Official launch date already known on 22jun to 26jun at midvalley. No more guessing on price and availability. This phone deserves even rm2.5k if retail without contract
I have been using it 1.5 months and it has never freeze, hang, restart, auto shutdown on me. I must say is close to perfect smartphone. I have used several type of androids and must say this model is just unbelievably great. Only issue is slightly poorer battery life and more warmer when heavily used with temperature hovering in 40's to 45 ( as portable hotspot)

I already said launch place is midvalley . Google search back several posts for the details

Normal rom flashes will not wipe data unless you have selected repartition in odin. This has been mentioned several times and yet some others are repeatedly too asking same questions
And this is also always stated in the rom developer thread

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Added on June 15, 2011, 11:12 pm
You are asking a question which everyone is just giving  a wild guess on the answer. Just pop over on launch date and you will know.

if u read few page back, i did mention i've called SME regarding SGS2 launching event.YES THE PHONE WILL BE ON SALE ON THE LAUNCHING EVENT ON 22ND JUNE BUT ONLY EXCLUSIVE WITH MAXIS PACKAGE.

if still not convincing call them both (SME and MAXIS) on this and update us in this thread. 

Please visit Garage Sales-Mobile Phones and Related and place ur pre order for SGS2.take ur pick.