The only way to get unlocked iPhones is to buy full price at official Apple Online/Retail Store. All unlocked iPhones can now be used anywhere in the world, regardless of supported bands. 

Also, to people who are buying from China or Hong Kong: Be warned that the model number for sale in Malaysia (A1778/A1784) is different from the iPhones sold there. Same goes for Japan or US iPhones too (unless you go with AT&T or T-Mobile).

However, in most cases you can't submit them for warranty claim at Malaysian AASPs. You definitely won't get support for those other models here in Malaysia, since AASPs are only allowed to order replacement devices with model numbers sold locally. For those models, you will have to go Singapore cuz only Apple Asia HQ can override that policy.

Now you must consider pros and cons, here's a handy chart (with explanation below):

Model	Sold in	AASP support	Network support	FeliCa support
A1660/A1661	HK/US/ZH	No	CDMA^, GSM*	No
A1778/A1784	MY/SG/WW	Yes	GSM	No
A1779/A1785	JP	No	GSM, CDMA	Yes

^ A1660/A1661 (CDMA) [Sold in US]:  Not supported locally, but has more network bands. Can be used on CDMA carriers like Verizon or Sprint. Can't support FeliCa.

* A1660/A1661 (GSM) [Sold in HK/ZH]:  Not supported locally, but has more network bands. Can't be used on CDMA carriers like Sprint in US or SoftBank in Japan. Can't support FeliCa.

A1778/1784 [Sold in AU/MY/SG/worldwide]:  Supported by local AASPs, but has less network bands. Can't be used on CDMA carriers like Verizon in US or SoftBank in Japan. Can't support FeliCa.

A1779/1785 [Sold only in JP]:  Not supported locally, can be used with CDMA carriers like SoftBank in Japan, can't turn off camera shutter sound, but supports FeliCa (which is Japan's version Touch N Go. It's literally everywhere there) so you can use e-money cards like Suica with Apple Pay.

i got some advice for whoever planning to buy iphone or ipad from oversea.
since every country might get different model/product code.
there is something you guys need to know.

apple make the product to comply the law or rules and regulation for every single country.
some are hardware and some are software even packaging are different, not every iphone/ipad are the same

example:-
japan - iphone and ipad which selling in japan are unable to mute the photo capture sound ("ka-cha" sound) no matter you mute your phone or not and no single setting to mute that sound too. not just only iphone actually most of the camera and phone selling in japan have to comply this policy.

Kingdom of saudi arabia - remember few years ago, i got a customer which purchasing her ipad from Dubai. but she found out the facetime feature are not install on her ipad. and facetime is not able to download from app store since it was part of the ios.

we tried to restore her ipad to latest os we had that time, but the ios detect her ipad is ksa model so the facetime still not able to show in her ipad.

you can search on google for "missing facetime app"

hope this can help.

nope, speaker problem? only happen for notification and key typing?

Apple To Announce iPhone 8 On 12 September, Will Go On Sale On 22 September 2017



Apple is expected to announce its 2017 iPhones next month, but at which date exactly? According to a new report by Mac4Ever, the launch will be happening on Tuesday, 12 September 2017, and will go on sale on 22 September 2017.

Mac4Ever says that they received their information from several French telcos. It matches Apple’s iPhone launch patterns in the past few years, with the announcement set on a Tuesday or Wednesday in early September, and sales happening on Friday the following week. On top of that, Apple’s financial quarter ends on 30 September 2017, so it makes sense for the Cupertino company to release its latest iPhones before that to boost its iPhone sales figures.

The previous iPhone launch dates were:

    iPhone 5 – announced on Wednesday, 12 September 2012 and released on 21 September 2012
    iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c – announced on Tuesday 10 September 2013 and released on 20 September 2013.
    iPhone 6 – announced on Tuesday, 9 September 2014 and released on 19 September 2014
    iPhone 6s – announced on Wednesday, 9 September 2015 and released on 25 September 2015
    iPhone 7 – announced on Wednesday, 7 September 2016 and released on 16 September 2016

Of course, the launch date applies for the first wave of launch, usually including countries like the U.S., Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, and more. We Malaysians would have to wait a little longer for it to arrive at our shores.

On top of the iPhone 7s, iPhone 7s Plus and the 10th anniversary iPhone 8, Apple is also expected to announce new devices like a 4K Apple TV, and hopefully the Apple Watch Series 3 as well.

https://www.lowyat.net/2017/139333/iphone-8...september-2017/

I'm using those PET?? plastic like type screen protector. Glass screen protector doesn't last. Two brands, rhinoshield and X-one been serving me well. About 1 year mark though have to replace, plenty of scratches and the surface seems "sticky".

Who else other than winkiedilwy

that's why im using full metal frame + tempered glass screen protector to prevent it from crack

Not interested in X? Really?

Waste money to upgrade less than 12 months of usage period.
Would you feel lagging and battery issue, no right

Can anyone please suggest to me how to convert my iPhone 7 plus to a product red version...like what casing do I buy and all that...thanks in advance

guys,is anyone of you have the habit of restarting your phone once in a week?

i'm been start doing this since i change to iP7,as i read some sites saying that doing so will

refresh your phone and clear cache etc.

but the things is, is this necessary? and doing this for long term will it damage our phones?