yes you can. The phone is unlocked to any telcos.

Some shops' agent doesn't know much details and simply pronounce it out in the hope that you don't know about it or forget after you listen to it. I met several centers saying diff things.

iPhone 3GS by Maxis is absolutely unlocked to any telco.

NO, absolutely no local warranty for Australian sets, why would u want to get it from there anyway? why dont you go and just book at any Maxis Centers or MEPs?

I see that u have been posting here for quite some time, if you've placed a booking the day u came in this thread u would've probably gotten the phone.

Which MEP did you go too?

Some MEP do offer prepaid plans, like Orange Mobile.

It seems ure out of luck, if so, try to surf around mobile phones garage sale sub-forum, some are selling their 16GB 3GS for around RM2.5-RM2.6k. Its better to buy from them than getting an oversea set, at least u get local warranty, ownership of the phone can be transferred at any maxis centre for RM20 i think.

QUOTE(sploj @ Oct 13 2009, 03:47 PM)
is there any MEP/Maxis Centres in Petaling Jaya that allows for Prepaid booking? I have read the previous posts that only Orange Mobile (all the way in Ampang) allows Prepaid booking. Please help!
you will be lucky if there is 1 place to book prepaid... Im series.. Im like you saying is far.. actually is quite easy take the LRT all the way to AMPANG station then take the bus to Ampang point back go back entrance scout for maxis sign. Tada there is orange. If there is 1 in PJ i asure u that there will be a lot of ppl talking about it here not Orange Mobile

the worldwide shortage is limited to units allocated to cellular carriers.

for outright (and unlocked) iPhones, you can find abundant of them in apple store, right here in australia.

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Added on October 19, 2009, 10:19 pmfor MYR3150, i do suggest getting an australian bound unit.

crystal clear cut, legit and no hanky panky and direct from apple and an opportunity to extend the warranty via ACPP

no.

you will need to have someone who travels back and forth to australia constantly.

erm. nothing is perfect and it is all dependent on luck i reckon.

all the 5 iPhone 3GS that i brought back from australia are still intact and working

yes.

outright and officially unlocked from the box.

and if you want to extend the warranty to 2 years, just pay an additional AUD99

yes u can, my fren bought his iphone in Australia, its unlocked, u can use it with any sim card of any telco including Maxis, Digi , Celcom......the list go on

u can read the forum to get the information on the differences or you can just google. I think if you get an iphone 3G from maxis, maybe they will let u buy it without contract and no need to wait, you can just ask them.