Originally Posted by
bahandi Hope this is the right place.
I'm looking at buying a sealed, unused iPhone 5 off Kijiji. The seller claims that Apple's one year warranty doesn't start until it is registered to the network. Makes sense.
I called my local Apple Store and the rep I spoke to claims that the warranty starts counting down as soon as the phone leaves the warehouse. Also makes sense.
Does anyone know which side I should believe? Is my only option getting the seller to confirm there is still warranty on the device?
I'd hate to deal with an issue and find out the warranty has expired on the device when I haven't owned it for a year.
If anyone has any insight on how I should proceed, I would greatly appreciate it.
As soon as you activate it, in other words you can buy an iphone, store it for a year, then open it and activate it for the first time and you will have 1 yr of warranty left.