unlocked iPhone in Dubai Stores!

[senthil03]

A store like 'Virgin' selling stuff illegally..That's quite risky for a brand like 'Virgin'..I think it must be some smart manager here trying to make a quick sale to achieve his targets..I wonder what Richard Branson has to say about this..

[Magnus]

A store like 'Virgin' selling stuff illegally..That's quite risky for a brand like 'Virgin'..I think it must be some smart manager here trying to make a quick sale to achieve his targets..I wonder what Richard Branson has to say about this..

I'm not sure we know whether it's illegal or not, or do we?

[alimudara]

and still there are ppl out there who TELL?? how silly.... does it matter? does it change your life in any way?? so what? someone outsmarted you and is trying to make a quick buck... yes its overpriced... and yes i would so do it if i had the chance..

[Magnus]

and still there are ppl out there who TELL?? how silly.... does it matter? does it change your life in any way?? so what? someone outsmarted you and is trying to make a quick buck... yes its overpriced... and yes i would so do it if i had the chance..

Sorry, you mean that it's silly that someone would tell on Virgin selling gray market, unlocked phones?

[alimudara]

yep exactly! grey blue green... does it really matter? love apple and their products but hate the way they do business... i have no problem ordering an iphone and unlocking it.
they get paid dont they? AT&T dont loose out cos im not in their market! So wats the problem??????

[venky83]

So wats the problem??????

1. No Warranty for a product for which you will pay a huge premium
2. No Support (I know there is lack of support for Apple products but still a legitimate products has more chance of gettin support)
3. No way to be sure you phone "WILL" work at all times or it will be iBricked
4. It is illegal as per Apple though it is debatable

[Magnus]

There is a good argument to be made for not buying gray market, and that is that the local Apple representation does not get anything out of you buying that Apple product. It seems to me that if you want Arabic support on Apple products, Arabized manuals etc. then you would buy locally from authorized dealers. Yes I know that Apple products here are expensive, but perhaps part of the reason for that is that the cost of localization has to be carried by someone. If Apple Inc or Apple Europe is not doing the localization job where should the cost then be recovered from? If everyone bought gray market, there would be no localization, I suspect.

We're not talking about AT&T here, we're talking about Apple.

Seems to me that if we complain about not enough local support, not enough local marketing, not enough localization, etc. then buying gray market, or from outside the region, we're being somewhat counter productive...

[SaudiMac]

There is a good argument to be made for not buying gray market, and that is that the local Apple representation does not get anything out of you buying that Apple product. It seems to me that if you want Arabic support on Apple products, Arabized manuals etc. then you would buy locally from authorized dealers. Yes I know that Apple products here are expensive, but perhaps part of the reason for that is that the cost of localization has to be carried by someone. If Apple Inc or Apple Europe is not doing the localization job where should the cost then be recovered from? If everyone bought gray market, there would be no localization, I suspect.

We're not talking about AT&T here, we're talking about Apple.

Seems to me that if we complain about not enough local support, not enough local marketing, not enough localization, etc. then buying gray market, or from outside the region, we're being somewhat counter productive...

Almost everything here is grey market

[emmjay]

Hi

Virgin mega stores are selling th iphones and infact other electronic stores in dubai city center and Al musallahh tower are also selling it ...

I dont know its illegal from apple point of view but in dubai's market. its hot cake

[SaudiMac]

Hi

Virgin mega stores are selling th iphones and infact other electronic stores in dubai city center and Al musallahh tower are also selling it ...

I dont know its illegal from apple point of view but in dubai's market. its hot cake

Hmmm, hot cake ....


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