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jk111

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Had quite the frustrating experience this past week. Ordered a brand new iPhone 17 from the Apple online store (Klarna leased). Went through the setup process and found the serial number had been enrolled by a company. Apple support was pretty much worthless and did not understand what the problem was. Ended up having to exchange the device, which Apple support said I could not do in store as it was bought online. Store was helpful thankfully and exchanged it immediately.

I have to assume this is a very rare situation?

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Pretty rare, yeah.

The trouble is that MDM is handled by a completely different division so no one in Consumer support knows what to do with it. The best solution is what you did - exchange.
 
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