# Iphone Purchase
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-purchase/705546
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 25, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-purchase/705546 "2014-11-25T00:49:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@Jiggyjake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jiggyjake)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-purchase/705546/1 "2014-11-25T00:49:38Z")
I live in Canada, if I drive 20min across the boarder I can buy and unlocked iphone 5s from the apple store for $70 cheaper than I can here in Canada. Problem is they know this so they won’t honor the 1 year warranty on the phone because it’s american. I’m trying to think of a way around this, any thoughts?
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### Author:  [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-purchase/705546/2 "2014-11-25T01:34:52Z")
You’re gonna piss off the boarder.
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-purchase/705546/3 "2014-11-25T01:38:49Z")
**Moderating**
**Jiggyjake** , we’re not here to help violate warranty agreements. This is closed.
Colibri
General Questions Moderator
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-purchase/705546/4 "2014-11-25T01:38:34Z")
**Moderating**
**Jiggyjake** , we’re not here to help violate warranty agreements. This is closed.
Colibri
General Questions Moderator
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### Author:  [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-purchase/705546/5 "2014-11-25T20:12:27Z")
**Moderator Action**
After some discussion, we have decided to re-open this thread.
Please note that responses involving warranty fraud (or any other illegal act) are not permitted here.
Thread re-opened.
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### Author:  [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-purchase/705546/6 "2014-11-25T20:15:15Z")
Why follow the herd - Buy an Android phone in Canada.
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### Author:  [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-purchase/705546/7 "2014-11-25T20:17:10Z")
For $70, don’t worry about the warranty. Buy a new phone if this one tanks.
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### Author:  [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-purchase/705546/8 "2014-11-25T20:45:00Z")
Even if the warranty isn’t valid in Canada, it should still be valid in the US, right? If you need warranty service, just drive that 20 minutes again.
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-purchase/705546/9 "2014-11-25T20:47:37Z")
> [@Procrustus](#):
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> For $70, don’t worry about the warranty. Buy a new phone if this one tanks.
The phone doesn’t cost $70; that’s the savings from purchasing it in the US rather than Canada.
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-purchase/705546/10 "2014-11-25T20:59:24Z")
I’m not understanding what the problem is. Why should using the phone in Canada void the warranty?
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### Author:  [@DataX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataX)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-purchase/705546/11 "2014-11-25T21:10:58Z")
I read through it real quick, but I don’t see anything (again it was a quick scan) that would prohibit you from doing this if you came back to the US:
> **[Legal - iOS Warranty Document Us - Apple](https://www.apple.com/legal/warranty/products/ios-warranty-document-us.html)**
Is the intent of the OP to get it serviced in Canada?
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### Author:  [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-purchase/705546/12 "2014-11-26T20:18:47Z")
Nm
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### Author:  [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-purchase/705546/13 "2014-11-26T20:21:10Z")
Are you sure the warranty isn’t honored, I mean honoured, in Canada? Going the other way, I received warranty repairs on my Canadian-purchased Mac Book Pro at one of the Apple Stores in NYC.