How to buy a red iPhone 7 in Europe for 10,000 rubles cheaper (+ competition)

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Products in online stores in the US and Europe are cheaper, but you do not buy there because you are afraid. You are afraid that the parcel will be lost, stolen, put inside a brick or delivered six months later. Lifehacker checked how things are with foreign online shopping.

In Russian official stores, iPhone 7 PRODUCT (RED) costs 61,000 rubles, and in foreign stores - 48,000 rubles, if you buy it through "", a delivery service for goods from Europe and the USA, which is often called a mail forwarder or just an intermediary.

How to buy an iPhone in Europe

The beauty of the iPhone 7 and other hype gadgets is their popularity. The demand is constant and high, and therefore Qwintry takes large quantities of smartphones from European wholesalers in advance and keeps them in its warehouse in Berlin ready for shipment.

Simply put, smartphones have already been purchased and packaged for a flight to Russia or the CIS, you just need to go to a special page called "iPhone from Europe", select the desired model and pay for the order with a bank card.

In the process, you will be asked to create an account so that Qwintry knows to whom and where to deliver purchases, and you can track your parcels.

How to track a parcel

Detailed information about the status of orders, including a tracker for tracking parcels, can be found in the personal account of the Qwintry user.

Who is carrying the parcel

Smartphones get to their owners by Qwintry Air branded air delivery "Qwintry Air" without the participation of "Russian Post". Parcels arrive at the capital airport of the country of destination, go through customs, and then go to the recipients by courier services.

How long does the package take

Lifehacker's editorial office is located in Ulyanovsk (Volga region, about 800 km from Moscow). The journey from the Berlin warehouse "Qwintry" to the office door took 11 days. You can see for yourself by looking at the tracking of our parcel.

Parcel status

No extra words are needed here. Here are photos of the box and contents.

The packaging is in excellent condition, the corners are intact, there is no damage. "Qwintry" uses a special reinforced tape that is resistant to inconspicuous opening. Any attempts to violate the integrity of the package or do something with the content will immediately be detected.

Inside, everything is just as “Qwintry” promises. The product is packed in a waterproof bag and filled with soft filler.

For each package "Qwintry" puts small gifts: a magnet and sweets. Very tasty sweets are made in Germany, but this is not the main thing.

And here it is, a gorgeous red iPhone 7, which we bought for 10,000 rubles cheaper than in official Russian stores, and now we will give it to you.

Raffle for Red iPhone 7 and Sony PlayStation 4 Pro + VR

Lifehacker and "Qwintry" announce a competition for residents of Russia and the CIS! You can win a chic red iPhone 7, as well as a set of Sony PlayStation 4 Pro game console and PlayStation VR headset.

Three simple conditions for participation in the competition:

1. Create an account in Qwintry, if you still don't have one.
2. Subscribe to the Qwintry page in or.
3. Make an entry on your Facebook, VKontakte or Twitter with the text:

Pin the entry and make your profile public so we can check if the competition conditions were met.

Made? Now fill out the form and that's it.