buying an iPhone

CyberDave · 11-01-2009 9:24pm #1

I am thinking of buying an iPhone off a guy in eBay. I have asked him to send me on additional photos so I can have a closer look. This is one of the photos: http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=d5df573c75&view=att&th=11ec647615e613de&attid=0.1&disp=inline&zw

I have noticed that the icons look different to most of the generic screenhsots of the iPhone screen on the net and some of them have different tag names. For example, the SMS icon has 'Write Text' written underneath instead of 'Text'. Do people think this is a genuine iPhone all the other photos look fine. This is the one doubt I have.

ps. I am taking the risk of buying on eBay, so no advice on this please. Thanks.

Random · 11-01-2009 9:27pm

Your link doesn't work, probably because it links directly into your gmail account.

Download the photo to your hard drive and then attach it to your post or else upload it to www.wthax.org and link to it here.

Do keep in mind though that he could be sending you photos he got off the internet himself and having photos proves nothing.

fbradyirl · 11-01-2009 9:28pm

Can't see that photo. It sounds like a fake though

PCPhoto · 11-01-2009 9:28pm

the link doesnt work .... its a link to your e-mail account (an attachment there i guess)

my advice - dont buy unless you are 100% happy its a genuine advert and use paypal so you are covered.

I've bought off ebay a couple of times - been stung twice.

CyberDave · 11-01-2009 9:36pm

Random · 11-01-2009 9:38pm

Looks different to the official ones

http://images.apple.com/home/2008/images/apple_iphone3g_20080701.jpg

The gap above the button at the bottom is bigger ?

Have you asked him specifically if it's an Apple iPhone?

godskitchen · 11-01-2009 9:39pm

Thats the fakest thing I have ever seen...........

Just out of interest, how much is he looking for?

Villain · 11-01-2009 9:39pm

Thats a fake Chinese one, don't buy it

CyberDave · 11-01-2009 9:42pm

godskitchen wrote: »

Thats the fakest thing I have ever seen...........

Just out of interest, how much is he looking for?

£359 Sterling. I knew it was too good to be true. Glad I have acted on my suspicions. Now I'm off to make him admit, it's a fake.

godskitchen · 11-01-2009 9:44pm

CyberDave wrote: »

£359 Sterling. I knew it was too good to be true. Glad I have acted on my suspicions. Now I'm off to make him admit, it's a fake.

They are only £40 more to buy from the UK (16Gb)........or £360 for the 8Gb......why even look at ebay?

CyberDave · 11-01-2009 9:45pm

godskitchen wrote: »

They are only £40 more to buy from the UK (16Gb)........or £360 for the 8Gb......why even look at ebay?

I'm looking for a Sim Free version.

godskitchen · 11-01-2009 9:47pm

CyberDave wrote: »

I'm looking for a Sim Free version.

With yellowsn0w they are all "sim free"

CyberDave · 11-01-2009 9:48pm

miju · 11-01-2009 9:51pm

defo a fake one. looks nothing like the ones on my iphone anyways

ironictoaster · 11-01-2009 9:51pm

It's defo a fake. Look how fat it is, it's looks like my 2g one.

CyberDave · 11-01-2009 9:53pm

godskitchen wrote: »

With yellowsn0w they are all "sim free"

If you unlock an iPhone with Yellowsn0w, is it possible to update the software? Where in the UK would you recommend buying from?

godskitchen · 11-01-2009 9:56pm

CyberDave wrote: »

If you unlock an iPhone with Yellowsn0w, is it possible to update the software?

Impossible to say right now, worst case, you have to wait a week for the dev team to crack it. Most updates from now on wont really be offering much, the latest 2.2 did not really bring to the show.

Any O2 or Carphonewarehouse to get one, if something did go wrong all you have to do is bring it back to the store and it will be sorted, no messing about with some ebay seller................and yes you can wipe the hand set and apple will never know it was yellownn0w'd.

CyberDave · 11-01-2009 10:00pm

godskitchen wrote: »

Impossible to say right now, worst case, you have to wait a week for the dev team to crack it. Most updates from now on wont really be offering much, the latest 2.2 did not really bring to the show.

Any O2 or Carphonewarehouse to get one, if something did go wrong all you have to do is bring it back to the store and it will be sorted, no messing about with some ebay seller................and yes you can wipe the hand set and apple will never know it was yellownn0w'd.

I thought if you buy of either of these stores, that you have to buy into a contract? I am currently on Vodafone 'Pay as You Go" and would prefer to stay with Vodafone.

CyberDave · 11-01-2009 10:18pm

The seller insists that it's not a fake. :rolleyes:

Random · 11-01-2009 10:19pm

The iPhone in this photo

http://omg.wthax.org/_1_1.jpg

appears different to

http://omg.wthax.org/_2.jpg

Maybe it's just me ??

godskitchen · 11-01-2009 10:23pm

CyberDave wrote: »

I thought if you buy of either of these stores, that you have to buy into a contract? I am currently on Vodafone 'Pay as You Go" and would prefer to stay with Vodafone.

No its on pay as you go. go to 02.co.uk

miju · 11-01-2009 10:26pm

no your right random. the earpieces are completely different sizes. one has a small slit while the other has a large square hole with a "grille"

bk · 12-01-2009 12:34am

godskitchen wrote: »

Impossible to say right now, worst case, you have to wait a week for the dev team to crack it. Most updates from now on wont really be offering much, the latest 2.2 did not really bring to the show.

I wouldn't say that. The update that includes notifications will be a major update.

Also the UI on the new Palm Pre looks excellent, a big improvement over the iPhone, Apple will likely need to radically improve their UI to compete.

drunkmonkey · 12-01-2009 12:53am

CyberDave wrote: »

If you unlock an iPhone with Yellowsn0w, is it possible to update the software? Where in the UK would you recommend buying from?

Can you not unlock it with
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=2538

02 (northern ireland) would be the best place then unlock it yourself...

CyberDave · 12-01-2009 10:47am

Has anybody bought an iPhone off the O2 UK website? How do you get around the postcode problem?

cojomo2 · 12-01-2009 11:56am

the iphone in the first photo you showed is 100% fake, the gap between the home button and the screen is too big..

however, if u ask me, the second photos you showed us shows a genuine iphone 3g... thats not to say he will send u a genuine one tho..

CyberDave · 12-01-2009 12:05pm

cojomo2 wrote: »

the iphone in the first photo you showed is 100% fake, the gap between the home button and the screen is too big..

however, if u ask me, the second photos you showed us shows a genuine iphone 3g... thats not to say he will send u a genuine one tho..

I had suspicions about that seller alright, but was glad to get the confirmation from you guys. I have decided not to buy off this seller and am looking into buying off the O2 UK website, at least this way I can be sure. However, when purchasing, I get as far as the postcode, I don't have a valid code so it stops me going any further. I have tried entering IRL but it is rejected.

godskitchen · 12-01-2009 1:11pm

bk wrote: »

I wouldn't say that. The update that includes notifications will be a major update.

Also the UI on the new Palm Pre looks excellent, a big improvement over the iPhone, Apple will likely need to radically improve their UI to compete.

If you think Apple will alter the iphone UI in this generation of phone you are crazy! They dont need to, and to be honest if they did, the customers would be up in arms! The a ravage iphone user is not all that tech savvy, it has a much wider audience than just geeks. As a result any change made will be small.

I think you also need to remember what company we are talking about here, why they would add features to a phone that is the best selling phone in the USA and soon to be UK, for free, through an update, when they can make COPY/PATE and PUSH the big selling points of the next iphone.

I can see it now "and we have aded COPY/Paste to this new iphone" the crowd go wild like its the second coming!

Tom Dunne · 12-01-2009 1:30pm

CyberDave wrote: »

I had suspicions about that seller alright, but was glad to get the confirmation from you guys. I have decided not to buy off this seller and am looking into buying off the O2 UK website, at least this way I can be sure. However, when purchasing, I get as far as the postcode, I don't have a valid code so it stops me going any further. I have tried entering IRL but it is rejected.

You cannot buy off the O2 UK website with an Irish address, they will not deliver to this country.

Go up North and buy one.

CyberDave · 12-01-2009 1:41pm

Tom Dunne wrote: »

You cannot buy off the O2 UK website with an Irish address, they will not deliver to this country.

Go up North and buy one.

How about the Carphone Warehouse UK website or the Apple UK Store? Jesus, they really have it all tied up.

Tom Dunne · 12-01-2009 1:51pm

CyberDave wrote: »

How about the Carphone Warehouse UK website or the Apple UK Store? Jesus, they really have it all tied up.

Nope. Well, I haven't tried the Apple UK store, but I have tried the Carphone Warehouse website for iPhone accessories and they won't deliver to Ireland.

It's all to do with Apple's licensing. Sure if they allowed cross-border purchases, I think we all would be buying off the UK site and ignoring O2 Ireland.

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