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nelwa
Expert Member
it's still more expensive than a laptop...
nelwa
Expert Member
Yes, but it can't do everything a laptop can... all I'm saying is that it's too expensive for a phone, no matter how fancy it is, it's still mainly a phone...
How is putting a turbosim into your imported phone considered "hacking"? If your phone is still under warranty you can send it back to the country of purchase, otherwise you can have it fixed here at a fee. I would have expected slightly more informed reporting from MBB rather than this scaremongering.
If "WARRANTY" means Vodacom will fix it during a 2 year period, then I am all for importing grey iPhones.
Twice Vodacom had to fix phones for me - it took 3 weeks for the one and 1 month for the other.
The one came back with 3G not working anymore and the other was so filthy and full of of scrathes, I hardly recognized my phone - I didn't had the stomach to send it back.
I will use the money saved on a grey phone, to pay a 3rd party to fix it if it ever gets to that
Twice Vodacom had to fix phones for me - it took 3 weeks for the one and 1 month for the other.
The one came back with 3G not working anymore and the other was so filthy and full of of scrathes, I hardly recognized my phone - I didn't had the stomach to send it back.
I will use the money saved on a grey phone, to pay a 3rd party to fix it if it ever gets to that
fxit_man
Executive Member
theJonster
Well-Known Member
Couldn't agree more. Had this problem with Vodacom. Had this problem with nashua (stay away at all costs, worse than home affairs). Phone comes back in worse condition, and they said the damage was not under warranty. It was a samsung slider that the screen stopped working - how is this not under warranty
. So got charged anyways.francoislr
Expert Member
Same with me. But I threw my toys out of the cot so bad on Hello Peter. I TOLD them they are fetching my phone from my offices, and they will replace it with one that was in the condition I sent it. 1 hour later the driver pitched, the next day I got an acceptable replacement. Only problem was, the weasel was still on my phone. Gosh, how I hate the weasel!
It is definitely true. You can buy it and then use it on MTN, Cell C or even an international network...
Turiko
Banned
+10 good post.
xerxesv5
Active Member
I understand the policy is that Vodacom will *replace* with a new/refurb, not repair an iPhone within a year of purchase if it dies. This is just for iPhones, and probably subject to the usual no-water-damage/no-abuse clauses. I'm sure it also depends on whether you can convince a Vodacom employee that this is in fact their documented policy.
vodacom3g
Vodacom Representative
Unfortunately also 100% wrong.
Best to read up on the iPhone warranty in the relevant threads.
Rendier
Expert Member
Love how this reporter takes my offer in the classifieds and try and warn people... I am the seller of this R5700 iPhone 3G they speak of. Clearly the reporter couldn't take 5 minutes to browse the web and find that the iPhone is still under Apple warranty regardless of where it is in the world.
I hate people that don't research before posting crap like this.
I have had 3 DOA's since I started importing them a year ago and everytime I sent it back and within 2 weeks had a shiny new one in my hands, thanks to Apple USA.
However when I sent my Samsung to be fixed by Vodacom (under warranty), I had to wait 6 weeks and pay in R400. UNDER WARRANTY!!!!
So please explain to me how it could be possible for me to send a DOA to the states, get it back in two weeks, yet it's impossible for Vodacom to fix my Samsung in that time?
People are scared of the unknown... and in this case, sending your iPhone back to Apple in the States is the unknown... if people just knew how easy it was and how much better it was than the poor service Vodacom is giving.
And another thing this reporter failed to mention is that if your Vodacom iPhone has a problem then they don't give you a new one, like APPLE USA does... they send it in for repairs and you get a refurbished one.
THAT IS FACT.
"Although a few hundred Rand can be saved on hacked imported models, the subsequent hassles with firmware updates and the like may not be worth the saving."
There are no hassles you tool. And they aren't "Hacked"....
So to the reporter of this article:
Do your homework first before you spew your ignorance on this website. And next time you want to make the product I sell seem inferior to Vodacom's... then please don't forget to add facts... otherwise you look like a moron... which is exactly what you look like now.
I hate people that don't research before posting crap like this.
I have had 3 DOA's since I started importing them a year ago and everytime I sent it back and within 2 weeks had a shiny new one in my hands, thanks to Apple USA.
However when I sent my Samsung to be fixed by Vodacom (under warranty), I had to wait 6 weeks and pay in R400. UNDER WARRANTY!!!!
So please explain to me how it could be possible for me to send a DOA to the states, get it back in two weeks, yet it's impossible for Vodacom to fix my Samsung in that time?
People are scared of the unknown... and in this case, sending your iPhone back to Apple in the States is the unknown... if people just knew how easy it was and how much better it was than the poor service Vodacom is giving.
And another thing this reporter failed to mention is that if your Vodacom iPhone has a problem then they don't give you a new one, like APPLE USA does... they send it in for repairs and you get a refurbished one.
THAT IS FACT.
"Although a few hundred Rand can be saved on hacked imported models, the subsequent hassles with firmware updates and the like may not be worth the saving."
There are no hassles you tool. And they aren't "Hacked"....
So to the reporter of this article:
Do your homework first before you spew your ignorance on this website. And next time you want to make the product I sell seem inferior to Vodacom's... then please don't forget to add facts... otherwise you look like a moron... which is exactly what you look like now.
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FRTY
Active Member
Are you selling these privately or on a website?
I'm interested, but if yours are from the USA then how come they don't need to be hacked. As far as I know only a few countries don't lock them.
[Who wrote the article??]
Do you have a link to the warrantee page from Apple. I know the Mac books have a global warrantee.
Rendier
Expert Member
Putting a Turbosim in your iPhone isn't hacking... when you start fiddling with the software then hacking comes into play. You can simply visit apple.com to view their iPhone warranties.
FRTY
Active Member
Depends what a turbosim is if you dont mind telling us.