People lining up at telco stores on festive season does seem so wrong

Although it still doesn't say anything much, a shop wont take much trouble doing that booking advert for nothing.

Of course, gonna take that with grain of salt, but then some light of hope i guess.

Well, at my hometown, telco shops (e.g Authorised Service Agents) do also place some "home-made" buntings for promos and products (especially iPhones) last time. So it's not necessarily fake, but it can be the shop went the extra mile as they haven't yet received their media stuffs from telco in anticipation of a launch already known by them.

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Added on October 15, 2012, 12:41 amYup, but if I own a shop and if I'm gonna just do that, i'll straight advertise to the crowd "iPhone 5 Available Now".

Thinking as an AP set seller, it's always a good idea to capitalise on impulse buys for such product. So physically advertising a booking for AP iPhones doesn't really makes sense. But I'm not totally discounting the probability of them may doing just that.

This post has been edited by EatMe: Oct 15 2012, 12:53 AM

Or simply a twist to the whole event, the bunting is actually a sample by an advertising company.

That will be the ultimate troll.

And gonna hurt more to people who mnp to maxis earlier just for iPhone 5.

This post has been edited by EatMe: Oct 15 2012, 02:52 AM

Add another pros: Easier to repair compared to the last one.

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Added on October 15, 2012, 12:23 pm

This post has been edited by EatMe: Oct 15 2012, 12:23 PM

Haha, Apple only send out invitation for that event, no mention of anything bout availability by region.

They even using some vague wording on the invitation (unlike "Let's Talk iPhone") and not even putting any product image (unlike 3rd gen iPad).

This post has been edited by EatMe: Oct 17 2012, 02:29 AM

Dunno for sure.

Last time when my bro bought iPhone 4S from telco (it's Digi), I've checked its production week. Surprised me, it's just couple of weeks out from its factory. Mind you the purchase is made in 2012 when the iPhone 4S shouldn't be considered that 'hot' already.

Well, every cloud got silver lining then. Looking forward for the launch, willing to wait a bit if quality's gonna be improved. Less potential trouble to worry about.

If stock already arrives and ready to go, then we should already hear some good news then. Lots of stuff gonna takes place in between, such as certification and inventory checking. At least somebody working with telco will already catch the wind due to the sudden existence of new item in their inventory.

Seems like even if they're going either next week or nov, it wasn't due to Sammy.

Well, some Maxis Authorised Service Agents and their resellers do provide outright iPhone 4S. At least around my vicinity anyway (different state already).

Apart from need CC, need to wait for the order to process.

Also by opening the phone in store, you are supposedly able to exchange it faster.

This post has been edited by EatMe: Oct 19 2012, 12:24 AM

F5 on telcos and Apple Store page.

Can sleep already.

This post has been edited by EatMe: Oct 19 2012, 12:25 AM