Two so far with one on the way, haha..

Bought a temporary RM8 case from Ninjaz while waiting for 12.12 sale, then bought UAG Civilian during the 12.12 sale. Ordered a Nomad leather case directly from US but that won’t get here till February next year

If you want to buy on easy payment plan then you’ll need to get from resellers like Switch, Machines, Senheng, etc. If you’re buying outright with cash then yes, can buy from Apple online. All will fine with standard Apple warranty but resellers will offer their own extended warranty plan for a fee (sometimes a bit exorbitant). If you can get from Senheng will be the best, 2nd year warranty free for members (just pay RM12 to join).

Here. Mine is a 12 and not Pro/Pro Max

No budget for Monarch, hehehe...

No bro, I returned the Ringke coz the seller sent me for 12 Pro Max instead of for 12/12 Pro. So I ended up buying the UAG Civilian instead

And the stainless steel frame vs the aluminium ones...

Well, it will need some adjustments. Android is like an open public park full of possibilities but iOS is like a gated community where the security guard tells you what you can or cannot do inside Give yourself sometime and see if you can adapt to it

I’m a little less optimistic about this. I don’t think we’ll get elevated to the same status as Lion City until and unless we get a physical Apple Store here, which may not happen.

No, Apple's own website for Malaysia does not offer instalment payments via credit card. You can only do that via resellers like Lazada, Shopee, Senheng, etc.

Yeah, Thailand's economy is much stronger than ours, and also they attract more tourists than us hence it's not surprising that Apple chose them over us for the second location of Apple Stores in the region after Singapore. Hopefully 2021 will be our year, though I won't bet my life savings on it

Mine works so far. Are you on iOS 14.3 already?

I think iPhone 12 stocks are quite abundant, unless you are picky about a certain colour or storage size. 12 Pro could be an issue - seems to be out of stock almost everywhere.

When's your ETA? I ordered my Nomad case at 40% off during Black Friday last month and my case won't ship out till end next month!

No, the extended warranty plans offered by resellers are just too expensive, unless of course you got the free one from Senheng. Plus like you said, the service level provided by the resellers is questionable and there's just too many terms and conditions to digest for their extended warranty plans.

Just got a notification from Fedex that they have picked up my parcel. ETA 4th Jan 2021:)

Do you feel that the protection offered by the original leather case is inadequate? That seems to be the general consensus here...

I don't like having too many cases, hehehe... Plan to sell off my UAG Civilian case when my Nomad gets here - or keep the UAG and sell the Nomad. We'll see

Yup, same here. Lost so many Shopee candy lives coz of this!

Hahaha, yeah, especially when the wait is 6 hours for a life!

Oi, gift cannot simply exchange one la... nanti gf marah..

Hahaha, kidding! Happy New Year!

Ahh, ok, innocent mistake. Still, you’ve got a good one, so hold on to her!

Good testimony and advertisement for Mous case, this

Sign of our times... when someone falls we ask how is the phone, and not how is the person, hehehe....

Hehe, just teasing you, sis. Happy new year!

Don’t see myself as a hardcore but I am starting to get tired of switching around back and forth from Androids to iPhones

Have used an 8+ before and now using 12. I concur, the battery life of the 12 isn't that much better than the 8 Plus, but it's more than adequate for me. I usually charge my phone to 100% the night before and will end the day with about 40%-50% battery life remaining with about 3-4 hours screen time if on WiFi and about an hour or so less screen time if on 4G. I'm guessing the phone can easily do 6-7 hours screen time on mixed usage on a single charge but bear in mind I don't play games so my usage is less intensive. If you are a heavier user or use more power intensive apps, probably a better idea to get the 12 Pro Max or the 11 Pro Max if you want to save some money.

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Saw from another thread that if the IMEI for the physical SIM is lock, still can use eSIM apparently. But yeah, still not worth the risk. Plus the offer price is just RM199 cheaper than retail price.

Some people really sell telco sets cheap, then it’s tempting even for me, but just 200 off doesn’t appeal to me

100% agreed! This wearing of face mask thing is not going away anytime soon - not with our daily new case counts here

Nice mini review

I’m not into the wallet bit but the way it stands is pretty cool!

The 12 Pro Max is a big phone, there's no two ways about it. But if you like the screen estate and the better battery life, then it's a no-brainer of a purchase. In terms of the camera, most reviewers agree that the difference is very marginal if you're just a "point and shoot" user, but if you do lots of editing then the option to shoot in RAW mode on the Pro Max probably will appeal more to you as well. I had the 11 Pro Max, passed that on to my wife, tried an iPhone 11 then got the 12 Pro Max and subsequently also passed that on to my wife and using an iPhone 12 now. I did consider the 12 Mini too but after trying the demo unit extensively I found it to be a little too small and rather difficult to type on it as my fingers are not slim, haha. During the Christmas week I also had coffee with a friend who is currently using the 12 Mini and he told me the battery life is kinda disappointing too - doesn't get him through a day at work without the need to charge midway through so that's something to bear in mind as well.

I also feel the 12 Pro isn't worth the RM800 premium over the 12 model - better top up another 400 and get the Pro Max if you're gonna go for the 12 Pro.

I don't think the next Pro Max will be a different design physically - Apple tends to stick to a physical design for quite a number of years before making any changes. The 120hz screen refresh rate and touch ID on the power button are high possibilities, but I don't think they will go down the path of making the iPhone support the Pencil though