If you buy an iPhone 5 from America would it work in England?
I've been wanting to have an iPhone but the latest one is quite expensive in UK so I was thinking on buy it from America because its much more cheaper. I have family in america n used to live there myself. When you buy a package online at apple for i phone 5 you have to be with a network.
Is it possible to get an iPhone and stop the network and ship it to UK?
Please all the PROS Help ME!
Probably not. Systems are different, as well as the power to recharge the battery.
A) it will be locked to the US network that sells it
(and they will not be unlocking it)
b) it is not cheaper in the US, all the prices you are seeing are
- with an expensive 24 month contract
(and you can get it for 59 pounds in UK like that)
- without sales tax… Att 10-15%
- without UK import duty and VAT (add duty - probably 5% and 20% VAT on top of that)
So ad about 30% to the price
Oh, and you will need a US Social Security ID to prove you are a resident, and even then pass a US credit check (which if you have no credit history in the US… )
Think it out also,
you still have to pay for a contract in the UK,
so UK contract + iPhone in UK will be cheaper than buying separately.
and one more thing, US is a long way back to take for your 90 days warrenty.
Oh, remember that last year they announced the 4S,
and then there were massive shipping delays - its already happening again
so any order in the US will probably have a long shipping delay too.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/...elays.html
All the UK contracts compared
http://www.techdigest.tv/2012/09/iphone_5_uk_net.html
Nope. In USA its cheap because they come as upgrade for Sprint and all. They might charge you tax even. In Amazon its around 645 but its unlocked version where you can use it with any network. Hope this helps.
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