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Singapore selling iPhone 4S without cameras
Posted:
January 14, 2012
By: soyacincau
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Thinking of getting an iPhone 4S but your work doesn’t permit anything that take pictures? You might want to check out Singapore as they are offering iPhone 4S with its front and main camera removed.
In Singapore, military staff are prohibited from bringing in any form of camera devices into their bases. Aimed at catering for these folks, telcos in Singapore are offering special iPhone 4S bundles which include “Camera removal service”. On M1, the 32GB version is going as low as $49 on iPhone Max Plans or as high as $649 on their iPhone value plan.
It is interesting to point out that such modifications performed by telcos will automatically void the standard Apple warranties. As a result, the telcos are reported to offer warranty coverage of their own. In Singapore, the iPhone 4S is not the only device with “camera-less” options as we’ve found out that M1 is also offering a similar version for its BlackBerry Bold 9780. This certainly goes to show that the military market is rather substantial for Singapore and this ruling doesn’t necessary have to restrict them to dumb feature phones.
Samsung Galaxy S II coming to Singapore in April, Malaysia soon after?
Posted:
March 14, 2011
By: ccsoya
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Gregory Lee, the CEO of Samsung Asia has confirmed that the recently announced Samsung Galaxy S II will be hitting stores in Singapore in April though the exact date and price wasn’t revealed.
What is also unclear is if this means the Galaxy S II will make its Malaysian debut soon after.Traditionally Singapore has always been slightly ahead when it comes to device launches so it’s not wrong to assume that the arrangement will be much the same with the Galaxy S II. The question is, how long after its Singapore launch will the Galaxy S II make it to Malaysia.
So Samsung Galaxy fans out there, it looks like April will be your month.
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Celcom flat rate on roaming & IDD promo for cross border calls
Posted:
February 21, 2011
By: soyacincau
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Celcom is making it easier to stay connected overseas with its flat rates on international roaming. All SMS sent from abroad are now charged at a flat rate of 98 sen. For voice calls while roaming, Celcom now charges a flat rate but varies depending on which zone. Each zone is actually based on region with Zone 1 being Singapore, Zone 2 within Asia Pacific, Zone 3 for Europe and North America, Zone 4 for Middle East and Zone 5 for other countries in the rest of the world.
While Malaysians get all excited about the not so revolutionary iPhone 4, Singaporeans get a phone that is really revolutionary.
Released last week with Singaporean telco StarHub is the Samsung Galaxy Beam – the world’s first smartphone with a built-in projector.
Running Android 2.1 powered by a 720MHz TI OMAP 3440 processor with 384MB RAM and on board GPU capable of processing 14 million polygons per second, the Galaxy Beam is packed with tech including a 3.7 inch Super AMOLED screen, 8MP camera with auto focus and flash. There’s also a forward facing camera for video calls. Connectivity wise, the Beam supports HSDPA up to 7.2Mbps and HSUPA up to 5.76Mbps, along with the standard array of EDGE and GPRS frequencies. There’s 16GB of on board memory with Micro SD expansion up to 32GB.
The built-in pico projector that can project images from 5 up to 50 inches wide. StarHub is bundling the Beam with its mobile TV service for as low as SG$0 depending on the plan the user subscribes to.
Given the fact that Maxis has a pretty decent mobile TV offering with its b.player application, and the fact that they are probably Malaysia’s most device rich telco at the moment, and the fact that they are the strongest supporter of Android devices; it’ll be interesting to see if Maxis is looking to offer the Galaxy Beam here.
If they do and if the performance of the Galaxy S is anything to go by, then there’s a lot to like about the Galaxy Beam. If they do, we can’t wait and we would love to get our hands on this device!
If you’re interested, head on over to after the jump for the full press release from Samsung Singapore.
Tune Talk looking to offer roaming services in Singapore
Posted:
May 6, 2010
By: ccsoya
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Budget MVNO Tune Talk is looking to offer its subscribers more cost effective roaming services to Singapore as early as the third quarter of this year.
Once available, Tune Talk’s subscribers travelling to Singapore will be able to roam using their existing prepaid cards. Interestingly, the customers will be charged local Singapore call rates.
Tune Talk CEO, Jason Lo said under its current MVNO arrangement with Celcom, Tune Talk customers can roam in Singapore but it rides on whatever roaming arrangement Celcom has with Singapore operators.
Jason said in an announcement Thursday that Tune Talk is “trying to by-pass the current roaming platform and link up with a Singapore telco“. Jason added that Tune Talk is in talks “with a company” in Singapore at the moment and “hope to conclude the deal soon“.
According to Jason, the cheapest Singapore call rate currently is about S$0.08/min or about RM0.18/min.
At the same time, Tune Talk is also eyeing to offer a simillar roaming arrangment to Indonesia early next year and aims to enter into three other countries in the next 12 months.
Jason said Tune Talk plans to be in all the Asean countries in five years.
As it stands, Tune Talk has about 860,000 activations and hopes to hit one million activations next month.
Tune Talk offers the lowest prepaid flat call rate in the country at 16 sen per minute to any domestic operator.
For your information, a roaming call from Singapore with Tune Talk costs a whopping RM5/min! Picking up incoming calls will cost you RM2/min. SMS is RM2/sms. Whoa!
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U Mobile IDD Bonaza Promo
Posted:
February 27, 2009
By: oyasc
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It has been quite a while since we heard from U Mobile. Today, they have launched a promo on its IDD Services called IDD Bonanza.
While other telco players have been pushing hard on special rates for selected IDD country, it is obvious that U Mobile should join the bandwagon as well. At the moment, they are having promotion for 5 selected Asian countries namely China, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and India.
The promo rate of 0.7 per second is equivalent to 42 sen/minute for both fixed and mobile lines.