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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

AP and Ori

Hello everyone!

When buying a phone, Im sure u've come across the term "AP" and "ORI", do u know what these terms mean? Or do u just nod in agreement, acting like u know what it means?
haha

anywayy,

Original Phone means that it was brought into Malaysia via an OFFICIAL DISTRIBUTOR that has been given official rights to officially distribute it across Malaysia to sellers and re-sellers and gives its official warranty to the phones that it has officially distributed!! hahaha
Original Warranty can be claimed at any of the phone brand's Service Center. So if u want to claim for warranty for an original Nokia Phone, all u have to do is send it to a Nokia Care Center near you! no need to send it to the shop that u bought it from(but u can if u want to la)

Original Sets will give u peace of mind as defects are UNcommon but NOT impossible, but it will certainly burn a bigger hole in ur pocket! haha

Original sets are also phones that are distributed by the carriers/telcos (Maxis, Digi, Celcom, Umobile)

Official Distributors according to phone brand:

  • Nokia - Zitron, Avaxx and Arista
  • Sony Ericsson - Thorus, Midland
  • HTC - SiS
  • Samsung - Samsung Malaysia Electrics
  • Motorola - Brighstar
  • Blackberry - Brightstar
  • LG - Thorus
  • iPhone - Apple

AP Phones on the other hand are phones that was imported from various countries (Mexico, Indonesia, Hungary, Hong Kong) into Malaysia by local distributors (S-Link, PDAGadgets) who then gives their own version of their warranty.
Usually 12 months for the phone itself, 3 months for LCD, 1 month for accessories.

AP phones are generally cheaper than original phones (range from RM50-RM400 cheaper) but there is a risk in buying AP phones (there is a risk in buying anything, actually, just as long as u make ur research first)

Risks of buying AP sets:

  • Some(not all) phone shops may claim that the phones that they're selling are brand New AP sets, when in fact, they are actually Recon(underwater) sets, Refurbished(old phone, new parts, look new, sell like new) sets.
  • Phones may be locked (they cannot be used on all/certain carriers/telcos)
  • Phone may not work properly (It was made in Mexico, it will only work properly under Mexico's network settings/etc, wont work well in Malaysia)
  • Might be troublesome/slow when claiming for warranty

Misconceptions about AP sets:
  • Not all AP sets are destined to ROSAK after a month's usage
  • AP sets are not necessarily China Phones(u know, the ones with the dual sim card, TV antenna and crappy camera..haha)

That being said, most of the brand new phones I sell are AP sets, and none of my customers have anything to complain about (except for HTC Incredible S customers who are facing rebooting problems because of being the 1st batch of production..)

Thanks for visiting ThePhoneForYou! :D

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Excellent information. Thank you for sharing.

Anonymous said...

Very useful info. =D

Anonymous said...

Very helpful info! :)

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the information

Anonymous said...

oohh, so that's what ap is. i usually just nod in agreement. haha nway, thanks!

Anonymous said...

Info that I need. Thanks a lot!

Maliq said...

Thank you everyone for your kind comments! really appreciate it! sorry for not updating as often as you'd like, but if you have any questions or queries, feel free to email me at thephoneforyou@gmail.com

thanks again!

Efenzach said...

For samsung (galaxy Note 2) how do we check the AP or SME set?

fionna said...

The shortest and most direct comparison with details straight to the point. Useful! Thanks bunch!!

lewis said...

good explaination you got here :)

Eohkogn said...

Hi,

How can you tell if an AP phone is brand new or used and refurbished?

Anonymous said...

Hi,

How can you tell if an AP phone is brand new or used and refurbished?

Anonymous said...

Good and clear explanation with some vital ifnormation. Also I like the Malaysian style of writing and giving info...eg..not all AP phones will ROSAK in 1 month! So nautral but full of good facts. Thanks alot.

Anonymous said...

Good and clear explanation with some vital ifnormation. Also I like the Malaysian style of writing and giving info...eg..not all AP phones will ROSAK in 1 month! So nautral but full of good facts. Thanks alot.

Nabil Nooralam said...

does AP and ORI differ in terms of software and hardware? :)

Unknown said...

Oic like directd shop at subang or company name directd shop quality phone wow shit lowest ....but .....price ermmm ok....when u phone have problem like me....u sent back ....directd shop will say bla2 ...then u think WHY ????? U buy phone from this shit .i hope u all think before u burn ur money to this shit shop.tq