iPhone in SA a reality
Posted by Rich...! under Uncategorized on August 28 2007 at 7:51 PMWell perhaps us South Africans may not need to wait that long after all for our iFoon, if the claims by iphonesimfree are to be believed and engadget seems to think that they are (via).
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That fucking rocks, I’m ordering mine today, I played with it at length when I was in the states, and yes, it is that good…!
August 28th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
Exactmall, the SA site, is selling the iPhone (locked) for R8,999.
August 28th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
Whoops…I didn’t realise that your link went to the Exactmall site as well. The only problem, as I see it, is Apple’s notorious refusal to support goods bought on the grey market…so if anything goes wrong with the iPhone, you’d be pretty much stuck…then again, nothing ever goes wrong with Apple products, right?
August 28th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Hahaha, no, I updated the post with your link, sorry should have thanked you in the post.
Apple has no official support in SA gray, or otherwise, so you’re essentially in the same boat. Luckily one of the contry’s top Apple techs works for me, so I’ll take the risk.
As for Apple’s not breaking, lets just say that their marketing is a lot better than their product…!
August 29th, 2007 at 8:48 am
Observer, not sure what it’s like in SA, but what the fuck is a grey market product? One that hasn’t had the official “we will fuck you with the import duty tax” applied?
I have Apple products purchased all over the world and never had any issue with them being fixed/swapped out etc, unless SA operates some new policy.
Typed on a mac book pro purchased in toyko on a mac keyboard purchased in Bangkok and a 30″ screen purchased in nyc.
August 29th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Apple in SA views any product not purchased through their authorised resellers as “grey”, and they will therefore not support it.
Even when the product isn’t “grey”, their support is still appalling – I’ve got an 80gb iPod that’s been at their workshop,waiting to be fixed or swapped out, for three weeks now.
They refused to even look at another not-working iPod that I bought in London.
The problem goes all the way back to the 80s, when Apple pulled out of SA because of sanctions. There was a long gap when they weren’t officially represented in SA at all, and they seem to be still battling to catch up and do business the normal way.
August 29th, 2007 at 10:59 am
Ok that sucks, heavily!!
As one of the beta testers for Leopard and a Pro user, that is so unlike Apple anywhere else in the world.
Wow, and people happily accept this bollocks about “grey” imports. I mean it’s not the first time i’ve heard the term
August 29th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
After we have discussed the pro and cons of the iphone, I would like to point out the fact that its going to cost R9000, thats just ridiculous. The Prada phone is just as nice and cost half the price and is in the country via Samsung.
August 29th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Price schmice!
When you can blow 9k on a phone, you think you would use a samsung?
:0)
A toyota also has an engine, you wouldn’t catch me buying one tho
August 29th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Haha Daniel, |I’m with you in principle…
…except I drive a Lexus (toyota).
August 29th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
True, but does it have a silly badge?
Aston Martin was/is/could be again Ford, but do you think that counted?
August 30th, 2007 at 9:22 am
Wait till next year and you could have
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/29/nokias-iphone-no-seriously/
I think
March 28th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
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