as they will cover the phone for loss theft or damage etc.. worst comes to worse smash the thing lol