How do I know if my iPhone is original? I bought iPhone 15 from Doha, Qatar but everyone is telling me that it could not be real because there’s no Apple Store in Doha. However, store had license and claimed to be genuine seller.
Please guide me if the iPhones in Doha Qatar are original or not??
Instead of trying to be oversmart without one bit of research you should’ve searched first!! There is no original apple store in Qatar till date. Those who are selling are either associated with oredoo or Vodafone and in those outlets only!! Plus the warranty they are providing is valid for Qatar only. Although they claim to be licensed sellers it seems sus.
Instead of trying to be oversmart without one bit of research you should’ve searched first!! There is no original apple store in Qatar till date. Those who are selling are either associated with oredoo or Vodafone and in those outlets only!! Plus the warranty they are providing is valid for Qatar only. Although they claim to be licensed sellers it seems sus.
If according to you, the only outfits selling iPhones in Qatar are "sus" (suspicious), then it falls on you to research them more closely before spending any money there. Your post contained no information as to the identity of the sellers you were asking about, and even your new post seems to contain little information that would help anyone help you.
You might find David McKinlay's post in the following thread to be useful.
Where can I see a list of authorized Appl… - Apple Community
Who knows, if you had taken your own advice and "searched first", you might have found it 10 days ago!
As for an iPhone's warranty being valid only in the country where it was sold – and meant to be sold – that is normal for iPhones.
I can't read the Arabic on this page (which, although I could be mistaken, appears to be the one for Qatar)
Legal - iOS Warranty EMEA Arabic - Apple (found within Legal - Hardware Warranties - Apple)
But Google Translate renders part of the page as
"IMPORTANT RESTRICTIONS FOR IPHONE, IPAD, APPLE TV, HOMEPOD, AND APPLE PRO VISION SERVICE
Apple may restrict warranty service for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, HomePod, and Apple Vision Pro to the country in which Apple or its authorized resellers originally sold the device."
which is consistent with what I've read in these forums about iPhone warranties.
Re: “Please guide me if the iPhones in Doha Qatar are original or not??”
That’s like asking “Please guide me if the iPhones in New York City are original or not??” as a way of finding out if a particular phone came from a legitimate source. When the answer might be that the ones sold by the Apple Store and Best Buy are legitimate … but that the ones sold off the back of a truck in some dark alley are counterfeit or stolen.
Doha iPhone original or fake?
