Buying an iphone as a gift from a non US resident

hi. I would like to buy an iphone as a gift to my friend who lives in NY.
I am not a US citizen.
Is it possible?
thanks
Ofir Zargari.

To use it in the US, you will have to buy a US iPhone from either AT&T or the Apple US store, as they will have to activate it with AT&T. It should be possible to do this. Have you tried going onto the US Apple store website to see if you can buy one online?
See: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?nnmm=br owse&mco=MTE2NTQ&node=home/shop_iphone/family/iphone

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