[Q/A]Planning on buying iPhone 7? Which iPhone 7 model is unlocked? ALL DOUBTS CLEARED

You have a better chance to get the iphone quicker if you buy through pickup at bestbuy Expect ur mama ji to see a long line outside best buy and yes VERIZON VARIANTS ARE THERE ON BEST BUY if u hv luck then maybe the store might be empty

Kg

Though dont need it myself

@avgn wrote:

Kg

Though dont need it myself

More to add.

Search for relatives/friends travelling from Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon as these states do not have sales tax thus helping you save around 7% in sales tax (kind of a median tax rate)

One of the worst places to get is California.

Hunt down for friends/relatives working for Apple. Each person can avail 25% off on a device for once a year and 15% off for a device in each category once a year. Point to note again, the employee portal will be updated with iPhone 7 and 7 Plus a week or so later. Last year 6S plus was updated in employee portal after 2 weeks since pre-order date.

Do note that US purchased iPhones do not have a valid warranty in India yet. Things might change once Apple officially starts direct sales in India which might happen by end of 2017.

If you are contemplating between iPhone 7 and 7 Plus then here goes.
7 Plus has better camera effects
7 Plus has better battery life
7 Plus has better screen resolution
7 Plus is larger, advantage if you like large phones.

OIS was absent in 6/6S but right now 7 as OIS just like the plus models.

Irrespective of shipment times being shown online you always have an option of reserving the phones for in-store pickup. Apple updates it’s site every day at a certain time (not sure when) with local stock status and you can reserve a device in that particular store as per availability. This feature will be available once the sale date begins.

You can place an order using your indian credit card too. Just fill in necessary details. But do keep this in mind, a forex charge of around 2% to 3% will be applicable. Instead ask your US friend/relative to pay for it and then transfer money to their Indian account as they keep sending money to India anyways. Beneficial for both.

@raghupro wrote:

More to add.

Search for relatives/friends travelling from Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon as these states do not have sales tax thus helping you save around 7% in sales tax (kind of a median tax rate)

One of the worst places to get is California.

Hunt down for friends/relatives working for Apple. Each person can avail 25% off on a device for once a year and 15% off for a device in each category once a year. Point to note again, the employee portal will be updated with iPhone 7 and 7 Plus a week or so later. Last year 6S plus was updated in employee portal after 2 weeks since pre-order date.

Do note that US purchased iPhones do not have a valid warranty in India yet. Things might change once Apple officially starts direct sales in India which might happen by end of 2017.

If you are contemplating between iPhone 7 and 7 Plus then here goes.
7 Plus has better camera effects
7 Plus has better battery life
7 Plus has better screen resolution
7 Plus is larger, advantage if you like large phones.

OIS was absent in 6/6S but right now 7 as OIS just like the plus models.

Irrespective of shipment times being shown online you always have an option of reserving the phones for in-store pickup. Apple updates it’s site every day at a certain time (not sure when) with local stock status and you can reserve a device in that particular store as per availability. This feature will be available once the sale date begins.

You can place an order using your indian credit card too. Just fill in necessary details. But do keep this in mind, a forex charge of around 2% to 3% will be applicable. Instead ask your US friend/relative to pay for it and then transfer money to their Indian account as they keep sending money to India anyways. Beneficial for both.

@BB8DealWars what’s the issue with LTE bands?

@raghupro wrote:

@BB8DealWars what’s the issue with LTE bands?

@marketdimer wrote:

@raghupro wrote:

@BB8DealWars what’s the issue with LTE bands?

LTE bands used in india and in US are different. so unlocked LTE won’t have full volte or 4g service.

Nope, they do support each and every Indian band. Up till iPhone 6 few models in US didn’t have support but from 6s onwards they support every Indian band including volte and LTE.

@raghupro wrote:

@marketdimer wrote:

@raghupro wrote:

@BB8DealWars what’s the issue with LTE bands?

LTE bands used in india and in US are different. so unlocked LTE won’t have full volte or 4g service.

Nope, they do support each and every Indian band. Up till iPhone 6 few models in US didn’t have support but from 6s onwards they support every Indian band including volte and LTE.

@raghupro wrote:

@marketdimer wrote:

@raghupro wrote:

@BB8DealWars what’s the issue with LTE bands?

LTE bands used in india and in US are different. so unlocked LTE won’t have full volte or 4g service.

Nope, they do support each and every Indian band. Up till iPhone 6 few models in US didn’t have support but from 6s onwards they support every Indian band including volte and LTE.

so all indian bands supported?

@rajrocks wrote:

@raghupro wrote:

@marketdimer wrote:

@raghupro wrote:

@BB8DealWars what’s the issue with LTE bands?

LTE bands used in india and in US are different. so unlocked LTE won’t have full volte or 4g service.

Nope, they do support each and every Indian band. Up till iPhone 6 few models in US didn’t have support but from 6s onwards they support every Indian band including volte and LTE.

so all indian bands supported?

Yup

For Verizon and Sprint models in US
FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)
TD-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)
CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1900, 2100 MHz)
UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

For AT&T and T-Mobile models in US
FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)
UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

You can get either of them as the only difference is with the CDMA bands which are of no use here in India lately. Also, till last year only the T-mobile version was sold unlocked but this year if you get it at no-contract price all the models are unlocked by default. An official unlocked phone will be sold a month or so later.

Do note that just because you are getting a T-Mobile or an AT&T or other network phone there won’t be any carrier logo or anything, you just get a unactivated sim in the phone which you can just remove and throw it away.

@raghupro wrote:

@rajrocks wrote:

@raghupro wrote:

@marketdimer wrote:

@raghupro wrote:

@BB8DealWars what’s the issue with LTE bands?

LTE bands used in india and in US are different. so unlocked LTE won’t have full volte or 4g service.

Nope, they do support each and every Indian band. Up till iPhone 6 few models in US didn’t have support but from 6s onwards they support every Indian band including volte and LTE.

so all indian bands supported?

Yup

For Verizon and Sprint models in US
FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)
TD-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)
CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1900, 2100 MHz)
UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

For AT&T and T-Mobile models in US
FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)
UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

You can get either of them as the only difference is with the CDMA bands which are of no use here in India lately.

cool but appl guys have bcom slart n they wont honor usa warranty especially in india

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Just to let you guys know regarding warranty:

Singapore, Malaysia, Hongkong phones are covered in Apple warranty here which was started from iPhone 6s. For rest of the countries, no warranty in India.