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Re: iPhone Availability in Italy for iPhone Hunters

Alex Roe — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:31:08 -0000

Hi Sophia,

You should be able to get hold of a contract free iPhone from a Vodafone or Telecom Italian mobile shop.

Or you could try Mediaworld:
Centro Ponte a Greve
Firenze (Ponte a Greve)
Viuzzo delle Case Nuove, 9/12

However iPhone availability is still not looking great just yet - at least not in Milan, so far as I can tell.

You could also look here:
http://firenze.kijiji.it/f-...

kijiji might help, but I've never used it myself.

Maybe someone else can help. Let us know how you get on.

Welcome to Blog from Italy.

All the best,

Alex

Re: iPhone Availability in Italy for iPhone Hunters

Sophia — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:32:28 -0000

Hi Alex,
I live in Firenze,
could you please tell me are there any store i can buy a white 3G iPhone (16G) without a contract or plan?
thanks ^^

Re: iPhone Availability in Italy for iPhone Hunters

Alex Roe — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:39:53 -0000

Hi Alen,

When in Verona, which is worth visiting anyway, you should look out for Vodafone and TIM shops. Sometimes these shops are owned by the companies mentioned above, other times, there are independent stores that have Vodafone and TIM sales points.

Vodafone are now showing the iPhone as being available via their online shop - this is a good sign.

These would be the best place to look, and they will receive batches faster than most other stores, because they are bigger. As an alternative you could try the MediaWorld chain of electronics superstores.

There is an address and map here, site site seems to load slowly, but does work:
http://www.mediaworld.it/cg...

I will write a new post shortly with links to systems you can use to find Vodafone and TIM outlets in Italy.

Good luck with your hunt, and let me know how you get on.

All the best,

Alex

Re: iPhone Availability in Italy for iPhone Hunters

alen — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:41:22 -0000

hello
i am going to visit north Italy in October
and going to stay nia Garda lake
could you advise me which store could be relevant to buy Iphone
Maybe Verona?
How could i check Iphone avalibity?
thanks in advance

Re: iPhone Availability in Italy for iPhone Hunters

Alex Roe — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:38:06 -0000

Hi Simo,

Sorry to hear that you never received your iPhone.

But I'm happy to hear that your money was returned.

iPhone availability in Italy should start to improve now that summer is coming to an end and everyone will start working again.

Thanks for commenting.

Kind regards,

Alex

Re: iPhone Availability in Italy for iPhone Hunters

Simo — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:02:10 -0000

I tried to order phone for Pianeta but they never sent it to me. At least I got my money back.

Re: iPhone Availability in Italy for iPhone Hunters

Aniya (The English Teacher) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:20:21 -0000

Hi Alex, from personal experience I know that Vodafone's online shop have the 8GB version the difficulty has been the white 16GB version which seem to be quite rare to find. Most shops won't sell iPhones unless through a contract, there are a lot of complaints about this because in the long run you'll be paying more for a contract than outright...(that's obviously why) crafty italians as per usual ;-)
p.s Have a nice holiday!

Re: iPhone Availability in Italy for iPhone Hunters

Joe T. — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:47:10 -0000

Hi Alex - You might want to contact Emanuele about this, his brother was getting into this iPhone thing...

Re: iPhone Availability in Italy for iPhone Hunters

Rajab Bader — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:07:43 -0000

You are not helping me, Alex. I just keep seeing this fantastic thing everyday in the stores around my apartment, I can no longer resist it, but I have to pay for school first!!
Anyway, thanks for the info. Appreciated