iPhone 3GS Available in Hong Kong on July 10th
| July 10, 2009 |
Get your new iPhone tomorrow now!
Emails went out yesterday, and rumors have been circulating since Monday, and today its official. Apple will be selling the new iPhone 3GS in Hong Kong tomorrow at 3 with all new but pretty attractive prices starting from the HK$138 a month + $4,080 for the 16GB or $4,880 for the 32GB all the way to the HK$398 a month plan with a $0 price for the 16GB or a $780 price for the 32GB.
Say what you will about 3’s service, but these plans are quite nice and not too gouging for the new iPhone user. If you have a 3G phone now, you can buy the new 3GS at a special price (check with the 3shop since it has to do with your current plan) and you are only turned onto a new 12-month contract instead of a 24-month like brand new users, which is not that attractive. BUT, the interesting news we hear is that there will be a trade-in offer coming up soon. So if you can hold your iBreath for just a little while longer, 3 will be offering some kind of trade-in price to upgrade to the 3GS. We’ll share that with you when we discover more.
Go ahead and click here to see all the tariff plans and then we’ll see you at 9am for the opening of 3 shops around Hong Kong. The Apple Hong Kong online store has all the 3GS models displayed but no pricing yet, so hopefully they’ll have attractive non-contract prices tomorrow as well.
UPDATE JULY 10: The Apple Hong Kong store has now been updated and you can buy the 3GS direct from them with no contract. The prices are HK$5,388 for the 16GB (black or white) and HK$6,288 for the 32GB (black or white) the original 3G 8GB now stands at HK$4,488. Click here to order now.
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Got an email from Apple a few days ago too, saying that the 3GS will be available Friday. A click on “where to buy” lists not just 3, but Apple’s Online Store, retailers, Broadway and Fortress too.
For my current $498 plan, the 32G is only $1100 cheaper (rebate during the year) and sign a 1 year contract. But they require me to subscribe to a $28 value added service of my choice. Don’t know what that is for, but according to the 3 sales person, it was at the request of Apple.
So if I can get it for $5460 without contract, it might be worth it.
You should avoid using Three if possible. One of the worst companies I’ve had to deal with.
Three have real bad customer service. try getting them on the phone is a mammoth chore. Once you do and if you have to do it more than once you realise that the staff all very young and unprofessional, these are the people three choose to hire to deal with you.
you can get a unlimited plan elsewhere and a iphone from a official outlet and it would actually cost you a little less or the same.
the difference is you won’t have to deal with three as a company. they will cheat you anyway which they can. just look at how they try to confuse you with their pricing, hidden charges are all mandatory.
That upgrade they offered you, well you could buy it from the official store and get better contract not at three.
they will bumf*ck you and expect you to say thankyou