Update from Vodafone:



Iphone 3G 8GB without plan = 499Euro = RM2540
Iphone 3G 16GB without plan = 569Euro = RM2897

http://news.mydrivers.com/1/108/108420.htm

strongly agree with you.

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Added on June 12, 2008, 1:23 pmemem....this sounds more accurate
btw, still a reasonable price

This post has been edited by jensen: Jun 12 2008, 01:23 PM

i believe this is before tax and does not add int he profit for those who bring in (min Rm400)
and i believe 3G 8G gonna be Rm3290 ~ 2999

cant compare prices from other countries.

the nearest if we do want to compare is spore.

just use it as a reference.
but i strongly believe this phone gonna cost around SGD1k without plan.

Yea true... or abit lower.

But I believe our Lyn sellers here got lobang and wont disappoint us buyers, im sure of it. GdLuck!

woot 2.8k for 16GB .... quite expensive .

Remember the price when the sellers were selling the Gen 1 here when it first launched? It's the same thing now.


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2540 without tax from seller,quite high price

This post has been edited by ff8ong: Jun 12 2008, 02:10 PM

For sure, much higher than freeze friendly HTC diamond touch.

That is true but the price was about RM2k2-RM2k5 because the sellers were selling it at a very high margin. The cost of the iPhone then was about RM1k3 so they were making lots of money. As more sellers came in, supply went up, the price war started so the price went down eventually to about RM1k7 but that is because they were still making profits of about RM3-400


In this case however, the cost alone is about RM2k5 so I'm afraid it's not going to be the same case this time. Unless of course, they get people to sign up for contracts and cancel one month later en masse to get the phones at the subsidized price OR they have some connections with the telco people. I highly doubt it's the latter: which company's employee would release the phones at the subsidized price without a contract? The company would be taking a loss! Unless of course they do it illegally. And there are only so many people you can get to sign up and cancel...


Then again, is RM2k5-RM2k8 for such a high end phone really that bad? It's about the same price as the high-end PDA/smart phones, albeit without warranty.

OMG... USD 199 after tax = USD 769?

Yup...this time is off the roof.

But for many people, 2.5-2.8k can buy laptop already. But then again, it depends on each individual also.....just that this time it's not that easy to execute.

And over here we are guessing it to be 2.5-2.8k, assuming that the sellers are willing to untung less than 1k compared to Gen 1 - cost(1300) selling for 2.3k avg.


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This post has been edited by nkymark: Jun 12 2008, 02:54 PM

yes only if you signup to 2 years at&t deal/contract

Can make any conclusion now...since any thing can be happen on apple product..

that is the real price without contract lor....sure expensive. But better wait for Singapore or Hong kong prices. It should be cheaper.

will wait & see how the pricing at SG

I don't think US price will be like that. I 100% confirm the price wont exceed RM2k. Believe me or not?

what a phrase.

I know it's good to be optimistic, but stepping over the fine line turns into giving false hope to oneself already. haha


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