hi there guys, would like to ask two questions..

1) whats the difference between maxis iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G from overseas?

2) are there functions in the iPhone 3G which are not compatible in malaysia? if yes, which ones?

thanks..

Hey jind86..the 3G iPhone has the same spec, no diff. The only differences is the either the iPhone is lock or officially unlock.

ahahah.. damn dude! I'm gonna wait and see till 8 June..
if nothing happen.
I'm gonna grab one.. ahhh kenot tahan!
I wish theres a white color for 8gb iphone

stringfellow, well said!

Fuego, white chassis is prone to cracks, but so far this is happening only to US set and non heard for Msian so far.

2 units per employee
how many employee they have? haha

small ratio only to the 150,000

Apparently, the hype is high but the sales are low. They need to sell it much cheaper. RM2540 still is not appealing even it's no contract price.

2.1k no contract 8gb shud be nice..

well i think RM1.2k is nice for the RM100 package...
data plan i prefer to get around RM1.4k... BTW the date plan not worth also 3GB only for RM99...

err..no one replied my query yet.

The 1st unit bought by employee MUST be self used. Can they actually track this? Or they just call once a while to see if you sold it off or let someone else use it.

Or else, I will get the employee unit from my friend.

damn it. the new plans are more attractive. The Value 50 + iData RM99 - is still cheaper than my iValue 155 - The new plan has a family plan as well - calling between family numbers are free which is not in the iValue plans... WTF!!!

Do you think they have the resources to do that? their resources are already been stretched thin at the threads, and you think they want to accolcate staff to monitor if the phones are used by someone else other than their own staff? Did you even read the newspapers, they are actively trying to recruit their "so-called Ambassadors" to help them with the iPhone sales, do you think they would worry about an iPhone unit already being sold? An iPhone sold is an iPhone sold, they could not care less about who is using it. Stop propagating the myth before I call the Mythbusters on you!

This is not a about the myth. It's about their policy when they sell first unit to staffs.

They said specifically 1st unit purchased by staff must be used by staff. I am sure it's not easy for them to track such a thing but since it's in their terms and conditions, I do not want my friend to get into trouble if they really have a method to trace whether the staff is using the phone or not.

I think i'll go for idata plan. Seems more reasonable cause I don't have to change my plans. Hmm..diff between 24month contract and 12 months contract is RM300. Which one should I take??

This post has been edited by abubin: May 21 2009, 02:05 PM

for iData plan...RM99/mth for 3GB enough ka? i thought RM99 was for unlimited?

thats probably for you to buy iphone.... so sign for 12months contract then get unlimited later

besides spec wise, any other diff? like there's difference in terms of warranty also right? like if i get an iPhone from sg i wont be able to claim warranty here isnt it?

Correct. Warranty claim from the country you buy the iPhone from. Sadly, there's no Applecare for iPhone available here.

I've heard from someone in Maxis that they've only sold 11,000 pcs, this is not up to the target they set about 100,000. Seems the `buzz` about the Iphone have died down with their truly ridiculous priced packages. And they will be revising their packages soon... to overcome the slow sales.. but this is yet to be confirmed

to honor their agreement with Apple and qualify as an Apple approved telco, Maxis are allocated with 150,000 units.

and the new iData & Prepaid Plans are announced few days back.

i'm planning to subscribe for maxis ivalue and buy iphone from maxis, but before that i've got few questions that i'm not sure should i proceed to buy it, hope u guys can give some advices, btw i know little about iphone

1. maxis iphone works with celcom(my current telco) too, then why do i have to subscribe for maxis ivalue instead of subscribing celcom 3g plan and use with iphone? is it other telco 3g plans would make iphone less functional than with ivalue?

2. what is the difference between ivalue and idata?

3. i might be going to work in singapore after 6 months, so it is not worthy to sign for a 12-months contract. i could just buy iphone from local market and unlock it but i heard the unlocked iphone is bound to crash sooner than officially unlocked one. is it real?


i still cant make up my mind whether go for a maxis iphone or wait for other telco iphone or just buy one from local market...anyone has any suggestion?

1. If you wanna purchase an Maxis iPhone (which comes with warranty under Maxis), you'll have to sign up a plan with Maxis.

2.
iValue plans:
*please refer to first post of this thread or Maxis iPhone website

- Specific calls/SMS rates
- Specific free data usage
- Free calls (minutes)
- CANNOT be paired with any current Maxis plans (exist as a plan of its own)


iData plans:

- Ability to pair any current Maxis plans (Value Plus 50, 80, 150 etc.) with iData plan and purchase iPhone 3G at discounted price. (contract based, pay additional RM99 per month for 3GB data usage)

eg. let's say currently you're on Value Plus 50, so you will be paying RM50 + RM99 per month (for 12 or 24 months) and able to get 8GB/16GB iPhone 3G @ listed discounted prices.



3. There's no such thing as grey market iPhones (non-Maxis units) are bound to crash sooner.

Conclusion: This question has been discussed over & over again.

and i quote from nokia2003's post: