Will an iPhone be cheaper to buy in America? (I live in UK)?
I really want the iPhone 5C. It's £469 here in the UK but I'm going to New York on 27th October, about 8 weeks time. Will it work out cheaper to buy it in America for something like $560? I'm not great with this sort of thing, but the pound and the dollar aren't the same so if I bought it Sim free, would it work out cheaper for me to buy it over there? And are you even allowed to do this?
I wouldn't buy on contract obviously as it then wouldn't work over here. But I know that all iPhones' internals are the same throughout the whole world so I'd be getting the same iPhone over there as what I would if I bought here in the UK. Just cheaper, right?
Added (1). Am I allowed to do this? Or is it breaking any laws? Obviously I don't want to do that, but you buy loads of things from America that you could get here in the UK. Why not with smartphones?
One word of caution; if they catch you bringing it in they will charge you 20% VAT on it.
For sure, if you buy it on EBay from the USA the customs here won't release it till you pay the tax, but if you are carrying it you may get away with it.
Whether Apple here would get involved if you had a problem with it, I can't really say.
If you have any issues with the phone you will have to ship it back to the US for repair/replacement. Check to see the operating systems are the same and you will need an adapter to charge it as the electric outlets are different.
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