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Factory Unlocked Hong Kong Iphone

  • 27-02-2010 1:47pm
    #1
    JayC5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 333 ✭✭


    Hey,

    Found this guy on ebay selling factory unlocked HK iphones new (link below) - prices seem fairly ok and the feedback he got is promising. Is there anything I should consider before buying one i.e. warranty, functions etc - would I have to set the language to english or does that occur at initial startup of the phone? Is there any differences in a Hong Kong phone compared to UK/Ireland? Thanks in advance folks :)

    http://shop.ebay.ie/su2lwmkt/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340


Comments

  • #2
    cojomo2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,220 ✭✭✭cojomo2


    JayC5 wrote: »
    Hey,

    Found this guy on ebay selling factory unlocked HK iphones new (link below) - prices seem fairly ok and the feedback he got is promising. Is there anything I should consider before buying one i.e. warranty, functions etc - would I have to set the language to english or does that occur at initial startup of the phone? Is there any differences in a Hong Kong phone compared to UK/Ireland? Thanks in advance folks :)

    http://shop.ebay.ie/su2lwmkt/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340

    This item is located in hong kong, so you can probably expect a fairly high shipping charge and to be hit by customs for vat and duty...u won't have to change setup to English , your Irish iTunes account will take care of this.No other negative differences, will work with any carrier just fine, although you may have to enter the Internet / mms settings yourself the first time.


  • #3
    JayC5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 333 ✭✭JayC5


    cojomo2 wrote: »
    This item is located in hong kong, so you can probably expect a fairly high shipping charge and to be hit by customs for vat and duty...u won't have to change setup to English , your Irish iTunes account will take care of this.No other negative differences, will work with any carrier just fine, although you may have to enter the Internet / mms settings yourself the first time.

    Delivery rate is GBP 30.00 - how can I figure out how much the VAT and duty could be by the way?

    Cheers for your response


  • #4
    Mimikyu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,991 ✭✭✭✭Mimikyu


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  • #5
    Leiva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Leiva


    Got my factory unlocked 3gs sent from Oz marked as "a gift" , Mr Customs missed it ;)


  • #6
    nulabert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 465 ✭✭nulabert


    The warranty is only good in Hk. if It goes belly up, apple will pick it up from an address in HK and return it to that address. I bought on in Italy last year and spoke to apple about it. I figured I'd find someone thru a friend to sort me out in Italy if it needed repair. The apple care product is no good either, it will still need a HK address.

    The iPhone is only covered by warranty in the country it's bought whereas the Ipod range is a worldwide warranty


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