Available in Romania in the offers of various online stores, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPad Air si iPad Mini with Retina Display they have slightly better prices in Apple Storethe European ones, and if we make a comparison with the USA or even Hong Kong, then the difference is very big. Because many of you have the opportunity to purchase your new Apple terminals from outside Romania, especially from the USA or even from Asia, and because I have received many questions over time, I thought of writing this article and to give you answers for all the dilemmas, even if they might convince you that purchasing from outside Romania or Europe could turn out to be a not so good decision.
I'll start by telling you that the warranty of iPhone terminals is continental, so one iPhone 5S or iPhone 5C purchased from outside Europe it will not benefit from the guarantee in Romania unless you manage to convince the people from Apple to make an exception in your case. With a phone call to Apple and a lot of pleading, you could convince them to allow you to benefit from the warranty for the terminal at a authorized Apple service in Romania, but the chances are small, so you will only have to assume the purchase from outside the European continent. The same rule was applied in the past in the case of iPad tablets, so you have the same assumption of responsibility in the case of a purchase made for them.
Good, you are not interested in the warranty for the product, now let's talk about the compatibility with the telephone networks in Romania. In the case of Apple iPhones, it has a special page which lists the frequencies LTE 4G supported by the baseband chips of its iPhones, and that's it in the case iPhone 5S, as well as in the case iPhone 5C there is GSM 3G support for Romania. Regarding compatibility with 4G LTE networks, all models are listed as being compatible with the 1800 MHz frequency used by Romanian operators, but only the A1457 of iPhone 5S si A1507 of iPhone 5C are listed by Apple as being compatible with our country, although some local retailers have also marketed terminals sold in Hong Kong and there were no problems. In the future, mobile operators intend to migrate their networks to 2600 MHz frequencies, and the terminals sold outside Europe are not compatible with them.
If iPad Air si iPad Mini with Retina Display you have the page here in which the compatibilities with the networks are listed LTE 4G, and both tablets are compatible with the telephone networks in our country. Apple sells only two models iPad Air(A1475) and iPad Mini with Retina Display(A1490), both having listed compatibility with the 4G LTE networks of Orange Romania and Vodafone, so from this point of view you can not worry. Having said that, you must seriously consider whether the price difference is worth waiving the warranty, as repairs can be extremely expensive.
If you have other questions, I'm waiting for them in the comments.
