StarHub launches iPhone 4 in Singapore on 30 July 2010

Singapore, 27 July 2010 – StarHub today announced that it will launch iPhone 4 for its mobile customers in Singapore on 30 July 2010.

The newest iPhone features FaceTime, which makes the dream of video calling a reality, and Apple’s stunning new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, resulting in super crisp text, images and video. iPhone 4 also features a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, HD video recording, Apple’s A4 processor, a 3-axis gyro and up to 40 percent longer talk time—in a beautiful all-new design of glass and stainless steel that is the thinnest smartphone in the world. iPhone 4 comes with iOS 4, the newest version of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, which includes over 100 new features. The revolutionary App Store provides access to more than 200,000 apps including the new iMovie app built just for iPhone 4.

“Since our launch of iPhone in December last year, demand continues to be very high among our customers,” said Mr Ng Long Shyang, StarHub’s Head of Sales and Marketing. “StarHub’s mobile service is the perfect complement to iPhone 4, with its intuitive user-interface and elegant design as well as a multitude of content and applications, including our mobile TV application which gives customers 20 premium StarHub TV channels on iPhone completely free.”

StarHub currently offers four 3G SmartSurf price plans. All these plans come with StarHub’s iconic mobile features including unlimited free incoming voice calls, per-second billing, 100 free SMS with GIRO bill payment and free StarHub IDD 018 calls to 18 destinations for $5 monthly. In addition, local data usage charges are capped at $30 monthly so mobile users have great peace of mind when they go online.

M1 Press Release

SINGAPORE, 27 July 2010 – M1 today announced that it will launch iPhone 4 in Singapore on 30 July. Customers can select from a range of available tariff plans, including the Take3 programme that offers iPhone 4 at no upfront cost and the Value plan that offers monthly subscriptions as low as $36.

iPhone 4 features FaceTime, which simplifies video calling, and Apple’s stunning new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, resulting in super crisp text, images and video. iPhone 4 also features a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, HD video recording, Apple’s A4 processor, a 3-axis gyro and up to 40 percent longer talk time – in a beautiful all new design of glass and stainless steel that is the thinnest smartphone in the world. iPhone 4 comes with iOS 4, the newest version of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, which includes over 100 new features. The revolutionary App Store provides access to more than 200,000 apps including the new iMovie app built just for iPhone 4.

“We are excited to bring iPhone 4 to our customers on the most advanced network in Singapore,” said P Subramaniam, Chief Marketing Officer of M1. “We offered revolutionary plans for iPhone 3GS and are extending the same unbeatable value to customers buying iPhone 4.”

M1 will celebrate the iPhone 4 launch at 12:00 AM on 30 July at its flagship store at Paragon for invited customers only. Invited customers can also obtain the iPhone 4 from 9am, 30 July at M1 shops at Plaza Singapura, West Mall, Tampines and Bugis and two exclusive dealer shops at Jurong Point and Ang Mo Kio Hub. To provide an enhanced customer experience, the M1 Shop at Plaza Singapura will be manned by specially-trained staff to provide set-up and after sales care service.
Pricing and tariff plans :

Note : All iPhone plans and prices are inclusive of 7 percent GST. Maximum excess data usage charges capped at $30 on Value and Lite plans.
For further information please visit  www.m1.com.sg/iPhone

M1 sent us a note confirming that M1 will also be selling the iPhone 4 on 30 Jul 2010. So, all 3 telcos in Singapore will start retailing the iPhone 4 on the same day. It now remains to be seen which telco gives the deal.

Here is the mailer we receive.

Thank you for registering your interest in iPhone 4.

Please click here to fill up a simple form and submit it by 25 July.

And look out for updates in your email inbox soon.

Things to note when buying a parallel imported iPhone 4

As iPhone has just launched in various countries across the globe. There are variations of the iPhone 4. If you intend to buy one from overseas, the first thing is that you would like an unlock phone. With an unlocked phone, you can use SIM card from any telco in the world.

So, paralle imported goods comes from a few countries, namely the USA, Japan, UK. So far, USA and Japan are SIM LOCK to their telcos. So, you can’t just use any SIM card locally and assume that it will work. Parallel importers would probably want to tell you that it can be ‘hacked’ using tools available online. Well, it may or may not work as claimed.

Thus, the safest bet is to get a set that is unlocked from network. So far, the UK versions are unlocked as their regulators do not allowed locked phones. UK version of the phones can be easily identified as they come with 3 pin charger plug used in UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia. The US and Japan ones comes with 2 pin power plugs.

Of course some parallel importers might just swap out the 2 pin and replace it with a 3 pin after reading this article

The second point to note when purchasing a parallel imported set is it’s screen. There have been reports of yellowish spots. This will really be the ultimate eye sight test. It will also depend on your luck as the initial boot up screen is black and you might not be able to notice it until you use it after a while with other coloured background.

The third point to note is the IMEI number. Please make sure the handset IMEI and the one on the box are exactly the same.

The fourth thing to note is the microSIM card. Local telcos in Singapore already has microSIM card ready. You might need to ask the telcos to port your number to a microSIM card so that you can use it on your iphone 4. Alternatively, if you want, you can take the risk of cutting it to the microSIM form factor. There is also a company selling an adaptor that fits microSIM for standard SIM slot just in case you want to use the microSIM on your other phone.

These are just some pointers to note before making your purchase from shops. Do post your comments and suggestions if any.

Although the page is not fully functional, we can see that M1 is ready to take orders for the upcoming iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS 8GB edition. The two other telcos have not put up any notice so far but has indicated that they will carry it soon in the mass media some time ago.

Source

Apple has released new iTunes 9.2 update for Windows and Mac OS X. This new iTunes 9.2 update brings a number of fixes and enhancements. Most importantly, it brings support for upcoming iOS 4 update next week and sync support for iPhone 4. New iTunes 9.2 can be downloaded from the official Apple site directly for Mac OS X (101.99MB) and Windows (92.29MB for 32-bit and 92.99MB for 64-bit).

Every update from Apple is obviously meant to bring better ‘reliability and enhancements’ to the system. Fresh iTunes update brings following fixes:

• Sync with iPhone 4 to enjoy your favorite music, movies, TV shows, books and more on-the-go
• Sync and read books with iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4 and iBooks 1.1
• Organize and sync PDF documents as books. Read PDFs with iBooks 1.1 on iPad and any iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4
• Organize your apps on your iOS 4 home screens into folders using iTunes
• Faster back-ups while syncing an iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 4
• Album artwork improvements make artwork appear more quickly when exploring your library

Download and install the new iTunes 9.2 update and get ready for the arrival of iOS 4.0 next week

Apple officially announced the iPhone 4. With a slimmer form factor, the new iPhone 4 is a quarter thinner than the last version and is banded by a stainless steel alloy and encased front and back with a glass made many times harder than plastic, according to Apple.

Somewhat lacking on the previous generation 3G/3GSs, the iPhone 4 now comes with video calling. It also upgraded it’s camera to a 5 megapixel with flash and HD video recording capability. Apple’s iPhone 4 packs the company’s A4 chip, a 1 GHz processor made by Samsung, that is used in the iPad. Also, the iPhone 4 got a new screen, a higher resolution display it calls Retina. Apple’s 3.5-inch Retina display boasts 960 x 640 pixels, or about four times that of the iPhone 3GS.

The iPhone 4 will be available in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan by June 24. In the United States phones will be available in black or white for $199 for a 16GB version and $299 for a 32GB version with a two-year service contract with AT&T.

By July’s end, Apple’s phone will be available in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. By end of September, the iPhone 4 will be available in 88 countries.