you got a maxis receipt, so you call maxis.

i hv booked on 3rd of Aug for the iphone 3gs 16G white colour at Machines of KLCC. i hv just collected it on last week Friday after i hv been calling them at least twice a week. Anyhow i only be able to get the black colour instead of white colour, asked the staff how long hv to wait again for the white colour answered me back may b another few weeks !!!

supposed i booked at Mines Wonderland but Maxis refused my registration bcos i hv chosen a pre paid package! Anyhow Machines gv away rm20 voucher on all those Machines accessories.

Hi Iphone lovers,



I am glad to share that I got my Iphone 3GS 16G Black from Maxis Sunway Pyramid.

Booked on Aug 19, collected today - 3 days later easily....in about 12.30pm - just hand over the booking receipt, waited 15 minutes, paid the balance, had the phone activated and smilingly walked out within 45 minutes. Fast and great!

Hope that the rest of you get your units soon!

Probably you should go there and make some noise.

Anyone get his iphone booked on month of sept?

can anybody help me ?

i booked at sept who get get and where u get it plz post here to share .......

1. Yes that is possible. The plan is not 'phone dependent'.

2. True also. Ultimately the plan is meant for and to be used with the iPhone. The entire contract term states the user, the service and the iPhone. No other phones. So legally, Maxis has the right to terminate you for breaching the contract and have you pay the penalty for early termination. Thats the legal perspective. The other side of this requirement is to protect Maxis and Apple's interest. One of the main star features on the iPhone is the Apps Store. With the iPhone and iValue plans, you can not only browse the internet but also make purchases on the Apps Stores. The developers, iPhone and Maxis takes a cut in the money you pay to acquire these applications. Maxis generate revenue from the constant usage of the data and its service. If you break this combination and use the plan with the other phone, you will not be surfing or buying apps as intended. On the other hand, your GF may be using the iPhone with another service provider allowing that service provider to profit and generate revenue on a device originally meant to be exclusively used under Maxis. See the legal and technical bounds here?

The good news is no one cares as long as you pay your bills on time and not tell anyone about it. Just keep a ssshh...

3. Technically you can. The 3G modem is similar as a mobile phone in that it is a GSM transceiver. Again, the legal limitations prevent you from doing that. In real world, just keep a sssh... if it works.

hi guys, i realised recently maxis has taken away the iphone prepaid plan... does anybody know if maxis gonna make that plan available again?

Until they manage to cater all current contract users and the demand begins to slow down, I don't think they will make the Prepaid plan available, at least not for now.

Thank you very much

Yes, I will agree on that. Currently demand is more than supply from contract customers, so Maxis prioritize contract customers first.

ahh i guess i might have just missed the prepaid plan (it was still there couple of weeks ago) ... oh well.. probably have to wait ...

Yeah and we have to face it, Prepaid profits aren't really good compared to Postpaid profits where people make steady monthly payments into Maxis's piggy bank. And we all know that most people who're interested into buying the iPhone outright comes from other service providers anyway. So we can't really fault with Maxis. Also, the reason why iPhone 3G was available on prepaid back then was due to the low adoption rate. I guess we heard about that before.

so you are saying that there is a possibility that iphone prepaid might not even be available anytime soon or maybe permanently?

yeah, i got it, it was still there around mid august, a few days after i booked, then bam, gone...but i switched to iValue 1 when i picked up the phone anyway. so i guess i was one of those lucky bastards that would rather be tied up and whipped, then to roam free.

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Added on September 23, 2009, 8:29 amyou can give it a shot at some MEPs, they still provide outright purchase. btw, i saw one thread in GS that there's a maxis shop selling the iPhone 3gs without contract for RM2490 and RM2990. The picture they provided was a maxis shop, so i assume that it will be a maxis set, maybe you can go check it out.

This post has been edited by Secret Choong: Sep 23 2009, 08:29 AM

I'm sorry, could you tell me what's MEPs ?

just got my iphone today
since it is still hari raya holiday...not many ppl @ maxis center klcc
so collection is hassle free

booked on 8/21
received on 9/22
model iphone 3gs 16gb black

i guess this fact is known to everybody by now, but just a reminder
when you call maxis hotline (123) to ask for your booking status, they will DEFINITELY give you out of the book answer...

- the maxis center will let you know once available
- there's delay and shortage of stocks
- they are trying to accommodate people booked earlier and you got to wait some more

in fact, i called them 3 times in a day just to listen to different reasons...most interestingly, one of the rep told me that they are still shortage on stocks and there will be another 2 weeks delay...this is when you can say straight to their face - BS!

put pressure on them...ask them about the stocks in the center...have they call and verify with the center? if not, ask them the contact number of the center so that you can check yourself.

hope you guys wont have to wait so long as well...

i call 123 so many times, i told some of my fr which book late than me already get the phone, they say impossible, ask me the friend contact num , they want check it who realease the phone...i book on 20/8/2009 till now no answer

sorry to hear man...
where did u book ur iphone?
maxis center always got priority in terms of stock...(at least that's what rep over there told me)
and next time...u tell them instead of wasting time calling your friends and check who releases the phone, ask them to track ur phone instead

i think wanna start a facebook group or something to petition apple to give iphone right to celcom or digi
maxis handles the booking terribly

not to mention...who on this earth got sms/call from them saying ur iphone is ready?