Buying Iphone 4 in Dubai and Facetime
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Buying Iphone 4 in Dubai and Facetime
Can anyone recommend buying an Iphone 4 in Dubai with Etisalat rather than buying an unblocked one abroad that has facetime. Are there any other restrictions with the Iphones in Dubai? Thanks
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If you live in Dubai then buy the phone here on a contract. A years worth of "free" minutes, sms's and data supplied with phone will work out to roughly the purchase price abroad - before you have made a call so it's a no brainer.
Facetime blocked but get the Tango app and you are sorted.
Facetime blocked but get the Tango app and you are sorted.
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Yes facetime is blocked but Skype video works fine, as well as other 'solutions' like Tango etc.
In fact it is getting so easy to get video calling on your iphone I suspect that TRA will give up trying to block facetime fairly soon.
In fact it is getting so easy to get video calling on your iphone I suspect that TRA will give up trying to block facetime fairly soon.
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Also scavenge around www.dubizzle.com for some new unlocked i4ns
You might get good deals without getting tied up with the contract bit on 050/056 and 055
You might get good deals without getting tied up with the contract bit on 050/056 and 055
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.....have been using facetime from ipod touch to ipod touch and imac to and from ipod touch all the last month through du....not blocked at all........works beautifully......have used it to make and receive calls to/from Oz/Uk/JFK and Bangkok......
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I suspect that TRA will give up trying to block facetime fairly soon.
The new Skype release for the iPhone works a treat. Quality of video calling isn't as crisp as FaceTime but having said that it does work over Wifi or 3G. FaceTime only works over WiFi at the moment (unless you've jailbroken your phone).
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In the UK, 505 pounds (16Gb) plus another 15 to have it legally unlocked via the O2 website. That takes up to 14 days!
Edited to add: Just found this info on buying SIM-free from a UK retail store Apple Retail Store - iPhone at the Apple Store
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The tax refund system only applies to goods bought in stores, not online and not all retailers operate the system. I couldn't find an Apple shop that would issue the refund forms so ended up buying my mac from John Lewis.
There is also an admin 'fee' - which makes the whole exercise only really worthwhile on deals over £1000
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I bought an iPhone4 in an Apple store in Uk, unlocked. Asked for a VAT refund receipt (done through a 3rd party in E Europe somewhere who take about 2% of total price - "Global Network" or something similar).
Then went to VAT reclaims airside at LHR (CAN be done as Crew or pax), had the receipt stamped, then got a cash refund (again, minus a charge) from another desk (Travellex?). Took a while but got 50 quid back from 500.
Hope that helps.
Then went to VAT reclaims airside at LHR (CAN be done as Crew or pax), had the receipt stamped, then got a cash refund (again, minus a charge) from another desk (Travellex?). Took a while but got 50 quid back from 500.
Hope that helps.
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You had bad luck, JetII. My MacBook, two iPhones and my iPad all came from the Apple shop in Cardiff, and the forms were all done on the spot. Dropped into the boxes at BHX on my way back here, money back on my credit card in about three weeks. Dead easy.
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