Bought replacement iPhone.. ring Apple or warranty will be invalidated

Basq

Bought an iPhone 3GS from someone on Adverts who lost (or was stolen.. unsure) his previous 3GS, and claimed a replacement on insurance. But he bought a phone in the meantime and sold this on.

All seems fine with it.. it activated without a problem and have been able to make calls etc.

But it does have a sticker on the box stating:

"IMPORTANT:
Please contact Apple Customer Care IMMEDIATELY on 1850 88 20 48 to register your new iphone. Otherwise your warranty will be invalidated"

Any idea why I've to do this.. and will there be a problem here, or will it simply be a case of registering the IMEI with them?

Tallon

Just call them and ask without giving any details

Basq

Suppose I could.. but I'd rather know in advance if they'll have a problem with it.

They might trace the call and send out "the man":

ironclaw

What type of box is it in? When you plug the phone into iTunes it calls home anyway, so I can't see why you'd need to ring them.

Basq

ironclaw wrote: »

What type of box is it in? When you plug the phone into iTunes it calls home anyway, so I can't see why you'd need to ring them.

It was just a plain black box.. it contained just a replacement iPhone, no manuals, cables etc (AFAIK).

Like I said, the phone activated without a problem but was just wondering why I needed to phone them or the warranty would be invalidated.

Will give them a shout later.

Basq

Rang them earlier.. no hassle.

It was simply to register the warranty as being associated with my name / e-mail address.