dun worry
there will be non exclusive to carrier units somewhere in the world..
its just the issue of price..

stop listening to useless websites that say its going to be expensive..
once again i'm posting this

Apple has signed multi-year agreements with carriers authorizing them to distribute and provide network services for iPhones in over 70 countries. These agreements are generally not exclusive with a specific carrier, except in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Ireland, and certain other countries.

source: http://sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/...0/rrd210213.htm
another forumer posted this few pages back...

the only issue and main issue is the price of the iPhone thats not tied to a carrier..
hopefully singtel has a prepaid plan or something

Vodafone and Optus has yet to release plans for the iPhone. some say optus doing prepaid plan.. only time will tell

true..
all just wait.. save some money, keep it away.. be prepared.. hahaha
i think the hype is ending now... not like there is anything we can do about it also...

yay yay..
o2 UK got iPhone pay and go..
rates not out yet.. once thats out, probably can expect the price of it

then can keep the exclusivity of this phone.. since everyone getting so excited cause see so cheap

wooo
interesting..
start saving more... hope singapore does this too

nah..
even the iphone, when it first got here, it was about 2.3
price quite stable cause thats the way it is when its brought here..
if now, the price stays like that from Europe, when it comes here also, i doubt it will be anything less than 2k..
i suspected before launch that it will be around 2.5k by the time people bring it in...
looks like that hunch still stands...

hardware le friend ?
new developments ? 3g chip, gps, better battery
all these cost much more that the dock la...
the dock is nothing

i'm one of those who dun care about the front facing camera or MMS.
both also tarak guna to me..
3g iphone, connectivity and surfing on demand without wifi spot...

i think too many people emphasis 3g to video calls.. video calls is like the last thing i'll do.. if do also for fun to test test then will never use... 3G is more on data transfer speed which makes it able to handle video calls..

Anyone know how much will it be in Japan ?
that side very quiet.. haha

lol.. relax frozz.. i know how u feel..
now i just turn off when i see such reply or when people ask me stupid questions.
works fine....

i think we should amend the title..
take away the $199 thing.. cause people get mislead, come here, and start posting stupid comments like WOW ONLY 6XX FOR 3G IPHONE...

well, in my own usage, never had problems with reception.. so i'm fine with everything so far.

too many users, maxis can't cope with it...

nah... won't be so cheap.. but thats in europe.. even the first gen iphone unlocked the price was ridiculously high...

i'm still guessing it will be about 2.5k when it comes here...
but 16gb model for sure will be close to 3k la..
its not gonna be cheap at all

i'm holding off until i move to australia next year.. will get mine then.. hopefully before that the 3g would have hit our market and drop the price of 1st gen..
wanna get a 16gb 1st gen for collection purposes... still love the aluminium back

agree with laskarcinta.. well said..

i doubt the wait will be long...
by the end of the year you should be able to see it in our market..

it would be hard to do so la
buy one then terminate meh ?

This post has been edited by MoNnY: Jun 22 2008, 03:22 AM

or could it be the people ?