Getting iPhone 12 Pro from Dubai to India

Not recommended. Warranty will be void, some features won’t work, you won’t get software updates, it might even get deactivated as per new TnC of Apple worldwide without any refund clause.

Go for it. Chances are one in million that you may need warranty. Hope you have already done done cost implications. Cheers

Heard IDFC card has low forex convenience charges.

I dont think 10g gold can be carried now? Only gold of value upto rs 50000 can be carried, i read somewhere. Do confirm that before bringing any.

In case you are purchasing for personal use, you can carry a MacBook and iPhone without worry. The best thing would be to carry them unboxed. You can carry two laptops, one in cabin luggage and another in check-in luggage.

For iPhone, here in Dubai, you can get an international version as well as the UAE version at a low cost. To be on the safer side, better to go for the international version one. Also, do check in the apple stores regarding updates as you will be using in India.

In my experience, better to buy from Amazon as local shops charge a little more than online. And another thing to be concerned about is, there are a lot of people here who would try to sell you fake products or 2nd hand products. So I normally avoid purchasing expensive items from local shops.

If you use an Indian card here, there will be a conversion charge as well as GST charges. You can use the Indusind Exclusive Select Debit Card. It offers 0% forex charge.

Finally about the gold part. Yes, a male can carry up to 20gm of gold but the cost should be below 50k. So I would suggest wearing gold. The customs doesn’t check if you are wearing 10 gm of gold on you. One suggestion, do not put the gold in check-in luggage.

I myself will be carrying 16.26 gm of 22k gold while visiting India. The storekeeper told me to wear or keep it in my pocket and suggested to carry the bill but never to show it to the customs. So I will wear the chain and keep the pendant and earrings in my pocket, lol.

In case of purchasing from Amazon AE can we use Indian Credit Cards and order them to the hotel address?
You can

WIll it fetch forex transaction charges for online/offline payments?
Yes

Which card I should use to minimize forex charges and get cashback etc.
Niyo/IDFC, OneCard/IDFC. There are other options too but i’m not aware of them

The custom at Mumbai Airport
keep the phone in your pocket & dump the phone box.. or make it corrugated

Can I also purchase other stuff along with iPhone e.g. 10g gold or Macbook etc?
Same technique as above (Take out the laptop and keep it in the bag separately) in the case of macbook (Skip taking your current laptop for the journey)

i have been there in Dubai from 2016 to 2020, u can bring iphone 12 without worries and also while purchasing make sure it’s international version ( UAE will have different version without facetime ). coming to warranty Apple will have international warranty and unbox the phone and carry like a regular phone. coming to gold don’t carry 24K gold but u can bring 22k gold jewellery by wearing that too 20-30gm is not a problem

also try to purchase the phone in Meena bazaar in Bur Dubai area where u can get it cheaper that online

@Sushrut.B – Bro needs your expertise. I’ve researched on this and found OneCard is the best and charges just 1% for Forex Transactions
5X reward can help here too.

Do you’ve any better alternatives to suggest?

Do enquire in local stores in india for price. Few days ago imported sealed units of 12 pro 128gb were being sold for 87k here. The store that I know of is in Mumbai.

read baggage chapter of customs act

Bro, I’m interested to hear the conclusion part. After the end of the trip please post your experience and charges incurred.

Also a suggestion. If you have a friend in Dubai you can use his Dubai credit card and pay him here in INR saves some bucks. All the best

Also @ravi7052 ~ If you have HDFC Infinia credit card (Top of the line) – you get up to 16,500 reward points back on Amazon India every month, equivalent to 16.5K INR on hotel/flight/DTH redemption. Effectively reduces your price of iPhone in India without any of the jhamelas of getting it from abroad.

And If bought with Tata Cliq vouchers (Infinia), it gives a cashback of 33% without any upper limit. You can calculate the savings.

There is no such thing as an international version of any iPhone. iPhone’s are designed for regions and there are subtle differences in iPhones of different regions.

As for the warranty ~ Most got 1 year Intl and 1 year specific to region.

For use of Indian credit card on Amazon Ae site – No, they don’t allow it.

Please do quote from Apple & Amazon TnC if i am wrong……..

I don’t think anybody would even read Amazon & Apple TnC here though

Well, let him buy it – It will set an example (good or bad) for future

I think most of the questions are answered but will add my opinion here.

Amazon(AE) has cheaper rates than Apple Store in Dubai/Emirates Mall, also local resellers have good rates too. What do you suggest?

You can buy it on Amazon AE international version with Facetime (Recently one of my friend bought the HK version with physical Dual sim and it works perfectly). Usually, warranty works internationally but in India sometimes Apple care centers won’t provide service. Warranty starts as soon as you activate your phone. Never used Indian CC or DC on Amazon AE so no idea about it but you can order on COD and receive it on hotel address too.

Which card I should use to minimize forex charges and get cashback etc.
Not sure about this.

The custom at Mumbai Airport
I’m getting it for my personal use and will unbox it before departure, so is there any chance I can face custom problems at the Airport?

No problem for this you can carry unbox phone.

Can I also purchase other stuff along with iPhone e.g. 10g gold or Macbook etc?

For Male, you can carry gold worth 50k even if it exceeds better wear it and act normal usually customs officer checks for suspicious people. (P.S. I have never carried but my friends always carry gold with them)
You can carry Macbook but some Macbook pro models are not allowed on flights even in hand luggage so better check before buying one.

Flat. The word you are looking for is flat. //

Its not “Corrugated” & it is not “Flat” either.
The word “Flat” has a very specific meaning and it doesn’t apply here. Only Idiots will make an iPhone 12pro Box Flat and carry with them instead of dumping it in a bin 🙂
@luckyk

Very interesting, but not very clear) Why can’t you do it differently? For example, order all these goods in India from Dubai and receive them as a parcel? Or if you are flying on vacation, but are afraid of problems at the airport, then send your purchases by post service from Dubai to India and track the track number – https://tracktheparce...m/. Then you will return home and pick up the package.

if anyone know any legitimate website or seller’s in UAE please let me know

@ravi7052 So finally from where you purchased iphone 12 pro in dubai, in what price and which variant? Pls share the details once.

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Hello, sir

i am from India and I try to get iphone 11,64gb verient.i heard a news that the iphone price in Dubai  low and my budget is low around 30,000.. Then I serch in google I get your website…. Please help me to get a iphone, 😔😔

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