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web vijendra on 20 Aug 2008

Singtel releases price plans – and dissapoints

The cat’s out of the bag so to say. Singtel has announced its price plans for the iPhone and I am disappointed. There are several reasons for me not to by jumping with joy

There is no unlimited data plan. da!! this is singapore folks with a 90% mobile penetration. Look at Starhub, for S$37 you get unlimited data.
The phone is about S$800+ with a S$27 plan. Taking a minimum of 2 years contract the cheapest it would be (without data!!) is 1496. why would I not just get it shipped from HK ?
NO Visual Voice mail ? WHAT ?
Its 12:34 in the night so I am sleepy!

Is it all dark news you ask. Well not really, there are a few very interesting tit bits in the FAQ that actually put a smile on my face.

The phone WILL NOT BE locked with Singtel. Notice how singtel says it may work with Starhub and M1, not it will not work
Singtel will allow phones from other places here in singapore. In case you are interested.

So what will I do on the 22 ? Well not sure if I will still stand in line so to say for this. I will surely go and play with the phone, even might check out if my starhub sim works with it or not. Will I buy it, depends on the contract length that singtel is insisting on. If it’s 2 years then a big NO, its far too expensive even for a fan boy I might also wait to see how much the phone will cost on the grey market or in India before I get it here.