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I'm going to try to exchange my black iPhone 5 for another iPhone 5.
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I tried this to get my phone unlocked. Believe it or not, any iPhone 5 is unlockable. The genius has the ability to choose which carrier to lock it to.
Because the part number has to match the product being given to the customer and the product that it is taking back in and putting in that "refurb" box. I'd assume its more an inventory issue but still, the store shouldn't have to suffer because a customer wants a different color. Thats why there is a 30 day return policy.
Please tell me how you are getting punished because you changed your mind? You are having a problem with your phone, they will replace your phone with the same one you have had for 5 months.
"Punished"??
You bought a black one, and they'll be giving you a brand new black phone that you chose at the beginning anyway.
It'd be nice to change colour, of course, but I'd MUCH rather have an easy replacement than Apple running out of a certain colour, not having that bit in stock etc...
Think about how many more genius bar appointments and random complaints there would be (compared to what they already see!) if people knew they could get a different color whenever there is any issue with their device! THAT'S the reason they don't allow this.
and what would be the maker of your suit again? White iPhones require Zegna, Black iPhones will settle for $100 street suits.
Your sense of entitlement is pathetic. I suppose they should upgrade you to 64gb as well?
Tell them that you have a rare form of colour blindness that makes blacks appear white and whites appear black and you want what you paid for damnit!!
I've had this argument many a time on MacRumors, and some people have claimed I'm wrong (I'm yet to see any proof of this), but changing the colour of a phone at the genius bar will cause significant inventory issues, and this won't be done. It is possible to do it (they *can* do anything). It's like how they *could* just give you a MacBook if they wanted to. There's nothing stopping them. But they wont.
The *only* way to change the colour of a phone is with a retail swap, for a phone bought from an Apple store, with the original receipt within the first 30 days. That time limit will only ever be extended under VERY exceptional circumstances, and you would have still have to have bought it from an Apple store.
The *only* way to change the colour of a phone is with a retail swap, for a phone bought from an Apple store, with the original receipt within the first 30 days. That time limit will only ever be extended under VERY exceptional circumstances, and you would have still have to have bought it from an Apple store.
Yes, you're a genuine victim. Not unlike my grandfather who was a p.o.w.
I'm going to exchange my iPhone for a paperclip.
and what would be the maker of your suit again? White iPhones require Zegna, Black iPhones will settle for $100 street suits.
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Haha...love the "suit & tie" line. Why would that matter even a little bit??? I don't get ur logic. So since u dressed nicely apple will say "oh ok...Go get this guy a different color"? Ur crazy.