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Buying unofficial iPhones (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by No_Comfortable_9689@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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Hi there! Please help.

So I'm in a small country in Caucasus (Georgia) and we do have authorized resellers here, but I noticed that even they sell some iPhones with a 100$ discount relative to official price set by Apple for Georgia ($1780 for pro max 256). Which means those cheaper phones are imported "unofficially", because a store can't sell Apple goods for cheaper price. Ever.

What happens if I buy that iPhone? I would've bought the officially imported one, but they don't have it in white color (in another store).

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[–] Sa-SaKeBeltalowda@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Depending what region those “unofficial” are coming from. You could have problems if you need warranty repairs, or the phone may not support LTE/5G bands that are used in Georgia.

[–] 44sakrifica@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I personally live in a small country too(Albania) and there's plenty of shops here who advertise themselves as "Apple Authorized". I don't trust them for shit though and would recommend the same to you but I can't say for sure because I don't know how it works over there.