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Old Oct 22, 2014 | 1:09 pm
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Buying an iPhone 6 in Japan

Not sure whether this has been discussed in any other thread, but if so feel free to have it moved to the relevant thread mods.

Anyways, I'm visiting Tokyo over Xmas and New Year's and I'm thinking of upgrading my iPhone 5S to an iPhone 6 since it's considerably cheaper there than in Sweden.

My question is though. Will a Japan bought iPhone 6 work in Sweden, e.g are the LTE band compatible. And also assuming it's unlocked, will it accept a Swedish SIM-card?

I was told by an employee at the Ginza Apple store that it's possible to buy tax-free if you present a foreign passport. Is this still possible? And also are there any other stores in Tokyo that sells unlocked iPhone 6 cheaper, and tax-free? The price at launch was 61000 Yen, but for some reason they raised it to 68000. Should I expect any further price increases? When I visited Tokyo in January this year the 5S cost 72000.

Thank you!
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