Get the “Smoked” variant bro, then confirm won’t yellow, haha.. I mean it’s not as sexy as the clear one and probably hides the nice colour of your phone but if you plan to keep it long term, it’s probably the better choice. I think all clear cases will yellow over time, I had a Spigen and Otterbox one in the past and they also turn yellow just over a year. I can’t justify buying expensive cases anymore since I don’t keep my phones for more than a year, haha.. I use to budget RM150 for a case but I’ve trimmed that down to below RM100 these days

Ya, both about the same in terms of quality and weight, but UNIQ is far cheaper

I remember Ringke Fusion also yellows in less than 6 months bro - so yeah, we just need to accept that clear cases will just yellow sooner or later, hahaha

Hahaha, no la, I’ve got one bad experience using Nillkin so no la, for my iPhones I’m willing to pay a bit more, hahaha…

MagSafe bro

Pay the extra for the MagSafe, haha…

Oh gawd, it is him, hahaha...

So the extra he charging is to cover his flight ticket to queue in Singapore then. Anyways, good luck to him (or to the rich iWhore who buys it from him)

Scalper watch continues…

Hahaha, I think the guy we are looking for is GAME_ON?

yvonnesoo, apa macam, old friend? Good to see you back! Hahaha! So picked your poison already? iPhone 14 Pro Max Deep Purple?

Benefon, oi, how’s Singapore treating you these days? Must be nice la, RM depreciate so much vs SGD already, hahaha… You’re not still using iPhone XR are you? Hahaha… I seriously can’t remember di… Hahaha

Nice reunion here of old friends!

Ahh, ok, no reason to upgrade this round then, 13 Pro Max is a fine phone. Can wait for USB C one next year

Ironically I will be in JB next week for work, hahaha… Nowadays AutoPass hard to get, otherwise can drive down Singapore and yamchar with you, hahaha…

He did give me a “McDonald” cable when I met him in Singapore the last round, hahaha… he was the one who introduced me to those auto shutoff cables

Hahaha, this was years ago bro - way before the pandemic After all you KV fellas get your phone then you organise a yumcha la bro, I sure go, hahaha… I’m just lazy to organise but I will attend if the timing ngam


Anyways, heard the AutoPass application can take days to approve - those days just apply at the border only,hahaha…

Haha, I won’t be getting mine till November, waiting for my wife’s maxis contract to expire then renew. Her contract was for the iPhone 12 Pro Max which was delayed due to Covid so no choice lor, will wait. I can’t stomach paying above 5k for a phone so need to get it on contract, hehe…

I’d like to see Apple MY offer instalment plans and trade-ins on their own eventually like they do in other countries, but I guess we are far, far away from that happening

Hahaha, no la, I mellow down already, hardly can keep up with tech these days seeing how expensive they are already. But I’m over buying the latest and greatest Android flagships already, now I just buy more of the midrange ones to try. No more Samsung S-series (although I did try the S22 Ultra briefly this year), OnePlus, Xiaomi, bla bla bla for me

Plus with all the banking and e-wallet apps we have on our phone these days, it’s getting very troublesome to keep changing phones especially across platforms… so just iPhone for me as my daily driver now…

Problem with iPhone users bro - we do what we want regardless of reviews, hahaha…

I generally avoid YouTube videos with click bait titles like “Don’t Upgrade Till You Read This”, “The iPhone has a HUGE problem”, bla bla bla but I’ve seen some of this guy’s videos and he’s pretty fair so I’ll give that to him. I’m sure he knows that there are just a couple of categories of iPhone buyers - the first one being those coming from much older iPhones and will die hard stick to the ecosystem, so the upgrade will be worth the price they pay. The second category are those that may have only last year’s iPhone but will still upgrade no matter what reviews they read or watch. They know for a fact the upgrades are incremental. They realise the purchase is not justified given the price of the phone and how last year’s phone still works great. They still buy anyway.

And we are part of them

Happy iPhone collection day everyone!!

I think iPhone (or any mobile gadget) sales isn't really a true gauge of the economy.. also stock allocation could also be a contributing factor other than an overwhelming demand situation

The more pressing question I have is... If you're waiting for your phone to arrive in 1.5 weeks from Apple then..... What are you doing up at 4.51am on launch day? Hehehe...

Hehe, I agree. Definitely more hype this year vs last year or the year before. I see maxis still have stocks of Silver and Gold for the Pro and Pro Max, Black and Purple are sold out. I’ll try my luck next month after the 12th and see if they’ll waive the penalty for recontracting earlier

Hahaha- I’m far more mellow these days. Have you collected your phone bro?

GSMArena has dropped their review for the 14 Pro… the summary says it all…

“…upgrading from an iPhone 13 Pro to the 14 Pro makes little sense. In fact, Apple has never been a company that wants you to upgrade every year and the 5-year software support plus the aggressive battery care are both statements for that. People still do that more often than not, of course, and if you've set your eyes on the new iPhone, be it this one, or another, there is nothing that will change your mind.”

I think that’s true for most of us here

Hahaha, we’re not judgemental here bro

Well, unlike Android where there’s so many choices, brands, different UIs and different features to try in a year, there’s only ever one new iPhone a year - so for some (like yours truly), that’s about all to look forward to every year, hahahaha…

Don’t worry guys, you’re all better than me - I’ve been trying two iPhones a year since the XS - XS Max and XR, 11 Pro Max and 11, 12 Pro Max and 12, 13 Pro Max and 13 now…

If that’s you bro then maybe next year will be a good year to change with the USB C?

Huh? Really? I guess the interface is the same but I would imagine the jump from 8 to 14 Pro or Pro Max would be super huge, hahaha…

Definitely!

Upgrade now then next year upgrade again bro, hahaha…

Haha, yup, buy the flagship Pro Max, try for a couple of months then pass to the wifey while I get a cheaper option. But this year I think I won’t get two, my wife is very happy with the 13 Pro Max and wants a UAG Monarch case for it when it gets cheaper after the phone has been discontinued, hahaha…

They have a FB page where they update all the stock availability at Switch and UR outlets… can subscribe to that and see…

I noticed in the past week Pro Max Space Black is becoming more readily available, unfortunately the same can’t be said of the Deep Purple.

Just had mine for less than a week, I think it’ll easily give you 2-3 hours screen time more compared to the regular Pro, but it depends also on your use case.

Haha, I feel you bro