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iPhone 3Gs - Italy and Belgium - unlocked?

They cancelled my order. Damn.

It's over. INF, you are one lucky man. If only I had ordered the 32gb.
 
Well yeah...but i have a problem that is not so nice :D

The package is delivered but the ups dude delivered it to our lobby. Now i can't find the package. I think it's in the inside mail atm :D

Pffft...need to go look for it then
 
belgium iphone 3gs

i have rang a few more mobistar outlets and i get various replies from try again at the end of the week to not due for 3 weeks !

no-one seems to know when the next shipment will arrive ..

so for those plannig a trip to belgium please be aware .!! :apple:
 
daleski75 said:
Why don't all of us who are UK based ship the iphones we want to an italian address and then we all split the cost of sending them back to the uk?

We could start a thread!
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I'm Swedish and I live in there aswell, but really, If one of us has an Italian friend we could all ship our iPhones to him and we all give him like 20 pounds per iPhone or something for the service

Would be kinda awesome wouldnt it?

Maybe I should run this by my friend.
 
boymature said:
I'm Swedish and I live in there aswell, but really, If one of us has an Italian friend we could all ship our iPhones to him and we all give him like 20 pounds per iPhone or something for the service

Would be kinda awesome wouldnt it?

Maybe I should run this by my friend.
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I think that could be a good idea, I know phycoduck has a contact in Italy but he has not had much luck getting hold of them
 
daleski75 said:
I think that could be a good idea, I know phycoduck has a contact in Italy but he has not had much luck getting hold of them
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Just came to think of that no one will believe us... "HEY JUST ORDER YOU IPHONE TO THIS ADRESS AND WE'LL SHIP IT TO YOU, PROMISE!"

It's a good scheme to rip off iPhone freaks.
 
lamadude said:
Locking handsets will encourage growth, the problem is that phones aren't subsidized here AND the contracts don't seem to be any cheaper, so it's a lose-lose. I have an iPhone in Belgium but I use it on pay as you go, because the contracts are so expensive. If the networks want people to adopt 3G they need to lower the price.
I don't get it, Belgium is a small and densely populated country, which means that 90% of the population has 3G coverage, it could be huge, but the contracts are simply rediculous.

Anyway, back to the topic, yes they do sell unlocked iphone 3G S's over here, a friend of mine bought one last week.
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a) It is still against the law to lock GSM"s in Belgium
b) The law was changed in May to allow cross-subsidisation of certain ranges of devices, including GSM handsets
c) The rationale behind this law is to push further the penetration of technology to the populations
d) Previously the operators have been forbidden by Belgian law to sell any products below cost price -> hence the higher end handsets remain out of most people's acceptable price bracket
e) Low end 3G's do not encourage use - compare the experience on a standard Nokia handset with Vodafone Live versus an iPhone, right, there is no comparison, one sucks the other does its job
f) Experience on the switch from a non-subsidised to subsidised market in Finland (same as what Belgium is about to go through) showed that locking of devices is counter-productive
g) Experience on the French market is that locking drives down sales
h) The operators don't want subidisation, the handset manufacturers do
i) No operator in Belgium is ready yet to bring offers to market, what we see right now is the indirect sales (like Phone House) doing some Mickey-Mouse offers
j) People think that getting an iPhone for free and a locked-in contract for two years is a good deal, it's not, you pay far more
 
boymature said:
Just came to think of that no one will believe us... "HEY JUST ORDER YOU IPHONE TO THIS ADRESS AND WE'LL SHIP IT TO YOU, PROMISE!"

It's a good scheme to rip off iPhone freaks.
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That does require a LOT of trust and too be honest I would be happier right now to sit and wait for the shops in Brussels to get more iphones in and take a day out and get one.
 
daleski75 said:
That does require a LOT of trust and too be honest I would be happier right now to sit and wait for the shops in Brussels to get more iphones in and take a day out and get one.
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Yeah, probably a good idea for you. I need to get it shipped to me either way, so back to square one.


and inf, I'm taking your sudden silence as a sign that you've recieved you iPhone?
 
daleski75 said:
I think it might be a good 1-2 weeks before they get anymore stock in and I reckon the demand will still be pretty high.
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hey all, just got back to the office.

my order got bin'ed too.

I was trying to divert a package from a italy HQ to the UK, but the problem with itallains is they are not the quickes of cats.

We do need sombody we can trust with these packages but at the same time... do not tell them whats in the package.

back to the drawing board.
 
Just ordered!

Hi folks,

have just decided to try my luck and ordered a 32GB black iphone from the italian Apple Store to be delivered to Portugal

Daniel, l'ordine verrà spedito quando tutti gli articoli saranno disponibili, in un'unica spedizione.
Stima spedizione: 2 giorni lavorativi
Stima consegna: 03 Lug, 2009 - 06 Lug, 2009 “Stima spedizione” indica la stima del tempo che trascorrerà fra l’inoltro dell’ordine e il momento in cui sarà pronto per la spedizione. “Stima consegna” indica la stima del tempo che sarà richiesto per l’arrivo a destinazione del pacco una volta spedito.Apple seleziona i migliori corrieri per avere la certezza che il pacco sia consegnato puntualmente. Quando l’ordine verrà spedito, riceverai un e-mail di notifica della spedizione e potrai visitare la pagina Stato dell’ordine per seguirne le fasi.

Poiché gran parte delle nostre spedizioni contiene merce di valore, i corrieri richiederanno una firma al momento della consegna. Le consegne effettuate a mezzo posta non richiedono firme. Ogni stima è calcolata in termini di giorni lavorativi; resta inoltre inteso che non si effettuano spedizioni e consegne in occasione delle festività e nel weekend.



Info ordine
Identificativo dell'ordine web
Indirizzo per la spedizione Sig.********
**********
******

Italia Modalità di consegna Da determinarsi
Prodotti ordinati Quantità Prezzo elemento Totale iPhone 3GS 32GB Nero


1 Eur 582,50 Eur 582,50

Subtotale ordine:
Eur 582,50 Consegna gratuita:
Eur 0.00 IVA:
Eur 116,50

Totale:
Eur 699,00

Am keeping my fingers crossed!
 
iphonextreme said:
Hi folks,

have just decided to try my luck and ordered a 32GB black iphone from the italian Apple Store to be delivered to Portugal

Daniel, l'ordine verrà spedito quando tutti gli articoli saranno disponibili, in un'unica spedizione.
Stima spedizione: 2 giorni lavorativi
Stima consegna: 03 Lug, 2009 - 06 Lug, 2009 “Stima spedizione” indica la stima del tempo che trascorrerà fra l’inoltro dell’ordine e il momento in cui sarà pronto per la spedizione. “Stima consegna” indica la stima del tempo che sarà richiesto per l’arrivo a destinazione del pacco una volta spedito.Apple seleziona i migliori corrieri per avere la certezza che il pacco sia consegnato puntualmente. Quando l’ordine verrà spedito, riceverai un e-mail di notifica della spedizione e potrai visitare la pagina Stato dell’ordine per seguirne le fasi.

Poiché gran parte delle nostre spedizioni contiene merce di valore, i corrieri richiederanno una firma al momento della consegna. Le consegne effettuate a mezzo posta non richiedono firme. Ogni stima è calcolata in termini di giorni lavorativi; resta inoltre inteso che non si effettuano spedizioni e consegne in occasione delle festività e nel weekend.



Info ordine
Identificativo dell'ordine web
Indirizzo per la spedizione Sig.********
**********
******
Madeira, PT Funchal, Portugal 00100
Italia Modalità di consegna Da determinarsi
Prodotti ordinati Quantità Prezzo elemento Totale iPhone 3GS 32GB Nero


1 Eur 582,50 Eur 582,50

Subtotale ordine:
Eur 582,50 Consegna gratuita:
Eur 0.00 IVA:
Eur 116,50

Totale:
Eur 699,00

Am keeping my fingers crossed!
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Good luck, although I doubt it will work. I ordered just after INF and mine got cancelled. I had a postcode that did pass as an Italian one as well.
 
Lycanthrope said:
b) The law was changed in May to allow cross-subsidisation of certain ranges of devices, including GSM handsets
c) The rationale behind this law is to push further the penetration of technology to the populations
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In fact, the Belgian law on trade practices hasn't changed yet, but the European Court of Justice said that the Belgian ban of product-tying violates European law. So, strictly product-tying isn't allowed in Belgium for now, but in a couple of months the Belgian law on trade practices will be adapted to follow the European judgment.

About the iPhone 3GS in Belgium:
- No stock, neither at Mobistar centers nor at Apple Premium Resellers

Seems the "old" iPhone 3G 8GB is still available in some Mobistar centers.
 
daleski75 said:
I think it might be a good 1-2 weeks before they get anymore stock in and I reckon the demand will still be pretty high.
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yes i have been ringing around a couple of the stockists said that they would ring me if any supply showed up

i have also got a few of my belgian friends asking around too
;)
 
daleski75 said:
I think with doing this king of thing there is always an element of risk so if you don't mind potentially losing money then its worth giving it a shot.

Nothing ventured nothing gained!
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Just remember, if you paid by credit card then you are protected and you should never lose any money. The whole Chargeback process is really weighted in favour of the consumer.
 
iphonextreme said:
Hi folks,

have just decided to try my luck and ordered a 32GB black iphone from the italian Apple Store to be delivered to Portugal

Am keeping my fingers crossed!
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A guy from Holland confirmed this technique to be working:
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http://bit.ly/nMPu2
 
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