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Good places to buy an iPhone 5c

  • 09-11-2014 02:52PM
    #1
    Karlrocks23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭


    Hi guys,

    With Christmas coming up I've begun scouting out somewhere to buy a green iPhone 5c for the girlfriend. At this point in time I'm going to be buying directly from the online apple store for €399.

    I've looked elsewhere, like ebay and amazon etc. but everywhere seems pretty dear compared to buying from Apple directly. My main requirements are that the device is completely new, unlocked and with a full apple warranty. The memory of the device isn't important, 8GB is perfectly fine.

    Any advice our guidance would be great!
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  • #2
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,453 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    Just buy from apple. it's the only place where you get peace of mind from as well. No shop on eBay/Amazon can give you that. You're buying a premium phone, sit back, relax and enjoy the experience. Buying from eBay, Amazon etc is more stressful in my opinion (what happens if eBay shop is bogus, take ages to ship, or generally just fool you around?).

    Be wary though, 8GB may not be perfectly fine, the phone does have an 8GB chip on it, but when you account for the OS and system apps it's 4.9GB before you even put third party apps or install iOS 8 (if it's not there already) which requires 4GB alone during the install process (you get most of this back but still)...


  • #3
    Karlrocks23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭Karlrocks23


    Creamy Goodness wrote: »
    Just buy from apple. it's the only place where you get peace of mind from as well. No shop on eBay/Amazon can give you that. You're buying a premium phone, sit back, relax and enjoy the experience. Buying from eBay, Amazon etc is more stressful in my opinion (what happens if eBay shop is bogus, take ages to ship, or generally just fool you around?).

    Be wary though, 8GB may not be perfectly fine, the phone does have an 8GB chip on it, but when you account for the OS and system apps it's 4.9GB before you even put third party apps or install iOS 8 (if it's not there already) which requires 4GB alone during the install process (you get most of this back but still)...

    Thank you. Seems like solid advice. I would prefer to just pack full whack instead of cutting corners and getting screwed over for like 40 euro off or whatever! :)


  • #4
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,453 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    Karlrocks23 wrote: »
    Thank you. Seems like solid advice. I would prefer to just pack full whack instead of cutting corners and getting screwed over for like 40 euro off or whatever! :)
    preaching to the choir here. the amount of effort some people go to just to save a couple of quid is unreal. my health and my time is worth more than the time and stress caused by trying to save a couple of quid.


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