one more silly question..how about the current itunes account?we can use same account or need to create new SG itunes acc?

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Added on August 8, 2010, 1:51 amactually our telcos as well earning easy money when they brought iphone here before.
definitely our telcos will sell the i4 higher than the singapore's set...kalau tak..mana maxis boleh kaya..

This post has been edited by poex: Aug 8 2010, 01:51 AM

if maxis launches it. any idea if they sells it outright ?

Well they might...but until they don't come out with white black statement...it is no point trusting the rumours...

This post has been edited by yuvanesh: Aug 8 2010, 02:38 AM

dont expect the iphone price to be cheaper or as cheap as your conventional HTC or Nokia even if their specs are higher, but performance might be a let down, still cannot match the community support ands apps that is offered by apple, if price is an issue then better not get the iphone.

@yuvanesh: the hotlink plan is sort of like outright purchase, just buy a prepaid card from maxis and thats it, after that throw it into the bin

they do. the hotlink plan doesnt come with a contract. juz buy it, n like nimrod said, throw away the sim n insert ur own but u lose the free 500mb/month data lah

it's just that maxis wont directly say 'outright purchase'

Yes, but they will mark up a lot.
Because they want you to use their plans.

no such thing, outright prices are controlled by apple. this has been the case everywhere, only Digi wants you to use their plans and doesnt offer outright purchase, not maxis.

oh really?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/choreographic...in/photostream/

and your point is?

it still doesnt negate the fact apple controls the prices on their on terms in each country, that statistic is to compare prices of iphones in other countries, prices are set based on a number of factors such, as transport fees, electronic goods tax,government tax,excise duties that vary from country to country, after taking all of this into consideration apple sets the prices accordingly, so at the end of the day its apple's call not the telco's to set an outright price. Maxis or Digi has no say in outright price, apple does.



This post has been edited by nimrod323: Aug 8 2010, 12:43 PM

xpresside, nimrod juz said the prices are controlled by apple. no one is saying the prices are the same everywhere

also, it's not that maxis mark up the iphone price for outright purchase. that's the 'default' price, as set by apple. the point of getting a maxis/digi plan is so you can get a cheaper price overall, including ur bills etc

Is there a link or source to show that apple control the iphone price or are u guys just speculating?

i guess it's 2490 and 2990 respectively still... which is kind of disappointing. wish maxis will reduce the price though it's nearly impossible...

is there a link or source that says BMW AG is controlling the price of BMW cars all over the world? you dont need one because its common sense that BMW doesnt relegate the pricing task to auto bavaria, sapura autos, or cartrade(Malaysian BMW resellers). Apple has and always been regulating all of their products in all of the countries they are in business, if you ever bought a mac or ipod before its a common knowledge.

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Added on August 8, 2010, 6:38 pmhmm at this point i would think they'd mirror the singaporean pricing or a bit pricier at 100=150 extra, have to wait for maxis to reveal the prices soon.

This post has been edited by nimrod323: Aug 8 2010, 06:38 PM

Some highly reliable news from maxis staff>>Iphone 4 lauching and pre-booking open in mid-August and will be available purchased from beginning of Sept 2010....they said that the Iphone 4 unit is available from maxis and they are now planning for the Iphone 4 maxis plans and price...hope that the good news is on coming weeks...

This post has been edited by lck: Aug 8 2010, 07:20 PM

^ that's good news. so far 3 people has reported the same thanks for sharing!

Chromeware, if apple doesnt control the iphone price, who does? even macs have the same prices in every shop in malaysia, no one is selling more or less. they control it so that it wont be too expensive, n not too low-profit either. what maxis n digi does with their plans is to subsidize the purchase (not much compared to aussie lah) so more people can afford it

im a lil bit skeptical of the mid august pre booking date i guess 7 more days to find out

what abouy sony and nokia prices? I dont know if they control because prices qre different everywhere

u're talking about AP set right? u know whats the diff btwn AP set n ori set?

i am not that stupid to not know the different of ap and ori. im talking about original set

thats really a good news for us here...as expected the preorders or booking will be in the mid august and getting the set in sep...before raya perhaps?