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:

1. M1 Shop, Paragon
2. M1 Shop, Bugis Junction
3. M1 Shop, Plaza Singapura
4. M1 Shop, Tampines Mall
5. M1 Shop, West Mall
6. Arrow Communication, Ang Mo Kio Hub, #B1-31
7. Handphone shop, Jurong Point, #03-19

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.

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).

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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:

• SingTel – http://info.singtel.com/personal/communication/mobile/mobile-phones/iphone4
• M1 – http://m1.com.sg/iPhone/prereg.jsp?iphone=01
• Starhub – http://survey.starhub.com/iphone4/start

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!

The three local telcos will be providing micro SIM to their customers from Saturday (June 1 for SingTel) onwards as they prepare for the sale of iPad and the new iPhone in the coming weeks. Apple is the first company to utilise this much “smaller” sized card on consumer gadgets in the market.

Previously, enterprising Singaporeans who got their hands on the iPad 3G had to snip the standard SIM card to size before they can use it.

Availability

Starhub will offer the micro SIM cards to their customers who sign up to the MaxMobile Ultimate plan from 29 May 2010 which currently costs $36.38 per month (2 yr contract). According to this Straits Times report, M1 will also offer the micro SIM with their Mobile Broadband plans while SingTel will offer the card with support up to 21Mbps.

However, for existing customers, no details on whether any of the Telcos will offer the micro SIM as part of the multi SIM value added service, which makes more sense for customers who already have a mobile plan with data package.

We will definitely update this page once we know more.

It was reported on my paper that Singtel has started testing the iPad in-house. However nothing specific was mentioned in that article about what Singtel was actually testing, especially since they were using only the WiFi model.
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