Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Maxis to bring iPhone 3G to Malaysia on 20 Mar 2009



It's confirmed. Maxis will be the first to bring iPhone 3G officially to Malaysia on 20 Mar 2009. The launch event will be in KLCC Convention Centre on that day.

Maxis will offer the 8GB and 16GB iPhone 3G models with four new and specially designed postpaid plans called iValue, all of which are voice-data bundled price plans, starting from RM100 per month.

iPhone 3G revolutionises the way we use hand phone. The user experience is really great. The touch screen is very responsive and there are many applications available for everyone to help to organise their daily/personal lives. The Safari browser is very user-friendly and the online connectivity is good.

The noticeable drawback is, there is no front camera for 3G video calls. I don't think it is a major issue as most people don't use video call anyway.

You may want to know that it cannot forward SMS or do MMS. This is a minor issue. There are applications that you can download to do this. For MMS, the argument from Apple is that you can always attach your photos or multimedia files using the email function.

Forget about what it cannot do, there are many more things that the iPhone 3G can do. With Maxis post-paid plans, one can own the iPhone 3G at a lower price upfront now. For more details, you can check it out here.

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