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Comment on Apple iPhone 4G 32GB Quad-band World GSM Phone (Factory Unlocked) by Nishant

Nishant — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:18:07 +0000

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

iPhone 4 32GB Black Factory Unlocked (Canadian Model), March 25, 2011

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I had ordered this item while I was in US for a business tour. And was slightly worried whether it would work in India and I couldn't even return it to Amazon as I couldn't test it until I reach India in 2 months from then. But what I saw was pure delight. My iPhone 4 32GB was indeed factory unlocked and worked seamlessly with any just any micro-sim I tested with. Really an awesome item to own. After all iPhone is a status statement.

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Comment on Apple iPhone 4G 32GB Quad-band World GSM Phone (Factory Unlocked) by Guillermo Osorio

Guillermo Osorio — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:10:12 +0000

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

The best phone ever!, March 25, 2011

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iPhone 4 is the best phone I've ever had. I am very, very happy with this purchase. It's factory unlocked, so I am using it in Venezuela with Movistar, and I have all the iPhone services active
Pros:
1. Great design
2. Very good quality images and video (from main camera, and not so bad from the front one)
3. Great sound (with and without headphones)
4. The best screen you'll gonna find. Bright colors, best resolution
5. Thousands of applications
6. If you have an iPad and/or a Mac this phone is the best choice to keep all your data synchronized, and a full wireless access
Cons:
1. Firsts days, the battery life was a bad issue, but then I found that there is a service called "ping" that you can unactivate, and the battery life increased 90% (some days I even don't charge my phone overnight, and next day I still have 60% of battery)
2. High price, but it worth it
3. Sometimes I wish it would have a full qwerty keyboard, but right now I feel very comfortable with virtual keyboard

Important: There is no "antenna gate" issue with my phone

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Comment on Apple iPhone 4G 32GB Quad-band World GSM Phone (Factory Unlocked) by Thiago

Thiago — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:22:22 +0000

77 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

unlocked?, March 15, 2011

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This review is from: Apple iPhone 4G 32GB Quad-band World GSM Phone (Factory Unlocked)

I have bought the iphone advertised as unlocked at amazon.com. To my my surprise when the product arrived in Brazil (brougth by a friend) it was locked and with an AT&T plan. I've sent an email to amazon, and the said that it was not their problem, cause I had bougth the phone an Amazon's seller (to my surprise). OK, I've sent an email to WorldWide Distributors, and they told I could send my phone back and be refunded. I did that, and as the phone arrived they told me the telephone had "minutes of conversation". How come? All I wanted was to be able to use the phone. Anyway, they sent me the phone back without previous notice (the phone never arrived). Now both Amazon and WorldWideDistributors properly ignore my questions and emails. I am still waiting. Easy to deal with a customer in Brazil, as it is very unprobable that I will be able to sue them both. Thank amazon (after more than 10 years as a regular customer). Thank you World Wide Distributors (as a customer by accident). Whoever got my phone, please make good use of it.

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Comment on Apple iPhone 4 Black Smartphone 32GB (AT&T) by Dman "Dman"

Dman "Dman" — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:23:42 +0000

20 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

Drops Calls and has very poor signal strenght and reception!, February 16, 2011

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This review is from: Apple iPhone 4 Black Smartphone 32GB (AT&T) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I loved this phone but had to return it because it dropped 80% of the calls I made. I had an LG Chocolate and it never droped a call. If you compare the signal strength of this phone with others it will be less and I showed the guy in the Gastonia NC store how it had two bars less that my LG and the Droid X on display. I even bought a $300 signal booster which got it up to 4 bars at my office and it still dropped calls. Verizon told me the antenna is in the stainless edge and a holder might help. I decided to exchange it for the Droid X which seems to have a better antenna and signal strength. In my opinion, the product is not ready for market. Before you buy, compare the number of bars (signal) with your current phone and others you may be considering. Btw, tech service and customer service were awesome and they troubleshot the problem for over 3 hours. After I realized it was the Iphone4, they were happy to exchange it within the 15 day window. It was quite an inconvenience to exchange the phone and there was a $35 restocking fee, but it was better than the alternative of living with dropped calls for the next 2 years. Sorry for the bad review, but if you can't complete a call what good is having the coolest phone in town?

BTW, I tried to leave this review on Verizon and after I left a 1 star review I was redirected to another page and the review didn't take. After that I tried again several times and it said in the address bar "forbidden" when I clicked on leave a review. I guess that would explain why the phone has a 5 star review on their site. Don't believe it, try it yourself. How unfair is that to consumers?

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Comment on Apple iPhone 4 Black Smartphone 32GB (AT&T) by C. Au "sophisticated"

C. Au "sophisticated" — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 03:35:31 +0000

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

I can never go back!, February 7, 2011

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This review is from: Apple iPhone 4 Black Smartphone 32GB (AT&T) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

The iPhone4 is the first smartphone I ever owned so I'm just going with what I know. This review is not regarding AT&T (service sucks), but I'm not reviewing AT&T.

I love the iPhone4 because of all the apps you can get to organize your life and it's camera. Who knew that your life can be organized in the palm of your hands? I've been able to sell and buy off the eBay app. Purchase from Living Social, Groupon and Amazon. Price compare with RedLaser. Go on the internet to check email/search. I no longer have to carry my wallet/keys full of membership cards because I have an app that scanned all those numbers. I cannot live without my iPhone. The iPhone4 has now replaced my GPS, my calender book, my iPod, and point and shoot camera. My purse is now so much lighter.

Camera quality is superb during the day. Use at night isn't so great. Gave 4 stars instead of 5 cause of camera and night mode quality.

I don't know what I'll do if I ever lose it...:/

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Comment on Apple iPhone 4 Black Smartphone 32GB (AT&T) by Ghenghis

Ghenghis — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 02:46:29 +0000

43 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

The 16GB and 32GB are the same exact phone., December 9, 2010

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This review is from: Apple iPhone 4 Black Smartphone 32GB (AT&T) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

Below is my review of the 16GB model that I purchased in September. The two models are completely identical with the only exception being the additional 16G of storage space. Performance is totally unaffected by this....... Please note that this is strictly my opinion of the phone itself, I have no knowledge of this seller or the condition of the phones they sell.

I had the 8GB 3G model and thought that was great, until I got a demo of the iPhone 4. Man is this version is light years ahead of the original model.

With a 1Ghz CPU, and 16GB of flash memory, this thing is a portable office/entertainment center par excellence. I've had this phone for 3 months without a single problem, the display is nice and sharp, the apps load very fast, and I now have over 130 apps to perform just about every duty you could possibly think of with absolutely no impact on performance. And on the ATT 3G network, I average download speeds of around 1.8Mbps, and over 1M upload speeds....and how do I know that, cause I got an app that tells me that's how. BTW, the display is the equivalent of a 960x640 on your desktop (double the 3G model) so what you see is essentially a high res yield and page loads are superfast. And resident memory, after a full days use I just checked and still had 120Mb of Ram available. On the 3G model that number was usually down around 4Mb by the end of the work day and had to be refreshed.

I was in the computer/design/manufacturing business for 20 years, and this is by far the most amazing piece of technology I have ever seen or imagined. Even the battery life is 3x better than the previous model, and thats a good thing cause its integrated but a full charge should yield and entire days work of calls, emails, surfing the web, SMS messaging, and play. I no longer need my laptop cause there's nothing I cant do with the iPhone, and that includes sending faxes, editing Excel or Word documents, and even printing. A flash for the 5MP camera, an HD video camera, and even real time video conferencing over a wireless network, and Bluetooth that unlike the 3G model is actually compatible with everything you throw at it, including Garmin GPS....just amazing. This thing even has 2 mics with noise suppression so calls are clearer on the other end. Man, Apple hit this one out of the park.

BTW, with all the apps, music, and videos I've got loaded on this thing I've still got 10GB of flash memory remaining. I cant imagine why anybody would need more storage, and the 32GB model isn't any faster and doesn't have any more features. You'll need iTunes on your desktop to get the most out of this phone and iTunes can be a little intimidating at first but its worth the trouble, and all the instruction you need can be found on the web or Youtube for transferring photos, videos, music, apps, etc.

Update 12/09/10: I've been reading up on the "antenna problem" with the iPhone 4G and have this to say.... It is easily cured by slapping on a hard case or shell on the phone, which eliminates the issue I see some people complaining about. I have personally never experienced this issue because I left the AT&T store with a protective shell on my phone which virtually everybody I've ever seen with an iPhone has anyway. Very simply you CANNOT replicate the reported "death grip" problem with a shell around the outer frame. Cant be done. And BTW, I don't know if its due to network improvements or what but lately I'm getting 4Mbps download speeds so if anything I'm happier with my purchase now than I was 4 months ago. Zero complaints, and that's something most smartphone users of other OEM products can't say.

A final word: Beware negative reviews on here that are filled with bad English and are authored by individuals who have written only one review (on the iPhone) and posted it in several locations on Amazon's site. Its easy to pick these out, and they have no doubt been written by the same person. See the comments section for a definitive review on the Iphone 4 and the overblown "antenna issue" from Anandtech.com

A final final word: Apparently this phone from Worldwide Distributors is LOCKED! If you plan to use this phone outside AT&T's network you are screwed. All the one star reviews are from idiots that paid $800 for this phone without doing proper due diligence.

Oh wait, I do have one complaint about the iPhone 4. Several times a month my girlfriend gets mad at me and hangs up in the middle of the conversation so I guess I'm suffering from this "dropped call" thing after all. haw haw

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Comment on Apple iPhone 4G 16GB Quadband World GSM Phone (Manufacturer Unlocked) by Gerald Aboud "bitemail's bro"

Gerald Aboud "bitemail's bro" — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:11:11 +0000

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

Great seller great product., April 17, 2011

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I just bought this product right here on Amazon , unlocked iphone 4. I unwrapped it , plugged in itunes and stuck in my micro sim and the product worked great. I used facetime for the first time tonight and it was obvious that this Apple product is lightyears ahead of any Phone or OS I have used on any other smartphone. I have no dropped calls and absolutely not even one single problem. I will admit that it seems the battery reduces at about the rate of any laptop (Mac of course) when using power hungry apps but apart from that I am so happy I bought this phone, if only everything could be this simple. Well done Apple, well done.

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Comment on Apple iPhone 4G 16GB Quadband World GSM Phone (Manufacturer Unlocked) by S4GA

S4GA — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:47:38 +0000

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

Works Well, May 8, 2011

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Brand New and unlocked. I travel to different countries frequently and it works well with almost all the cards in different countries.

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Comment on Apple iPhone 4G 16GB Quadband World GSM Phone (Manufacturer Unlocked) by William CH

William CH — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:52:53 +0000

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

Great Product!!!, April 6, 2011

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This review is from: Apple iPhone 4G 16GB Quadband World GSM Phone (Manufacturer Unlocked) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I ordered this phone and it arrived on time.

At first, I read a lot of bad comments about this phone, especially the so called "antenna problem" and the "low volume speaker", I was hesitating of getting one.
But since Amazon.com offers a 30 days free return, I gave it a shot and ordered this phone. It turned out all these rumors are indeed, just rumors!

The phone is working great, and satisfy all my needs. I'm a part time musician, I installed a lot of apps to assist me in my composition, and at the same time I still can listen to songs etc. using the ipod feature.

BY THE WAY, THOSE WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE POOR VOICE QUALITY - MAKE SURE YOU REMOVE THE PLASTIC PROTECTION COVERING THE PHONE BEFORE MAKING A FALSIFIED COMMENT HERE!

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Comment on Apple iPhone 3G 8GB – Black – Unlocked by T. Hartmannsson

T. Hartmannsson — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:04:38 +0000

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

not the best, March 25, 2011

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This review is from: Apple iPhone 3G 8GB - Black - Unlocked

I had two issues after receiving the iphone, one the center or home button was hard to push, after only one day of use - the screen displayed the itunes logo and a usb cable, i tried turning on/off several times and tried reloading thru itunes-failed due to iphone being unlock, this according to vendor i purchased the phone from. The vendor seemd kind and concerned about addressing my two issues, so I sent back the iphone for him to fix at my own expense, he reloaded software and stated in a letter I got with the repaired phone to NEVER update your iphone on itunes, and as far as the center button or home key, the vendor stated it seems to be ok, thus, no it was not fixed, so after spending several hundred dollars for this used iphone that was advertised as in great shape,was in my opinion not, buyer beware- software is one big issue with unlocked phones and performance or buttons are another, I used the iphone for another week and got a pineapple on the screen, so long story short, I ended up just buying buying a iphone thru Apple store.

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