Re: Phone contracts
if you as consumer don't buy directly from Europe then the minimum 2 years warranty does not apply.
Also, that minimum warranty period does not apply to goods purchased by companies, it only applies to purchases by consumers.
if Company X buys a batch of phones from China, with 1 month warranty - it's legal.
if person Y willingly buys a phone from China, with 1 month warranty - it's legal. The sale happens in China as far as the manufacturer is concerned, the fact that the phone is then moved to Europe - that's not their problem.
if person Y, in Europe, buys a phone from Company X, from Europe - then company X has to provide a minimum 2 year warranty.... but this warranty only covers the device "as is" at the time of the sale - it does not include any operating system updates. (unless explicitly included in the sale contract)
This is why many phone manufacturers don't give a crap about OS updates a few months after product release, because it's not their problem from the point of view of warranty laws.
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