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iPad EU News (Abandon all hope, ye who enter here..) ("Are you nuts?!" - Steve)

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cyberheater said:
This one here:-

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-iPad-Wi-Fi-16GB_W0QQitemZ160421355140QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Tablets?hash=item2559db9e84#ht_500wt_1175

I'm still tempted... :rolleyes:
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I want one from the UK though. If I import from America, 100% I'll be liable to pay VAT at £70. So really, that'd be £475, plus the probable £20-30 it would cost to post. I'm looking to get a 32gb within the UK for about £480 shipped, which won't be too difficult if I keep looking. :D
 
Guys, I am tempted to go down the ebay route as well as prices are being more and more reasonable. However, I would warn against it as you have no recourse to proper technical support at present if the unit you receive has a dead pixel, poor Wifi reception, uneven lighting etc. This will not be the case when Apple UK formally starts selling the iPad, as you can easily go in-store and exchange the unit the day after you receive it. Right now, you would have to sit tight until the start of official sales in the UK...
 
TheBigApple2006 said:
Guys, I am tempted to go down the ebay route as well as prices are being more and more reasonable. However, I would warn against it as you have no recourse to proper technical support at present if the unit you receive has a dead pixel, poor Wifi reception, uneven lighting etc. This will not be the case when Apple UK formally starts selling the iPad, as you can easily go in-store and exchange the unit the day after you receive it. Right now, you would have to sit tight until the start of official sales in the UK...
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You will not have warranty at all if you buy it from the US unless you're willing to ship it there and back for service. This is outlined in the iPad warranty anyway, so it doesn't matter whether or not it's available in the UK.
 
-Ryan- said:
You will not have warranty at all if you buy it from the US unless you're willing to ship it there and back for service. This is outlined in the iPad warranty anyway, so it doesn't matter whether or not it's available in the UK.
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Where have you seen that?

All other portable products made by Apple (with the exception of the iPhone with it's network restrictions) have a world wide warranty.
 
-Ryan- said:
You will not have warranty at all if you buy it from the US unless you're willing to ship it there and back for service. This is outlined in the iPad warranty anyway, so it doesn't matter whether or not it's available in the UK.
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It's this that has stopped me from importing one. When I get one from the UK online store and I'm not happy with it I can send it straight back for a replacement no fuss, no questions asked. If I got a US one with a dead pixel (or three) or any other fault I'd be extremely upset.
 
-Ryan- said:
You will not have warranty at all if you buy it from the US unless you're willing to ship it there and back for service. This is outlined in the iPad warranty anyway, so it doesn't matter whether or not it's available in the UK.
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Hold on, so you're saying even when it's out officially, there will be no servicing in the UK? That can't be right, usually Apple swap units out right at the Genius Bar for you.
 
OllyW said:
Where have you seen that?

All other portable products made by Apple (with the exception of the iPhone with it's network restrictions) have a world wide warranty.
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0dev said:
Hold on, so you're saying even when it's out officially, there will be no servicing in the UK? That can't be right, usually Apple swap units out right at the Genius Bar for you.
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Quoting directly from the North America iPad Warranty;

Apple may restrict service to the country where Apple or its Authorized Distributors originally sold the hardware product.
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Which they have done, as it has been overheard in one of the videos in the Apple store. (I can't be bothered to find the post, but it's a few pages back from launch day.)
 
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http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49305407,00.htm

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iPad UK release date: We hear it's 26 April

By Nick Hide on 07 April 2010, 10:14am

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Here's another date to add to the Apple iPad UK launch rumour mill: 26 April. CNET UK has learned that a major publisher's app team is readying its iPad app for release on that date to coincide with the much-hyped tablet's launch.

Previous rumours suggested Apple Store staff had been told not to take the day off on Saturday 24. We also considered the day before, Friday 23 April, as all versions of the iPhone have launched over here on a Friday. Tuesday has been Apple's traditional launch day for most other products -- signalled with trademark contrariness by the Apple Web site going offline for a hype-inducing couple of hours. 26 April, the day the iPad will arrive, according to our source, is a Monday. Book your day off now.

We contacted Apple for comment, but the company remained tight-lipped on both release dates and prices. They don't half love a bit of cloak and dagger over there at Apple HQ -- not only will they not tell us when the iPad is coming, they won't even tell us when they're going to tell us when the iPad is coming.

It's no surprise newspapers and magazines are scrambling to launch apps, given the iPad's big-screen reading experience. The Wall Street Journal and New York Times had apps available for the US launch, as did Marvel Comics. Planned UK-based apps include the Guardian's photo-based app, and subscription-supported portals from the Spectator and the Financial Times.

The BBC is also sidestepping controversy over its iPhone apps by offering a news app for the iPad in the US iTunes App Store. It remains to be seen whether the app will be available to Brits upon UK launch on 26 April.

In the meantime, you can read our full review of the US iPad, and all the launch hoopla at iPad Central.
 
-Ryan- said:
Quoting directly from the North America iPad Warranty;



Which they have done, as it has been overheard in one of the videos in the Apple store. (I can't be bothered to find the post, but it's a few pages back from launch day.)
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Ohhh, I thought you were saying that would be the case with iPads bought officially in the UK.

I think if you have a problem with an imported one, it's a crap shoot really, depends on what the Genius you get feels like doing.
 
-Ryan- said:
Quoting directly from the North America iPad Warranty;



Which they have done, as it has been overheard in one of the videos in the Apple store. (I can't be bothered to find the post, but it's a few pages back from launch day.)
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thanks for this, i will simply sit it out at this point, the wait is really a nuisance but I want to spend my 500 pounds (I am getting a 32GB model) knowing that I can lean upon the AppleCare right here if necessary....
 
0dev said:
I think if you have a problem with an imported one, it's a crap shoot really, depends on what the Genius you get feels like doing.
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Exactly - I'm not gonna take the chance, and end up having to argue the toss with someone. It's way too much hassle. only a couple of weeks to wait...
 
Warranty

Think about it, in two months time your iPad breaks and it wasn't your fault. You go into an Apple Store, which is more convincing?

a) I bought it off ebay to get it two weeks earlier

b) I bought it from this same store and it is still covered in AppleCare
 
The warranty is global. The only exception apple give in those terms is that a country not in apples domain may need to post the faulty item for service. Since the UK is in the 'Apple Domain' service is not an issue. I know as I have a US 15" Macbook Pro that has been serviced in the UK, the US plug for the magsafe has also been serviced by apple and replaced with a straight UK plug instead. Any issues with Apple over service.... simply state that the UK is a region covered by Apple.
 
All Taken said:
The warranty is global. The only exception apple give in those terms is that a country not in apples domain may need to post the faulty item for service. Since the UK is in the 'Apple Domain' service is not an issue. I know as I have a US 15" Macbook Pro that has been serviced in the UK, the US plug for the magsafe has also been serviced by apple and replaced with a straight UK plug instead. Any issues with Apple over service.... simply state that the UK is a region covered by Apple.
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well said :)
 
So staff at the stores have been told not to take the 24th off?

Do we know this as fact?

Anybody have any friends who work at an apple store?

Invite them to a day out to Alton Towers on the 24th and see what they say....
 
All Taken said:
The warranty is global. The only exception apple give in those terms is that a country not in apples domain may need to post the faulty item for service. Since the UK is in the 'Apple Domain' service is not an issue. I know as I have a US 15" Macbook Pro that has been serviced in the UK, the US plug for the magsafe has also been serviced by apple and replaced with a straight UK plug instead. Any issues with Apple over service.... simply state that the UK is a region covered by Apple.
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This does not necessarily mean that the iPad will be servicable in the UK. The iPhone can only be serviced in the country it is purchased in; even factory unlocked ones. I've had dozens of Apple products serviced internationally (I buy most of my stuff when in the US), and they have never rejected me except for my iPhone when it stopped charging. I had to post it to the US. In the video I mentioned, the Apple guy specifically said that the iPad would not have an international warranty.

Edit: from 2:05 in the following video: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apples-ipad-its-here/
 
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