No its just around RM2,000 if you get a iPhone 4 16GB from Singapore.

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

Apple may have most, but not full control of the prices and all.
Its a compromise, and an agreement.

I'm trying to point out that we are encouraged to use their plans instead of just buying the phone which costs us more.
We still gotta make phone calls anyway right

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Added on August 9, 2010, 12:41 pmBut I really wish that the pre order will be available in Mid August,
and the iPhone 4 will reach us users in late August.
I cannot tahan d

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Added on August 9, 2010, 12:48 pmYES! Can't wait

This post has been edited by fuiyo: Aug 9 2010, 12:48 PM

I'm not worried that the price will be too high.
I just don't agree with the plan where maxis gives you little call hours with large data which cannot be used up entirely. I'm on iValue2 (1GB) and I normally used up less than 500MB, if I didn't deliberately download stuff to use up the 1GB. I'm a heavy user but using mail, safari, social networking apps, news apps and updating apps everyday just don't use up so much bandwidth. And since everywhere has WiFi connection I would just not use my 3G which drains my battery faster. I wonder how much data do you guys use every month?

I see people getting iValue3 and iValue4 just for the calls.
Some just tether a lot and download movies using 3G network when they realize that they can't use up those data on iPhone. lol

Nonono. I apologize for expressing my words so badly.

Okay what I mean was not "maxis will jack up the price" but "maxis does jack up the price" yet this is still not totally correct. In fact you two were right that Apple has control over the prices so that they dont vary in different places. I made this statement because I noticed that the contract free iPhones are priced so highly at RM2990 when Maxis released the 3GS in early August 2009. And this is why most of the people go with the plan but not getting the contract free iPhone instead. Just like other telcos in other countries. Contract free iPhones are more expensive, of course. And since people gotta make calls, they don't see the point getting contract free iPhones. I was simply trying to tell the user who first asked if maxis will sell outright that contract free iPhone are definitely more expensive that iPhones with plans. I hope you understand that it's more like a suggestion, not an argument.

As for the Maxis iPhone 4, everyone's been saying about different things. Some say that apple will delay the August and September batches because they're making slight changes to the hardware, some say they couldn't get approval from certain countries. Sigh, I just hope that Malaysia will be one of the countries in the August batch just like how it was for the 3GS. *praying hardly*

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Added on August 10, 2010, 10:32 am12GB per month?
How much data does he use every month then?

This post has been edited by fuiyo: Aug 10 2010, 10:32 AM

Yeah especially when Maxis claims to have a 3.6Mbps but many users only get around 1.2-1.6Mbps.
What about yours?
Sigh its really a long procedure.
By the time it reaches Malaysia there are already new iPods =.=''

According to Macrumours report, each telco in Australia is given 12-13k iPhone 4.
But only 1 telco alone already received 100,000 pre-orders.
A friend of mine managed to get one on the first day, whereas another was told that he needa wait for 3 more months.
Just like my friend and I both pre-ordered the 3GS last year, but it was only me who got the phone in early august wheres he needa wait for 2 more months.
Poor thing. lol
I do hope that both Maxis and Digi could meet the demand =)

I wonder if Apple will take our iPhones and supply to Singapore, NZ and Australia first who are all facing shortages?
I heard people saying which I doubt so.
No right? Or else we needa wait longer.

That's why.
The staff said "Out of stock".

2 stage pre order?

Steve mentioned in the keynote that there's an August batch before the September batch.
Note that Engadget and many other forums' omitted the Auguest batch in their live blog.

5 countries in the first batch on the 24th of June,
18 more countries including South Korea in July,
24 countries in August and 40 countries in September.
So its 88 countries in total.

But if you calculate, there are just 87 countries. lol
I guess we're in the August batch! =D

I'll just do like how I did for 3GS.
Just pre-order in klcc and queue there on the 1st day when its available.

Most of the time?
Or highest you got so far?

Shit. My highest is never 2.0Mbps.
Around Kuala Lumpur City Centre and Subang & Sunway.

When Maxis comes out with the new iPhone 4 plans, I'll take the one with the least data =)

What about calls and sms?

iData right? Yeah its much cheaper than the iValue plans.
But there's something I wanna make sure.

Lets say I'm getting the iData 2 (RM50 per month for 500MB) now and I just reloaded RM50 into my prepaid card for calls and SMSs only.
Maxis will know that I'm on iData 2 so they won't deduct my RM50 credit which is going to be used for calls and SMSs, right?
Instead they'll charge ANOTHER RM50 for the 500MB hence every month I needa pay RM100.
Does it work this way?

Sorry if my questions are stupid.
As I've always been a postpaid user.

If I'm switching to prepaid, does it mean that I'll be less prioritized for the new iPhone 4 compared to other postpaid users who are signing up for the new iValue plans?

This post has been edited by fuiyo: Aug 13 2010, 11:26 PM

Eh thanks for the info! Haha!
But what do you mean by "u're only eligible for iData plans if u use maxis value plus 50 and up postpaid plans."?
How does iData work then?

I'm currently looking for the cheapest plan for iPhone =)

Yeah man, the 3G speed is way slower than the 3.6 that they have claimed.
But most of my friends are Maxis users and I'm very happy with my number LOL

Then how does iData actually work for postpaid users?