Iphone Not Coming To Sa

[tcc]

I read with much sadness last week that Apple management has decided not to ship iphone to SA..

Needless to say this was devastating blow to me and many iphone lovers here. what i would love to know is what was the rationale behind this decision, cos business wise it doesnt make sense as South Africa is the leading economy in Africa and Telecoms is a booming industry.

If you can share some light here and also find out for us what can we do to convince them otherwise..

[bfakhroo]

I read with much sadness last week that Apple management has decided not to ship iphone to SA..

Needless to say this was devastating blow to me and many iphone lovers here. what i would love to know is what was the rationale behind this decision, cos business wise it doesnt make sense as South Africa is the leading economy in Africa and Telecoms is a booming industry.

If you can share some light here and also find out for us what can we do to convince them otherwise..

don't bother just buy them & unlock them

[Lincoln]

I'm against unlocking, but in this case, I say go ahead and do it. The iPhone's worth it.

[OJsakila]

I'm against unlocking, but in this case, I say go ahead and do it. The iPhone's worth it.

Hey! You have 999 posts! Pretty neat... I don't know what my commment has to do with south Africa...

[Youngbinks]

Sorry to hear but I would just recommend buying and unlocking. If you really want it that badly.

[Lincoln]

Hey! You have 999 posts! Pretty neat... I don't know what my commment has to do with south Africa...

Yeah. I was a Genius a bit earlier, but now I'm Evangelist again with 996. Guess a few of my posts were deleted.

[Lincoln]

*Posting for the sake of reaching 1,000 posts.*

Ok. Genius now.

[tcc]

I'm against unlocking, but in this case, I say go ahead and do it. The iPhone's worth it.

yeah i dont like unlocking too. but i am inclined to do that..what feature will i lose if i decide to unlock the iphone?

[Youngbinks]

You won't lose any features if you do it right. Well, assuming you sign up for a data plan with whichever carrier you use. The Wifi will still be free no matter what but the only thing you have to worry about would be the EDGE (or something comparable).

[Khris]

You won't lose any features if you do it right. Well, assuming you sign up for a data plan with whichever carrier you use. The Wifi will still be free no matter what but the only thing you have to worry about would be the EDGE (or something comparable).

You will lose the Visual Voicemail feature by unlocking it and using it on another carrier.

I'm using mine with Rogers in Canada and it's my favorite phone so far. This year alone I've gone through a Moto V3i, Palm Treo 680, SE W810i, and HTC TyTN.

[meiphones_brill]

yeah i dont like unlocking too. but i am inclined to do that..what feature will i lose if i decide to unlock the iphone?

Visual Voicemail - that's about it I think

[Youngbinks]

You will lose the Visual Voicemail feature by unlocking it and using it on another carrier.

I'm using mine with Rogers in Canada and it's my favorite phone so far. This year alone I've gone through a Moto V3i, Palm Treo 680, SE W810i, and HTC TyTN.


Ah yeah completely forgot about visual voicemail, good call.