Please continue reporting your experience with the OS3.0 in this thread, and this thread will also be the review thread for the iPhone 3G[S]/AifonTriJiEs once I have procured mine. Also, anyone with an iPhone 3G[S], you are most welcomed to post your thoughts, impressions and reviews here.

Forward, march!



For those keeping tab on the iPhone 3G[S] scene, some good news. Remember this link? Before this it shows which country provides unlocked iPhones based on their carriers. Now, it has been updated to include columns on which carrier provides MMS and Internet Tethering as well. I would presume, since these two new columns marks as new updates, the state of "which carrier/country provides unlocked iPhones" are also updated as well, and the list is now updated to include the state of unlocks for the 3G[S] as well.

If that is the case, these following countries are the countries are currently still providing unlocked iPhones to their customers, and presumably the same state of unlocks for the upcoming 3G[S]:-




There are a list of countries whose carrier provides official unlocks for their iPhones even though the initial state of the iPhone is locked, but I wont bother posting those. The process of these unlocks REQUIRES the presence of these iPhones to be within the country which provides these unlocks, and such logistics and planning can throw a lot of the planning off. My targets are the iPhones from countries above because they are more than likely, because of their law, REQUIRES their iPhones to remain unlocked officially.

Among the countries listed above, here are their release dates:-









The rest are on the Fourth Wave which is in August 2009.

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iPhone OS 3.0(OUT NOW!) + iPhone 3GS(Late July?) - http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/962964
iPhone OS3.0(OUT NOW) | iPhone 3G[S](31/7) V2 - http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1071270

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This post has been edited by davidgary73: Sep 3 2009, 01:04 PM

Please continue all Maxis 3GS booking, registration discussion here.

- No discussions on/and comparisons with Singtel/Aussie and any other countries' offerings. Do head to their specific threads.
- This is not a Maxis bashing thread. No ranting allowed. Post will be deleted.
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- Stop speculations about deliveries and collections as it really clutters up the thread. Post will be deleted. (by moderator tinkerbel)

THIS IS NOT A COMPLAIN THREAD. ALL COMPLAIN POST WILL BE DELETED.

Thank you.

Cheers

This post has been edited by davidgary73: Aug 18 2009, 12:22 PM

I went Maxis Centre at Queensbay on Monday to get iPhone 3G or 3Gs because my phone broke and I needed 1 desperately.

Went there and ask 3Gs got or not. Can I get it now. They say need to wait 1 month. I ask them again. They said Apple said only have stock in 1 month. I assume if I book now, I will only get it in 1 month. 18th August shipment is probably reserved for those who prebooked. Maxis probably learned about their mistake of selling to walk-in already. If 1 week, I can wait but more than that is too long for me.

So, I think about 3G and 3Gs and consider my options. I think paying RM500 for compass, speed and RAM is not worth it for me.

Voice Control, video and others I don't think I will use much anyway. Even Camera I don't use much. I only want the apps and tethering.

Compass is very important for Maps and augmented reality in the future but that feature alone is not worth RM500. I'm not a speed freak and RAM is useless since I don't game much.

So, I get my 3G, which comes with 3.0 already. I'm guessing it is same shipment as 3Gs since it is wrapped and untouched.

The service is quite good but when I say I want use with DiGI, they have nothing to say. When they ask why don't try contract or 3Gs, I answered and they said nothing. I want test my DiGi but they said they will only help with Hotlink registration and setup.

Got my iPhone, happy with it and missing none of the 3Gs function and RM500 richer, I went back.

People should consider whether they really need the speed, video, RAM for gaming and voice control before they buy 3Gs blindly. That's my advice. Will probably get the new iPhone next year since I saved RM500. By then, probably got new design and features. 3Gs looked the same so can't impress girls anyway. Don't want to be a geek and say the Apple logo on the 3Gs looked different or show them the compass so they know it is the 3Gs, haha.

iPhone 3G got lots of stock. But they mostly people want 3Gs. If you can afford RM1990, then you can afford RM3490 which I planned to get but not while waiting for 2 weeks to 1 month or even more. Can't really regret not pre-booking because I'm not really sure and my phone haven't broke. Loving the iPhone so far and 8GB is more than enough unless you have lots of videos/songs.

This post has been edited by H4RRY: Aug 5 2009, 04:32 PM

If I understand correctly now the prepaid iPhone simply cannot be pre-ordered anymore. On the other hand Maxis people can also not tell me when they expect the new batch for Hotlink (prepaid) to arrive.

They gave me a number to call to check up on active stock, with also the risk that stocks clear faster then I can get there .

It seems I need to wait at least one month if I want an official unlocked without Maxis contract. I thought about the RM155 iValue plan, but I think data is too low. I don't want to pay RM99 extra for the 3gb data.

I will head back to Maxis Pavilion shortly to ask what other options I have, but I am afraid it will mean I have to wait until all stock related problems have been solved here in Malaysia..

If anybody could advise me on how to get an official unlocked here in Malaysia I would be happy....

Cheers

The Maxis guy I talked to say can pre-order for me but will take 1 month at least and might be longer. I'm guessing the shipment is every 3 weeks? The only way for you to get a 3Gs is buy 2ndhand from those rich uncles that don't get the iPhone or don't know how to use. 3Gs in the forums will be selling at a higher price since no stock. Either wait or pay higher for it. I think plenty of people are willing to book again and wait 1 month if they can sell for RM2900+ maybe? Haha.

Some improvement on Maxis side, if u dail 1 800 82 1123 there is no. 6 option specific for iPhone related issues

Juz now check w/ them & they said the 2nd batch will arrive the latest on 18 Aug. So juz hv a seat n wait le

I will go to Maxis Center in Gardens either tomorrow or the day after and check the status of my iPhone 3GS 32GB Black........ Will let you guys know the outcome. Will see if the 5th August thing is a myth......

Just received call by APR KLCC.

Can get my phone by tomorrow.

5th August seems to be the legit date for restock.

Nola its too depressing already, I've been a Maxis user for almost 15 years already, hearing all those bad comments, looking at how my friends/colleagues/relatives start switching to other telcos made me think.

If it weren't for maxis winning the iphone tender, I would have cross the bridge already.

Sigh guess I'll stick with it for another year or so.

Don't advice me to buyout the phone directly, I don't have much dough with me right now, even if I do I doubt they have sufficient stocks.

when hotlink user can purchase iphone 3gs. currently there don't allow hotlink user purchase iphone 3gs.

went to Maxis Penang at Northam.
As usual, no stock as well. The lady told me that we should expect the stock in 1 month's time. And another problem is that we are no longer able to purchase the iPhone 3GS with hotlink. sad case.. and really unfair to us..

If they cannot offer prepaid purchase for 3GS, they better remove it from official website - http://www.maxis.com.my/personal/iphone3gs/rateplan3.asp

From the website, it seems that it's still possible to purchase the phone via hotlink but pre-booking via hotlink is not possible..
else as you said, they should remove the advert from the official website..

so they removing the iphone hotlink package for good? some shop say it wont be available till next month, or at least till they got surplus stock...

They will eventually have surplus stock.. we just have to wait till they have then..
Let's see what happens.. So far as I could see from this forum, none of the maxis centers in Penang & KL have any stock as of right now (both 16GB and 32GB).
I guess the dates most of the people here mentioned is 18th Aug.

wow, didnt really know such a big crisis going around

Actually I pre-book my unit (16GB) in 1U Machines and suppose to collect it on 8th August. Then two days ago (3rd Aug) I decided to call Machines and ask them whether I can get the phone earlier or not. They said will help me to check out the stock conditions and let me know later. Then later in the evening, someone from 1U Machines called me and told me that I can collect my unit tomorrow (4th Aug) at 7pm.

So I just went and collect the phone the next day And doesn't seems many people in the shop; a housewife was collecting her unit when I arrived there. I get my phone after she is done (Then another guy came and collect his phone... seems like the customer flow is quite steady to me)

I'm not really sure how their inventory system works, but I'm happy that I can get my phone 4 days earlier

when did you book your unit?

Book it around 12th July and paid the deposit around 14th

Lucky for me that I didn't choose KLCC for the pickup location since saw quite a number of people in the line when I fix my prepaid plan yesterday (500MB free data)..

Dude, i havent got my free 500mb data, how long did u not get your data. Mine is almost a week now. When I called the maxis shop, they asked me to go to maxis centre...

I bought the iPhone 3G and got my free data 1 hour after register. I wonder why 3Gs doesn't receive it as fast as well?