24 month contract is a commitment...
like tis...u walk in 2 maxis store...sign up for a 24 month i value 2..
u wud be paying rm 1260 for the phone itself..
u hv 2 add rm620 prepayment...
so, now u hv 2 pay rm1880 on da day of ur purchase
in tis situation...u wudnt hv pay ur bill for the next five monthsthen after five months, u'll continue paying rm155 for the remaining period...
get it

ya u got ur point.

but i prefer d unlimited plan more  imagine 1 day u having coffee at 1 of d famous coffee shop, n they told u tat their wifi services down... n u take out ur iphone activate d 3g connection use ur laptop to surf net without a woli d data usage  how cool is tat?

Yes yes we understand your point! Haha! There was one time I discussed about the Malaysian consumer in this same thread. Thats the Malaysian culture and in fact the same expectations from any other buyer. There's simply no consumer confidence when it comes to buying things, especially for pricey stuff. Every product has to come with some sort of guarantee and after sales support. That is a sign that consumerism is growing and healthy in Malaysia.

Which is why I also wrote that most would just ride on Maxis's plan and have the peace of mind. Some wouldn't mind the trouble of traveling to Singapore to get it fixed, some techie would challenge by saying 'how often do you see Apple products fail anyway?' Which is true to some extend. But Maxis clearly is targetting this product to a wider audience, the not so techie. Lets not ponder onto the audience within this forum LYN cause everyone has some sort of basic knowledge of gadgets and with the strong community support, its not really a concern. But to these non-techies its not so clear cut.

Most importantly, Malaysian consumer fear inconveniences which adds another point.

jailbreak is just a minor change of firmware... u just need to delete the jailbreak file before bring for warranty...

If I have some defective issues a few days after I purchase and found the problems, can I ask for a one to one exchange from Maxis?

The main issues are light leaks from the screen around the metal bezel, hard to press the Home button, and the infamous yellow tinted screen. Found out that the demo unit is perfect and does not have any of the problems at all.

Or maybe it's because of the batch model that I have so which batch is better overall?

MB489ZA/A
MB496ZA/A
MB500ZA/A

According to the three batch available to SingTel & Maxis, which is better and has almost no defects on the iPhone 3G at all?

MB489ZA/A
MB496ZA/A
MB500ZA/A

is maxis iphone sealed at first with the warranty card?

Well, they claim that if I bought it on that day and found problems the same day of purchase then I might be eligible for 1-1 exchange. Apple Malaysia usually does not allow 1-1 exchange though, same goes to Mac & iPod devices.

By the way, mine has a USA batch model. How come it can be fully unlock? Maybe refurbished unit?

In Settings>General>About>Carrier it shows (null) (null) where it is suppose to show Maxis 3.1. Done with hardware issues, now with software issues. 

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Added on June 5, 2009, 7:15 pmSo in my case: Home button, light leaks, & yellow tinted screen issues are on Singapore batch model.

Now: Having an official unlocked unit but the origin of the phone is from USA, weird indeed.

In the interest of Maxis iPhone owners at large, are you saying the replacement unit you got from Maxis is of USA origin(by identification of Part/Model No.)?

If so, why did you not raise the issue with them? And are you sure it is unlocked? Would appreciate your advice. TQ.

isit a problem when the screen has a little yellowish?

does anyone here has a light leakage problem?

the new idata plans from maxis.. got 1 says "no contract"..
so now we can buy iphone without attach to Maxis?

Then the Big Ads regarding "get up to Rm1050 rebate for your old iphone" never happened?

thr is a possibility that maxis was told before hand abt i3gS and hence tis rebate might as well include i3g in july?
never noe rite...

guys, i jz noticed this a few days back when i tried to install the bodyguardz on my  iphone 3g...
when i remove my case from my iphone, i found out that the left side of my iphone,
the silver part and the black part doesn't fit nicely...
did u get what i mean?
the right side is very nice and smooth but the left side the silver and the black part doesn't seems to meet each other...
meaning that the silver part pops out a little making it look like a crack there...
is this normal or not? i bet its not normal right?
can i claimed warranty from maxis and demand them to change a new set for me?
please advice...
thanks...^^