Well, Maxis will still need to pay a certain premium to apple for bringing the iphone in. And if i remember correctly, there is a certain profit sharing percentage as well. Of course in return we get the warranty which cap ayam doesnt provide.

It is not strange that the price is on the high side because of that. Also because it was the most anticipated gadget last year. You have to admit, not many (if any) product catches the attention such as Iphone. I do expect this kind of price to appear.

The second and most obvious reason for the ridiculous pricing is the number of mobile phone subscription in Malaysia. Please do not compare us with Softbank Japan. The number of mobile phone users in Japan exceed 100 Million already. We all need to carry 5 lines each to even that!! Obviously we wont have the same volume, and it is very unlikely singaporeans would smuggle Maxis Iphone's to singapore to sell as cap ayam so that's another key reason for the high pricing.

These are all logical business reasoning, not because maxis want to suck us dry (Well, they are already so little consumers in malaysia, killing them wont help right? ).

Regards/Soo

EDIT: As per this topic, I will wait for an unlimited data package before i can consider this. I can NOT buy a phone with absolute no warranty. Even if it is a few hundred cheaper. The reason is simple, i CANT afford a 2.7k door stopper.

This post has been edited by pmsoo: Mar 12 2009, 12:36 PM