yes, but it also means that iphone cannot be sold freely
they are trying to control their products, which i think is stupid
what if u dont like that particular telco??

they should allow ppl to buy the iphone without subscribing to the telco (can sell at higher price larr to this ppl)

my source of iphone is from US only but there is no news about prepaid plan for iphone yet in the US. as of now, more news confirms about activate-at-the-spot-only.

http://gizmodo.com/5014909/att-memo-to-ret...phone-3g-policy

sigh

MAYBE DiGi plan to get iPhone into their marketing strategy but they don't have 3g-ready network yet. will get internal info & update here.

good news for me~~~
lucky i'll b at the state before they release it XD

Y do U people think the iPhone is going to boost profit for the telcos? If that is the case, shouldn't Nokia, Sony Ericsson or Motorola and the rest of the phones be cutting such deals with the telcos? It's a win-win situation for both and if they can't find the middle ground for it.. ah well, no deal lah!

probably because they're not as special as apple? haha.. i duno?

i thought they wont be getting any more new 3G licences.. they have applied for it last time but failed
and the ministry is not going to approve new 3G licence anymore

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Added on June 10, 2008, 8:31 pmactually they do have such plans, but not in malaysia
in australia when u subscribe for a line u can buy a phone for a very cheap price, but u will have to subscribe for a more expensive plan

This post has been edited by qwen234: Jun 10 2008, 08:31 PM

yea it is very normal for western countries. like in UK, some is free phone while subscribe their 2years plan or so on

This post has been edited by allvin: Jun 10 2008, 08:45 PM

digi got 3G licence thru' another co

TIME has completed the transfer of their 3G license to DIGI. But at first, I read it's going to be launch in May, but it'a already 10 days into June and still no news.

my expectation was right.

£99 with £30 monthly contract and free on £45 tariff onwards.

but what surprised me, current iphone user with 02 uk, can upgrade to new iphone 3g without having to have to cancel their old tariff.

great deal for UK user.

tomato ketchup: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/vdunet/20080610/t...ly-6315470.html

This post has been edited by youngkies: Jun 10 2008, 09:21 PM

to cut the deal, telcos must agree on profit sharing or subsidies. Its not as easy..
1st gen iphone was profit sharing with AT&T thats why it was so expensive..

2nd gen iphone is being subsidised by all the telcos around thats why its so cheap

one of the reason to to maintain quality facilities specifically for iphone. no point making it generic with plenty of features but are not supported by any of the telco in the country.

so to strike a deal, apple give the telco the right to sell their set but in return the telco must reach the conditions e.g. provide the facilities specifically for iphone.

erm...that's very normal for Singapore too.

guess only malaysia is abnormal

If im not wrong, other countries such as SG or UK or US more ppl use postpaid thn prepaid plan right since they got free phones whn sign up..?

because prepaid is expensive, minutes are usually included in the tariff and free/cheaper phone on contract. e.g. in uk, £35 per month can give you abt 600 minutes, 300 text messages, and for 18 months, a free n95 8gb.

unless you dont use phone quite often, prepaid can be really expensive.

Will we ever see "seledup" 3G iPhone at RM799 in July 11? hehe

wah bro, the price, RM799...
u get from where wan weh.... haha
please share with us...

cincai convert ?

mmm...i just noticed the WWDC Keynote Address is available in iTunes podcast. now downloading...