# Interface-wise are the iPhones for the US, Great Britain, Ireland, AU, CA & NZ all the the same?

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**Created:** [January 1, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interface-wise-are-the-iphones-for-the-us-great-britain-ireland-au-ca-nz-all-the-the-same/607998 "2012-01-01T00:33:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interface-wise-are-the-iphones-for-the-us-great-britain-ireland-au-ca-nz-all-the-the-same/607998/1 "2012-01-01T00:33:39Z")

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I’m talking about just the user interface, not internal hardware with respect to how the phones interface with the cell tower. Are the US iPhones exactly the same as the phones sold in rest of the English speaking world interface-wise?

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**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interface-wise-are-the-iphones-for-the-us-great-britain-ireland-au-ca-nz-all-the-the-same/607998/2 "2012-01-01T00:48:31Z")

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yes, apart from Commonwealth spelling differences.