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Iphone 6 from USA will it work here?

  • 17-11-2014 10:09am
    #1
    royalflush2003
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 189 ✭✭


    Will I be able use a iphone 6 bought in USA ? Also do you get tax back at airport ..cheers


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  • #2
    shanec1928
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,203 ✭✭✭shanec1928


    royalflush2003 wrote: »
    Will I be able use a iphone 6 bought in USA ? Also do you get tax back at airport ..cheers
    use the search function this gets asked a million times on here. the answer is yes it will work btw..


  • #3
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,354 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    royalflush2003 wrote: »
    Will I be able use a iphone 6 bought in USA ? Also do you get tax back at airport ..cheers

    It will work. Make sure you buy the sim free one.
    No tax back as its above the maximum tax back limits.
    No warranty in Ireland either.


  • #4
    Pudsey123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭Pudsey123


    I bought recently in NYC Apple store. It was unlocked to the Verizon network and when i came home i popped my 48months sim card in and it worked 100%. Delighted with it and it cost me €560.

    There is very limited stock in the shops and by 11am- there were none left so I would advise getting there early.


  • #5
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    You sure it was a Verizon version? I thought the used the 'other' network and the only one that worked here was AT&T?

    The Americans dont do tax back like we do for them.


  • #6
    Pudsey123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭Pudsey123


    I can confirm it was 100% verizon as I specifically asked him for an unlocked TMobile one as I thought that was the only one that worked here. The manager in the shop ( married to an Irish girl) came over to me and promised me that the verizon would work here as I was very concerned about it potentially not working here.


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  • #7
    jay93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,323 ✭✭✭jay93


    The Verizon iPhones will work no problem they are all unlocked and are compatible with GSM networks .

    If the phone was a Sprint iPhone it may not work here but the Verizon one 100% would.


  • #8
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    kceire wrote: »
    It will work. Make sure you buy the sim free one.
    No tax back as its above the maximum tax back limits.
    No warranty in Ireland either.

    Why do you say no warranty? Had no issues before with a U.S. Apple TV.


  • #9
    Doodah7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,799 ✭✭✭Doodah7


    Nonoperational wrote: »
    Why do you say no warranty? Had no issues before with a U.S. Apple TV.

    Do a search on this issue. It has been discussed to death previously. In a nutshell it is to do with the differing GSM/LTE bands that are used between US and EU.

    Apple TV is bog-standard wherever you go so has a worldwide warranty.


  • #10
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,354 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Nonoperational wrote: »
    Why do you say no warranty? Had no issues before with a U.S. Apple TV.

    This is about the iPhone. No worldwide warranty on iPhones.


  • #11
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    But do they actively enforce that?


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  • #12
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭guil


    Nonoperational wrote: »
    But do they actively enforce that?

    Seems to depend on who you talk to in Apple. Some users here have been refused service and some others have got replacements.


  • #13
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,354 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Nonoperational wrote: »
    But do they actively enforce that?

    I had to bring my UK bought phone back to Belfast to be replaced. There are no authorised Apple iPhone centres in the Republic.


  • #14
    ratzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭ratzy


    So guys i just purchased an iphone 6 on T mobile here in the states i tried putting my meteor sim in it and it says no sim...sim required...can anyone help? should i bring it back?


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