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Maxis Plans and Price :

http://www.ihelpboard.my/2012/12/maxis-unv...-plans-pricing/

Review VIDEOS of IPHONE 5 - By CNet















Pricing in Singapore
In Singapore, the iPhone 5 will be available without contract for a suggested retail price of S$948 (US$772) for the 16GB model, S$1,088 (US$886) for the 32GB model and S$1,238 (US$1,008) for the 64GB model.

Tech Spec

2G Network - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GSM A1428
CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - CDMA A1429
3G Network - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - GSM A1428
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - CDMA A1429
4G Network - LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 - GSM A1428
LTE 850 / 1800 / 2100 - GSM A1429
LTE 700 / 850 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - CDMA A1429
Dimensions - 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
Weight - 112g
Type - LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size - 640 x 1136 pixels, 4.0 inches (~326 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch - Yes
Protection - Corning Gorilla Glass, oleophobic coating
Alert types - Vibration, propriety ringtones
Loudspeaker - Yes
Speaker - Front, Back, Bottom
3.5mm jack - Yes
Card slot - No
Internal - 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
GPRS - Yes
EDGE - Yes
Speed - DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
WLAN - Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Plus Cellular
Bluetooth - Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Primary - 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features - Touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama, HDR
Video - Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging
Secondary - Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, videocalling over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G
OS - iOS 6
Chipset - Apple A6
Sensors - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging - iMessage, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser - HTML (Safari)
Radio - No
GPS - Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Java - No
Colors - Black/Slate, White/Silver
- nano-SIM card support only
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated dual mics
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- iCloud cloud service
- Twitter and Facebook integration
- TV-out
- Maps
- iBooks PDF reader
- Audio/video player and editor
- Image editor
- Voice memo/command/dial
Battery - Standard battery, Li-Po
- Stand-by Up to 225 h (2G) / Up to 225 h (3G)
- Talk time Up to 8 h (2G) / Up to 8 h (3G)
- Music play Up to 40 h



Moving on to the connector - as expected, Apple has moved to a new smaller connector, called Lighting. The new connector features 8 pins and is 80% smaller. It has improved durability and is reversible (no more guessing which end is up!). For compatibility with older cables and accessories, there's an unattractive looking converter.



This post has been edited by sakurazz: Jan 4 2013, 12:20 AM

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Here we are v5, and all anticipating for launching in Malaysia, hope it will be as fast as rumours suggested. Keep fighting

V4 la bro ;P
Waiting patiently..

They said 14/12 launch.. Hehe

yup . probably 14 Dec , celcom cube staff told me .

v4 already

Hopefully it's true this time. lol

keep hoping. till it comes true.

yeah im pretty sure it will be launched on the 14th Dec as well.
the wait will be coming to an end soon.

If really 14/12 then can use new phone for 7 days before the end of the world
Dunno to be happy or sad

almost all the apple online store i check have 1 week waiting period (US, UK, AUS, SG, SPAIN, CANADA, FRANCE, & NZ)

except for thailand. lol

either it's selling like hot cakes or apple doesnt give them much stock.

oooohhhyeeeaahhhh...v4..i hope b4 christmas can get this ip5 ..

to those of us who had gotten the iPhone 5, we don't believe rumors anymore we were tired with of the rumors

+1. Got my 32GB Black from Sg few weeks back. lol

I wonder why we open up another tread? Previous one, edy out of space? or??

yes,finally hv good news.

And I wonder why I keep seeing people coming into these threads and tell everyone that they have / already bought an iPhone 5 without further explanatory / remarks.

This post has been edited by blur_jerry: Nov 28 2012, 09:46 AM

I believe it's because they've reached the limit.

oh malaysia still haven't launch ka?

lol japan trip time i saw quite many japanese using ipon5 liao. the fast way to recognise is see whether the earphone socket is on top of phone or not

show off loh, what else!

This post has been edited by SuperVelocity: Nov 28 2012, 10:49 AM

I'm at genting highlands 2 weeks and surprising many foreigners snapping photos with their iPhone 5

But most of them using nakedly.. ;P

Bro Sakurazz

Need to amend the 1st post la under Pricing in Singapore,

I thought Maxis already have Nano sims?

everyone knows how to get the grey market stocks and everyone knows how we all get it from various sources. We have been discussing about all this tons of times. We have even shared pictures of our iPhone rigs in the previous thread. What else do you need more"

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Added on November 28, 2012, 12:08 pmdo you mean that this thread is only for everyone here passing info about rumors over and over again but no one know when it is gonna to happen at the end? I hear that I hear this, but why everyone just sit tide and wait for the real deal. And many of us have certain budgets in mind and reasons of getting the iPhones in the 1st hand. Those who bought the iPHone 1st because we don't want to wait that all. Nothing is wrong with that right? Try look so some places. You can find quite a good deal for the imported stocks

This post has been edited by precsmo: Nov 28 2012, 12:08 PM

It's fine if they want or intentionally sharing information on how they bought it (via online, walk-in, bookings, etc).
But what I see is that people keep on posting (before and after I joined) "I got mine from SG. lol" or "I bought my new iPhone 5 yesterday. lol"
Oh well, maybe just to add more post counts into their account.

I bought it locally from a seller whom they have an office. I think it is better in the way that everyone not sharing too much info how exactly and where they get their iPhones here. I don't think the creator of this topic will like that either, else, this topic will be flooded with grey market talks? Some pm me and ask me where I bought mind and I shared my info with them. Do pm me or some others, I believe they and I are willing to help. Btw, the sources of selling imported are not too many, you can always go find it out yourself in the garage session

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Added on November 28, 2012, 12:52 pmhi, please current iPhone 5 users please help here. I realized that I can't find APN settings in my iPhone 5. I hope it was not due to the set I've bought but it is due to the latest IOSX 6? I learned that it is due to the new IOSX and the manual APN settings are all dependent to the mobile network company that the sim card or their network has the manual APN features available in the iPhone? Can some one please confirm this, cuz I hope it is not just me of getting a restricted iPhone from USA which was told being factory unlocked. BTW, just for the info, I'm using Maxis with a cut normal sim card but not the official nano sim. Thanks for the inputs in advanced!


This post has been edited by precsmo: Nov 28 2012, 12:52 PM

[quote=sakurazz,Nov 28 2012, 12:36 AM]

Take note Nano Sim is not supported @ Malaysia for the moment.

What do you mean by nano sim is not supported? Is it the availability of the nano sim?

tis ? setting > general > mobile data > mobile data network


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See the pic. its showed 'PTG' - mean petang? or something else?


Btw, regard the preorder - do I need to make payment? Or, pay it during launching day? Am confused...

This post has been edited by seanlam: Nov 28 2012, 01:22 PM

petang . coz I set region format to Malay


when I set to Singapore it will change to PM

This post has been edited by fik92: Nov 28 2012, 01:28 PM


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Question, does local telco's sell the phone without contract?

nope . if you dont want contract buy from phone shop

U set to Malaysia, mean the time not the whole iphone system right? Coz I saw the system or OS running on English version..


Btw, I would like to know if preorder mean I have to make fullpayment or wait till I pick iphone on launch day?

not the TIME , but REGION FORMAT . setting > general > international > region format

emmm...ok.

hopefully launch asap
the lumia 920, google nexus 4 all rush on coming be4 christmas hhehe

just get an iphone5...but surprisingly....i found my ios had a bit weird....always cant connected to 3g....are urs facing same problem?

Just refer to the iPhone User Guide bookmark in your Safari, language, calender, language for Voice Control, keyboards, google default county search, date, time & tel no formats. But for Malaysia region format, the language not applicable i guess.

nope . did you turn off 3G?

Yes, when Iphone 5 available here, I am gonna get one..........for my own Christmas present and also as my own Birthday present !!! Birthday coming soon.

However, currently I am using ipad 64G 3G version.

Should I get my iphone5 in 16G only or 32G or 64G?

I guess most of my data will still be on my ipad.

So, 16G or 32G enough already???

if ur using ur phone for sms and online - 16gb.

if using for a few big games plus pics and mp3 - 32gb

if plannin to put ur whole mp3 collection in ur phone plus play lotsa apps - 64gb

OK. Thank you for your feedback.

Great help here.

Thanks.

um i experience the 3G logo on the top left will go away when im making a call. and when im done with the call, it slowly goes from O>E>3G.
only happens when im back in msia using maxis, doesnt happen when i was in aussie using the same phone. so im suspecting its a maxis issue rather than the phone's issue.
also, the phone sometimes has difficulties getting 3G internet connection at regions im sure has 3G connection.

yeah i think this is the best way to put it. i opted for the 64gb one cos i dont plan to upgrade in the coming year so this shud give a peace of mind till the next interesting upgrade.

I suggest 32Gb, its enough for IOS users.

That's what i'm facing at the beginning too. Was facing very lousy calling connections and no 3G at all in my area (sungai Petani kedah) complaint to maxis but they said its fix and i don't see any improvement at all. in the end switched to digi but they are upgrading their network so the same issue occurs... fml seriously. Damn i miss Telstra so much back in Aussie... go anywhere also full bars with 3G even in the carpark. Here... speechless =.=

anyway hows your ip5 doing? any scratches or dents ?

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[quote=sakurazz,Nov 28 2012, 12:36 AM]

Take note Nano Sim is not supported @ Malaysia for the moment.

What do you mean by nano sim is not supported? Is it the availability of the nano sim?

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I think 32 for you is best. Not too much and not to little, and you will be sure that it will last you for quite a long time, future proof.

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Added on November 28, 2012, 5:26 pmStill, totally worth it, I can die happily xD

This post has been edited by Heero Yuy: Nov 28 2012, 05:26 PM

I think it more to networking problem, the coverage rather than your iphone problem.

been using it since the first day launched a aussie (21st sept, i think). um the black part on the sides has numerous scratches. and the worst par is, the top power button is pretty dead.
out of 10 clicks, it will only respond to about 2-3 of it.

im waiting to head back to aussie feb next year when my semester resumes to get a replacement. for now, just have to tahan with the phone.

but i think this might be caused by me dropping the phone. dropped it only once but on carpet. not sure if its cos of that.

O_o omygoodness... mine also aussie set leh... now you make me damn scared. mine only minor scuffs and a few tiny dents

Haha urs dead power button, mine dead home button

bro i dont think it has anything to do with where the phone comes from. perhaps, its just unlucky i got one that is faulty. or perhaps the drop spoilt the connection wit the power button abit.

yeah i thought the more common one would be the home button giving way first, but ironically, the power button is the one that is causing the problem this time around. hmm..

my friend's mum, who works in Digi in Kuching under marketing department just told me that it should be out in December. She said she doesn't know date, plan or pricing, since she doesn't work in that department, but apparently Digi has already collected payment from many of their platinum dealers who are authorised to sell iPhone

but this is what I saw daring...


New Apples only in 2013

Cupertino firm’s focus on Xmas deliveries, hit by touchscreen supply shortage
Friday, November 16, 2012 - 17:29
by Nadya Ngui
Location:

KUALA LUMPUR
apple


MALAYSIANS will have a wait a little longer to get their hands on the latest products from Apple — with the iPhone 5, iPad 4 and iPad Mini due to be launched here only next year.

While Apple had earlier announced its latest three products would be available in in over 100 countries with 240 carriers by December, there has been no follow-up dates provided.

Even as speculation was rife in several online Apple consumer sites hopeful of earlier delivery dates, several Apple authorised dealers confided in The Malay Mail that any launch date here is very likely to be after Jan 2 at the
earliest.

One source said this is likely due to Apple, based in Cupertino in California, giving focus to meeting orders for Christmas deliveries in its key markets — given that such revenue is a staple among retailers in the US.

Several news reports also suggest Apple may be facing constraints in the supply of its retina display touchscreens — which was contracted to LG Display, Japan Display and Sharp amid the ongoing patent dispute with its former supplier Samsung of South Korea.

All three companies are responsible for the first-of-its-kind retina display, where engineers integrated the touch feature into the display screen, instead of constructing it layer by layer.

In contrast, while the Samsung Galaxy S II had taken more than four months to reach Malaysia, the electronics firm had shortened the local availability date to as short as 27 days for the Malaysian launch of the Galaxy S III.

Source

if this were true, then....... no way apple!

This post has been edited by seanlam: Nov 28 2012, 09:04 PM

You really had lots of fren and relative works in Maxis and digi. But the info they given never accurate...

well, u knw only top management knows abt the secret... trade secret...

launching product involved many factors to consider..and stakeholders. its not one or two persons....

what laymen can do now is to speculate.

january??
damn thats a long time. lets just hope the rumors of it coming out on the 14th of Dec is true. apple might just lose alot of customer to the samsung wave.

yep i do.. because digi is very strong in kuching, 90% of anyone i know is using Digi, and they got a lot of employees. But so far i only ever quote two, which is my college mate in JB working part time at Digi Store and my high school friend's mum who has been working in Digi for years. i only tell what they tell me, but now also it's not confirmed. My JB friend just told me orders has just said these dates, but like the 2nd nov, 26th oct dates, it could be delayed.

agreed. agreed. Thats is the negative outcome if Apple cant meet the demand.

I will straight go for Samsung S3 if still need to wait so long

I know u have noble intention telling what you know but u are also the one who went to maxis during note 2 launching and being told by staff to wait 1-2 wks for Iphone 5?

Anyway, if got confirmed news, do rem to post as well

Why not just wait for S4?

that news doesnt make sense at all, overseas online store is shipping it in 1 week now.
apple already has enough stock to meet with the demands, so i doubt it will be delayed to Jan 2013

enough stock but why delay??

he just wants to be famous, posting old news, thinking he knows stuff, just ignore him.

Those countries available by mid Dec already make known. So I don't think it will be mid Dec in Msia
Jan is a high possiblity

My friend told me S Note 2 is much better than S3 in term of spec...although former priced much expensive than latter. Well, thats is his opinion. Am yet done my homework on both gadgets.

the situation here alike main tarik-tali.... sekejap apple tarik, then telcos tarik lagi.... playing with consumer's psychology... marketing strategy to increase telco cum apple site visits??

im using note 2 previously
the reason i bought that phone cuz cant wait msia ip5
but later on,after use for a few weeks i give up
bought ip5 sg set
still prefer iphone smooth touch screen
and note 2 is too big to keep in pocket ..

wait until fedup better no need wait

ha ha, why not just get from some sellers? but you need to bare around RM450 (cheapest) extra over the official estimated price.

they just changed to 1 week shipping time right?
so what do you mean by delay??

don't forget the Christmas is just around the corner of course demand will be still high in the us and others european countries. Obviously apple is making the priority for those countries that already launch the ip5. Malaysia who?

sorry , misunderstood with your previous post

I have been using my sg set white 32g for 3 weeks,if u can get an oversea set,go for it,don't wait.

Planning to get iphone 5 with starhub mobile plan but my friend say only Spore citizens and PR can apply. Work Permit holder might have to put some deposit. Anyone buying with plan from Spore before? How was it?

wondering....most of us planning to get SG set..instead of Thailand set...do u noticed?

emmm...as for me, its not convenient for me to go to Singapore at the moment. so the best way is, wait at the iphone roll out by telco

if 3 main telcos launch together, then i GUESS must be instruct by gov. guess only ...

just count rm118 plan with 24 months contract + 6% gov = rm169.92 (not much what for 2 years. only bout rm7 per month)
3 telcos getting 5k units each nationwide = 15k units (divided to 14 states, each telco only selling 357 units only per state)

15k x rm169.92 = rm2.5mil buta buta ambil saja...

i count on lowest plan rate and unit already..

BR1M ....

the S3, the 1st Galaxy Note, and probably the Note 2 (I guest it will be too) are the reason why I've switched to IOS, the iPhone 5 that is. These phones has well proven that Android is very sluggish, you feel it even more annoying when you are used with IOS environment. I'm utterly disappointed with the S3, it supposedly one of the world fastest phone ever made, but the user interface is very sluggish for an unknown reason. Same to the Note, I doubt the Note 2 will feel really fast at all due to the Android environment. Google is putting just too much stuffs to Android I think, it is pretty over do to my taste. I won't go for the S3, I've been years with smartphones, I can assure that the S3 is no way feeling as a responsive phone, surprisingly my S2 was much more responsive. It is kinda joke to me

Maybe your one is one of a kind. My S3 is just fine. Certainly much better than previously my S2. Didn't hear any other users also complaining S3 is much more sluggish than S2 also before. iOS and android both have their pros and cons. I own an iPod 4G, so I kinda know what theirs (on my way to own my first iphone). On the other hand, does anyone here ever buy iphone with plan before from Spore? I only got Work Permit and not Permanent Resident, still can buy or not iphone 5 from any telcos there?

While waiting for iphone 5, I am using a Note 2. Impressed with the quad core speed, as was using Note before, definitely speed is up.
I tell you no doubt Iphone 5 is a good phone, Android has come a long way and Samsung has taken advantage.

some people post their iphone 5 after two months, seems horrible... i will go for white then!
http://cforum3.cari.com.my/forum.php?mod=v...&extra=page%3D1
http://cforum3.cari.com.my/forum.php?mod=v...&extra=page%3D1

S3 and Note 2 are in diff categories.

Note 2 vs S3:

1. no more storage of apps in sd card allowed, hence solve most lagging issues with previous samsung/android.

2. 2GB RAM vs 1 GB RAM. As android OS is quite heavy, which taken up 600MB-800MB RAM, a 2GB is a must.

3. Faster quad core processor.

Thats why most Note 2 users doesnt have lagging issue as in older samsung phone.

Actually black & white are equally fragile in my opinion, saw a post few days ago the white ip5 has the same conditions few scratches all over the edges

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Added on November 29, 2012, 10:30 amWrong thread bro...

This post has been edited by ericng19: Nov 29 2012, 10:30 AM

My son is on work permit in spore
He never have problem buying iPhone with Telecom plans
No such thing restrict to citizen n pr as long you can prove you have a valid spore address
Extra charges I think is just some middleman earnings
Go directly to telco n not through such agents

Oh, that is really a good news, so my workplace address also can I suppose, aite? I'm not that close to my other coworkers in Spore. Because got a friend of mine also from Msia who work with me there said can't or must put some deposit or something. He said he already worked years there that's why he knows or he thinks he knows.

This post has been edited by lord_aminkin: Nov 29 2012, 11:11 AM

i've been wait iphone 5 since the launch day... i've sold my s3 and wait for like 2month++...i really feed up and feel like will straight away get iphone 5 SG if it still doesn't launch before december 10th

I should not use sluggish, the phone is not sluggish, I should say it is not responsive. And it does not have perfect smooth frame rate during interface changes and transition. I prefer IOS smoothness and responsiveness, it feels much more responsive and smoother obviously

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Added on November 29, 2012, 11:16 am many of us had already gave up waiting and made the move

This post has been edited by precsmo: Nov 29 2012, 11:16 AM

O.O no le i never went to maxis for note 2 launching haha. i think it's another guy.

Well, mine is responsive just fine even after installing 150++ apps.

Yeah, about time. I thought I want to play this waiting game, but one rumor after another and there's no certainty it will be even this year I think I will follow others getting the phone elsewhere but Malaysia. Heheheh~ Plus, I really need those data from local telcos when I want to surf the net in Spore. Using Msian line is highly costly..

Ya 2 for digi but a few also from maxis if I'm not mistaken. Anyway nobody here cares bout rumor I guess due to unlimited dissapoinment....

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Added on November 29, 2012, 12:47 pmU mean Taiwan & china? Maybe they will add few more countries. 100 countries by year end you guys think apple able to deliver this figure? I think they are less than 30 countries ATM.

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Added on November 29, 2012, 12:53 pmActually best android and highest spec is Note 2. Not sure bout S3 but Note 2 is still below is but the laggy is still accpetable I guess. But guess what once I can simply walk in to any digi and grab an iPhone 5 that's when I'm gonna switch back......hope that time my note 2 still can sell at good price..

This post has been edited by noobie123: Nov 29 2012, 12:53 PM

Guys, anyone here bought iphone 5 from SG? Will there be a problem at customs when flying back from SG with two iphones in boxes in your baggage? Also, I heard can claim back the GST amount, anyone done that before?