The white iPhone?
Are you still waiting for the white iPhone 4? Even if it is launching soon?
loving the Apple (in a Beta'ish way)
Are you still waiting for the white iPhone 4? Even if it is launching soon?
M1 started taking orders for the iPhone 4 just a few minutes ago after 11am. From the form, we can see that M1 will have four collection points on 30 July – Plaza Singapura, Tampines Mall, West Mall and Paragon – which probably is a good thing as it decentralize the collection points and there might be shorter queues for customers. According to Ivan – the form will also check for inventory as you make the orders so you won’t be disappointed – smart move.
Update – 2pm and without fail – the pre-order page for SingTel fails to launch. Don’t they ever learn?
SingTel will do their pre-order, they call it purchase appointment at 2pm today.
Book your appointment yet?
Starhub meanwhile has not disclose any plans about the iPhone 4 launch except pricing.
More details from iMerlion – SingTel will have their midnight launch on the 30th July at Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre (Hall F) while M1 will have theirs at Paragon.
In addition, selected M1 shops will start early at 9am on 30 July to let customers collect their iPhone 4:
Do check our price plan comparison if you have not done so.
Like in 2009 when we did a price comparison of the three Telcos’ offering of iPhone 3GS, we have put those data for iPhone 4 in Google Docs for a quick comparison.
Based on past experience, this won’t be the final price of the iPhone 4. We will probably see changes as the days go when the other two Telcos start announcing their plans – it will be a fun ride!
Here’s the direct link to the comparison
Do let us know via comments or twitter if there are new plans being announced.
On Sunday night, I walked out of an Apple reseller empty handed, even though they had stock for the 16Gb 3G + Wifi model.
You see, my biggest gripe about the iPad is that I really don’t need one.
(We can discuss all we can about the differences between needs and wants but that’s for another blog altogether)
I have my iPhone so when I’m mobile, I have the ability to check my tweets, reply emails and do most of what the iPad can.
I seldom carry a bag so my iPad would stay indoors most of the time.
I have my Macbook Pro at home so if I need to surf the web or stalk people on facebook, I have a tool to do that anywhere in the house.
I read but right now, physical books offer a much greater selection of titles compared to what you can find on iTunes SG store.
So yes, I’ll be waiting for the next generation iPad because as it is, the hardware specs are already slightly behind the new iPhone 4, which has double the memory of the iPad at 512MB. The iPad has a 1024×768 pixels resolution across a 9.7 inch screen while an iPhone 4 sports a 960×640 pixels resolution screen across a 3.5 inch screen. That’s about 132 pixels per inch for iPad vs 326 pixels per inch for iPhone 4.
The specs is one thing but pricing is another. Maybe it’s just me, but I can’t really justify it’s price tag for something I don’t need. which ranges from S$728 to $1,228 depending on which model you pick up. And as with all Apple products, every generation tends to get slightly cheaper. So if my crystal ball (recently renamed as Paul) is accurate, we should see the next generation iPad to be slightly cheaper and with better hardware specs. While I’m wishing, I might as well wish that it’ll have a thinner bezel around the screen and perhaps, a camera + Facetime app and a reduction in weight.
But having said that, I know there’s many of you who have bought an iPad. Did it live up to your expectations? Tell us what you think in the comments below.
The clock is ticking down towards 30 July when the iPhone 4 is launched in Singapore. Telcos have released information indicating a midnight launch (again) on 30 July, where customers who pre-ordered (to be announced soon) can collect. Like previous launch of the iPhone, walk-in customers will not be entertain during the midnight launch.
We will update this post with pre-order, launch day details once they are revealed.
28 July 2.30pm – At 2pm, Singtel’s pre-ordering site failed to start. At 2.30pm, it is still the same.
28 July 11.10am – M1 starts pre-ordering here. SingTel’s will begin at 2pm.
27 July 6:00pm – Singtel also revealed their price plans for iPhone 4. Quick comparison over here
27 July 5:30pm – M1 reveal their price plans too
27 July 3.16pm – Starhub announces price plans and phone prices for iPhone 4 – briefly:
For a quick comparison as the plans get revealed – check out this post
27 July 1.50pm – Starhub will contact those who had registered their interests for the iPhone 4 within the next two days on how to pre-order for collection on 30 July, according to this post on their FaceBook fan page.
Click to see the message in Facebook
26 July 10.30pm – Apple Singapore officially announced the non-contract pricing of the iPhone 4 that will be made available from the Apple Online Store from 30 July. The suggested retail price is S$ 888 for the 16GB model and S$ 1048 for the 32GB model (Black only).
Steve Jobs and company were out to face the press last Friday (1am our time) on the kerfuffle over iPhone 4′s antenna reception when held in a certain way, now termed as the Antennagate.
As usual, Jobs started with his opening with some choice words to state the company’s intention and their motivation, and also set the tone for this presentation:
“We’re not perfect. We know that, you know that. Phones aren’t perfect. But we want to make all our users happy. If you don’t know that, you don’t know Apple. We love making our users happy.”
He quickly moved on to some data about the iPhone 4 – like they have sold more than 3 million iPhone 4 since launch 3 weeks ago and that the iPhone 4 had garnered much high ratings from reviews done in the media. Next was the main issue of this presentation – the antenna system.
While we wait for local Telcos to announce pre-ordering for the iPhone 4, back in the US, there are growing concerns over antenna issues on the iPhone 4 that is like a tick at the back of Apple’s back which never stop gnawing at them. They have released an update to iOS 4.0.1 that sort of fix how signal strength is reported on the iPhone 4 and later tonight, they will have a press conference to address the iPhone 4, and probably other things. The press conference will start at 1am (SG time) tonight and we’ll be up following this announcement.
Here are some sites where you can follow the press conference live:
In a way, this is good for the rest of the world which are getting the iPhone 4 late, like us. Whatever problems there might be, hopefully by the time it reaches our shore, those are fixed.
Let’s wait and see.
In the mean time, you can update your iPhone with the iOS 4 update (details here) that will fix the signal strength display. For those with iPad, there is also a iOS 3 update (details here) that improves the WiFi issues plus other bug fixes.
Apple has posted 4 new ads on apple.com featuring FaceTime – the currently-WiFi-only video chat function on iPhone 4. The four ads doesn’t talk about how you use FaceTime or the technology behind it (the ad just starts off with two people having a video chat) – but more the why you would want to buy an iPhone 4 to use it.
The ads all show every day people (all actors that are paid to be every day people) using FaceTime to chat about topics which almost everyone of us do so daily – just mostly without seeing the other party. All of them show the conversation taking place indoors – just in case people starts nitpicking on the fact that FaceTime runs with WiFi-only and not be used everywhere. With the way these ads were shot, I can’t wait for the spoofs to start popping out!
Local telcos – SingTel, M1 and Starhub have started accepting “registration for interests” for the purchase of iPhone 4. As it is, this is just a registration to indicate your interest to be updated by the respective Telcos when pre-ordering of the iPhone will begin.
The sites are as follows:
At this point, no more information was provided by either Telcos on when the pre-order dates, contract/phone pricing nor upgrading details. But follow us on Twitter or the Apple Singapore’s FaceBook Page and we will keep you up to date when those information are ready!
