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thomas93
Joined: Sep 28, 2007
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otherwise I guess its the usual story of buying from a country like Italy or Belgium that sell them sim free, or waiting for a unlock solution to become available
Sounds "Factory Unlocked" to me.
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Mr Miyagi
Joined: Mar 28, 2005
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Problem with that is the Apple Warranty is only limited to that country you buy it in. So handset goes faulty inside UK and you are from UK. However handset purchased in Belgium = to get handset fixed under warranty you have to travel all the way to Belgium??
On 2009-06-14 23:07:42, thomas93 wrote:
otherwise I guess its the usual story of buying from a country like Italy or Belgium that sell them sim free, or waiting for a unlock solution to become available
Sounds "Factory Unlocked" to me.
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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First, Apple do sell factory unlocked iphones in countries that do not allow Sim locking
second, agree that iphone warranty is only for the country of purchase
however, third, you don't have to travel at all. you merely have to post the iphone back to the country service centre in the country of purchase for warranty issues. we have at least one member here who has done exacty that (to Italy), with success
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samab
Joined: Nov 12, 2007
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On 2009-06-14 23:20:19, masseur wrote:
First, Apple do sell factory unlocked iphones in countries that do not allow Sim locking.
One country --- Singapore --- doesn't allow simlocking. Belgium's law was stricken down.
Other countries where factory unlocked iphones are sold --- they are doing so for business reasons, nothing to do with simlocking laws.
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masseur
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I follow all this very closely and I agree that Belgium recently had a ruling against the ban of bundling contracts with phones after many years (at least 10 that I can recall without research) of such practices, but as far I as I am aware this is still undergoing appeals and is not yet law
I'll be in Belgium next w/e (Antwerp and Bruges) and plan to visit a couple of my regular phone suppliers to suss out what the latest story is on all this
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spine6
Joined: Aug 07, 2005
Posts: 453
From: asia
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From all the iphones, this is the 1st iphone that makes me say wow... I want this damn phone!!!
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samab
Joined: Nov 12, 2007
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On 2009-06-15 01:25:09, masseur wrote:
I follow all this very closely and I agree that Belgium recently had a ruling against the ban of bundling contracts with phones after many years (at least 10 that I can recall without research) of such practices, but as far I as I am aware this is still undergoing appeals and is not yet law
I'll be in Belgium next w/e (Antwerp and Bruges) and plan to visit a couple of my regular phone suppliers to suss out what the latest story is on all this
The law was struck down by the European Court of Justice and there won't be any appeals by the Belgium government because the Belgium government agreed with the ECJ.
There isn't a change in the Belgium laws on the books yet --- because the Belgium coalition government has been a total mess (there were real fears that the country might split into 2 separate countries along linguistic lines). Most likely thing that will happen is that the belgium carrier with the exclusive contract will sell the new iphone simlocked with a contract with a subsidized price and the government isn't going to bother with them. |
SloopJohnB
Joined: Oct 28, 2004
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iPhone 3G S in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?[....]Ebr%2F&feature=player_embedded |
apolloa
Joined: Jul 27, 2005
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From: Dorset, UK
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Ok, I'm almost sold on this. I am nearly a reverted iPhone hater LOL. I use my phone for Sat Nav and Tom Tom have wetted my appetite for this phone, a 16GB in white on O2 PAYG.
Now, being new to this I need some advice, first, is it noticeably big in the pocket? Is O2's customer service any good? I have been with Orange for years with no trouble what so ever so will be a bit nervous about changing.
What's the battery like on the current model if you just use it as a normal phone making a couple of calls?
What are the games on it like and are they free?
Another requirement of mine is a half decent camera, it is annoying there is no flash, but is the new camera any good at all? And speaking of Tom Tom, do you have to use the docking cradle to use it, or will the built in GPS work?
Really can't believe I want one, but so far I've wanted an HTC Magic, SE Satio, Palm Pre. There is a LOT of choice this year but the iPhone offers me what I want, I'm just concerned about its size a bit and how good the camera will be, also how I can adjust to the touch screen.
My current phone is the good ol G900 and I find its camera disappointing so would have high hopes.
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whentheleveebreaks
Joined: Jun 15, 2004
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http://www.macrumors.com/2009[....]tos-uploaded-from-iphone-3g-s/
Example of video capture, not too bad
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apolloa
Joined: Jul 27, 2005
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From: Dorset, UK
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Anyone able to help me?
On 2009-06-17 02:28:17, apolloa wrote:
Ok, I'm almost sold on this. I am nearly a reverted iPhone hater LOL. I use my phone for Sat Nav and Tom Tom have wetted my appetite for this phone, a 16GB in white on O2 PAYG.
Now, being new to this I need some advice, first, is it noticeably big in the pocket? Is O2's customer service any good? I have been with Orange for years with no trouble what so ever so will be a bit nervous about changing.
What's the battery like on the current model if you just use it as a normal phone making a couple of calls?
What are the games on it like and are they free?
Another requirement of mine is a half decent camera, it is annoying there is no flash, but is the new camera any good at all? And speaking of Tom Tom, do you have to use the docking cradle to use it, or will the built in GPS work?
Really can't believe I want one, but so far I've wanted an HTC Magic, SE Satio, Palm Pre. There is a LOT of choice this year but the iPhone offers me what I want, I'm just concerned about its size a bit and how good the camera will be, also how I can adjust to the touch screen.
My current phone is the good ol G900 and I find its camera disappointing so would have high hopes.
[ This Message was edited by: apolloa on 2009-06-17 01:31 ]
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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assuming that really is taken by the 3G S, its not too bad taking into account the usual youtube compression.
Keen to see an original iphone 3G S video...mind you I wasn't too dissapointed with the video offering on the jailbroken 3G... just a bit put off by the £20 purchase price for the full version, so if they've done anything close to that, or better in the 3G S I'll be happy for my limited video usage
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masseur
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From: Sydney, London
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anyone getting mildly excited about getting the 3G S tomorrow?
I plan to head to an O2 store for their opening at 09:02 (so they told me), or if I'm up early I might venture to the Apple Store at 08:00.
if the queues are silly though, I'll go back later, but I don't really see that it will be like that this time (?)
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anonymuser
Joined: Dec 17, 2002
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I can't see the excitement and the queuing being quite so marked as last time, which is no reflection on the 3G S, it's just that so many people are locked into contract with the 3G with no affordable means of upgrading - and less real hardware incentive than last time too. The 3G S, and more particularly the OS 3 software, is gunning for all the people that have found reasons not to buy an iPhone yet, and by definition they're more of a shy, retiring, and dwindling bunch...
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mrmilo69
Joined: Oct 03, 2006
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I hope they release their upgrade tariffs soon, although they'll probably be the same as newl ones, maybe 100 more texts |
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