the whole household got the iPhone 4S

The 3 of us in the household has been waiting for the new iPhone 4S.
BUT... we are not those who will queue for it. A colleague queued 6 hours for it on Friday (a day earlier)!

It's not us to queue that many hours for it. We are hoping to just walk into a shop and hopefully there is no queue and we could just pick up the phone and leave. Possible?

It was Saturday afternoon. We heard people had queue for hours in the morning and the phone has been out of stock in several shops. As Presbyterians our believe is that all things are predestined. If it is for us, it will be! We decided to go to Marina Bay Financial Centre to try it! We know that place is like a partial ghost town during the weekends.

Oh... there was no queue! Only 1 person in front of us! We asked if there were stocks of the phone. Oh yes! Three sets please. 2 White 16GB and 1 Black 32GB. Thanks!



Two out of the 3 boxes. A black and white one here.



After getting the queue number we walked off. We don't need to wait there too!
The system will SMS us when it's almost our turn. We walked around the quiet mall. Around 35 minutes or so, it was our turn. We had 3 numbers, so it was like parallel service by 3 persons.

Told the wife and sis. Make sure:
- phone plans are correct, check that you are all correctly tagged on Corporate Plans. (show your ID and you get around 10-30% your bill)
- opt for 'pay as you roam' for roaming and swap it for another 12 months of caller ID. (to got 24 months of free caller ID)

We realised this telco here is quite good. They offered even without us asking the things I wanted wife and sis to say! Hint: it's the telco that did not offer preregistration this round for iPhone 4S purchase.

We are happy people. The battery life, you need to configure something like what I did on iOS5 on 3GS too. Configure it right, and the battery will last....

If you are on the train or on the streets, how to you differentiate a iPhone4 and iPhone4S?
Look at the top side of it. The 'slit' for the 4S is on the side. The 'slit' for the 4 is on top. ;-)

The iPhone Queue starts at Orchard Road

Aha! The madness begins yet again.
Fans of the iPhone4S have started to queue up, and I wonder what time they have been there!

I was passing by Paragon at 5:35 pm earlier today and I saw these people already waiting in queue for the phone.  Young and old, they are all in the queue!



These two young teenagers are probably the first 2 persons to get the phone from telco M1.
Some folks in Singapore would have already bought it from the 'grey market'.




The queue is not as bad as I thought.
It's shorter than the recent H&M queue!




Hmm. This is not my current telco for my phone, but it's the telco for my fibre line.
I wonder if I should jump telco! My 'green' telco has not been particularly nice recently. 

I have a feeling that all the telcos have been given limited sets, probably too few thats why M1 and Starhub are not doing pre-registration. Singtel's preregistration ended a short while after it started stating it's sold out.

I am still thinking if I should get the new iPhone. Maybe when I have decided, it's sold out!
The wife's gonna get hers!

iPhone 4 launched!

This morning when we came to the office, it was all so so quiet because it was a super wet day.
On wet days, people seem to be quiet and moody.

Around lunch time, we remembered a colleague queued for the iPhone 4 last night!
One of the very few who queued for it.  She said it was fun! So entertaining and what a grand affair it was at Marina Bay Sands.

That was when we all got excited during lunch time!


My old iPhone 3GS on the left, with the spanking new not even 12 hours old iPhone 4!
The screen on the iPhone 4 does look so much clearer than the 3GS!




It is also thinner!
And so much sleeker!



In the background is the IP Phone and not the iPhone. :-)
Now, can we configure our iPhones to receive calls from our IPPhones?


Colleague got the 16GB version for only SGD150 from her telco.

I can't get it subsidized rate from my telco yet, as I still have a contract! Arghh.. I got to wait!

Starhub TV on iPhone

I am a late bloomer when it comes to iPhone.

But probably waiting until now has its advantages. On the 'green' network that I am on, I get to watch Starhub TV (local cable tv company) on it. The streaming is quite smooth. I am surprised.

I tried to play both same channels on the real TV, and on the iPhone, it's around 10-15 seconds lag for the iPhone.

But my favourite channel Asian Food Channel does not seem to be available for the iPhone, while it is available for subscriber of this 'green' network on other compatible phones. I wonder why..




Pardon the green cover. It's the free cover that the 'green' telco gives. I am too 'cheap' to buy a new one.

What are your favourite apps on iPhone?

Oh.. No queue for iphone at the "Green Camp"

Earlier this evening, I went to get my Apple iPhone. Guess what? There's no queue!

(I remember Momo had to queue up for hours to get her when the Apple iPhone 3GS came to Singapore with Singtel.)

I waited till now to get the iPhone because I had an existing contract with Starhub and I could not switch telcos without paying a hefty penalty. Since I had waited so long, I did not get it on 9 Dec that it was launched, 2 more days would not have made any difference right? But it was worth the two extra days. I work in a company that has CIS (Corporate Individual Scheme) with all 3 telcos here.

I emailed Starhub's rep that handles the accounts for our company. The rep said there's a corporate rate it gives me 20% off if I take the lower end plan or 30% off if I took the dearer plan. I could place an order and she can arrange for me to collect it at Suntec Convention Centre. 

I thought for a while, and decided, why not?



(Hmmm, the whole place is so green!) I wonder if Starhub chose this place, because the colour here matches their corporate colour!

I went at 7.30 pm, and there was no queue! Everything was settled in less than half an hour. It could have been less, but I decided to trade in my old phone for $200. ;-)



I am a happy boy today.

- I was 21 months into my 24 month contract so there's no penalty for early renewal.
- No long queues with impatient people around.
- 20% off for my monthly phone bill.
- What made it even sweeter was that the guy whom processed my order said, as a corporate customer, I can choose 12 months of free caller ID and international roaming or 24 months of free caller ID without roaming. I took the 24 months free caller ID. (that's a savings of $126).
- $200 off after I traded in my old phone.
- free cover (green cover! I think they give green stuff on purpose!) and screen protector.

Happy Weekend Everyone!