Mad rush for Apple’s iPhone 4
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The eagerly-anticipated Apple iPhone 4 finally went on sale in Singapore at the stroke of midnight on Friday.
Customers keen to be the first owners of the latest range of iPhones queued up from as early as 630pm.
“I was surprised that when I came at 630pm, there was already a queue,” said financial consultant Marvin Wee, 27, who joined M1′s queue at Paragon.
The popular smartphone was released concurrently by all three local telcos at different locations.
SingTel’s iPhone 4s were available at a special launch event at Marina Bay Sands, while M1 and StarHub had their launches at Paragon and Plaza Singapura respectively.
The M1 queue at Paragon was by far the longest as it snaked around the basement of the shopping mall, while customers at Starhub’s Plaza Singapura had to register first before joining the queue.
The new iPhone comes packed with brand new features, like a new 5-megapixel camera and the ability to take high-definition videos. The screen also boasts a pixel density of 326 pixels per inch, making it the highest-resolution phone screen in the market today.
Undergrad Angeline Lee, 21, who was in the M1 queue, said: “My current iPhone 3G is pretty old and the camera is quite lousy, so this is definitely a worthwhile upgrade for me as I use my phone camera quite a lot.”
Freelance artist Brandon Goh, 24, agrees with her: “The iPhone 4 will be useful for me as I will be able to take HD (high-definition) videos with my phone and even be able to edit them on the go with the iMovie app.”
But aren’t local consumers bothered by the smartphone’s well-publicised antenna issues?
Teacher Lee Jialing, 28, is not at all bothered: “I don’t think the iPhone 4 is going to be in as bad a condition as my old iPhone 3G, which has a permanent reception problem. Whereas for the iPhone 4, I can still be careful not to allow my hand to block the reception points on the antenna when I use it.”
The new iPhone 4 comes in the 16GB and 32GB versions, which are listed as S$888 and S$1,048 respectively on the Apple website.
All three telcos are offering the basic 16GB model for between $480 to $500 with a monthly fee of just under $40.
rushsportage on July 30, 2010 at 9:30 am
Haizzz…Poor thing all this people.. They already knew that iPhone 4 had some hiccup, still in queue.. They’ll surely visit the shop again after purchase. Good luck..
nizz01 on August 16, 2010 at 11:27 pm
Walawei kiasu people mojority are all Singaporean it could be your friends,relatives or even your own family members.Just look at the picture can u tell me WHO are most?
lanevomax on July 30, 2010 at 10:14 am
this is dumb, queing for a phone which is not free. Just for the sick of getting the latest phone?
avenez on July 30, 2010 at 10:17 am
hey, can you zip it before you try it? why is that i dont see any antennagate nonesense thing on mine? huh ?
jacksonlow on July 30, 2010 at 10:20 am
No Hiccups at all manz!! Kudos to Apple and Singtel!!
jacksonlow on July 30, 2010 at 10:20 am
mzbarz on July 30, 2010 at 10:33 am
Poor thing these ppl queued… waste their time on Hiccup iphone4… i bet in a few months later Iphone4Gs will come out.. and these ppl will surely feel wasted on buying the phone4 first…
stocktradersbp23 on July 30, 2010 at 10:41 am
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AND I HAVE A MESSAGE TO EVERYBODY: ‘I DON’T RECOMMEND BUYING THE IPHONE-4 BECAUSE LATER APPLE WILL RELEASE A BETTER ONE…BUT IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY AND YOU HAVE SOME EXTRA MONEY WHY NOT LA.
youlahthan on July 30, 2010 at 10:44 am
Strange human behaviour. For the sake of getting their hands on the latest in-thing and overhype items, they do anything… the previous ip 3G already not as good in phone performance but yet, these ip 4 can still create such a hip culture. Strange.
stocktradersbp23 on July 30, 2010 at 10:44 am
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stocktradersbp23 on July 30, 2010 at 10:49 am
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT! HELLO TO MANGO MARB
stocktradersbp23 on July 30, 2010 at 10:50 am
AND SNOWBELLY AND TIGERRR…
stocktradersbp23 on July 30, 2010 at 10:55 am
ALSO WANT TO SAY HI TO MY HOUSEMATES: CHRISMA SHERWIN EDWIN MALOU JEN AND JOY. WELCOME MR. MARVIN.
26passerby26 on July 30, 2010 at 10:55 am
Are they sick or what? Nothing better to do? U call sg stressful? where got? see these ppl so free so bo liao. queueing for defective stuff leh
komentarista on July 30, 2010 at 11:03 am
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every singaporean needs it.
properties888 on July 30, 2010 at 11:10 am
Just want to ask those that were the first few iPhone 4. How much money do u make after being the first few to get the phone? How much publicity did it get u ? Did the publicity bring u more money?
stocktradersbp23 on July 30, 2010 at 11:17 am
I GUESS PEOPLE JUST WANT TO BUY THIS IPHONE4 BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOME EXTRA MONEY. BUT OTHER PEOPLE WANTS IT BECAUSE OF STUPID REASONS…IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN…BUT IT’S THEIR CHOICE AND AINT NOTHING MUCH YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT…
lamlam88 on July 30, 2010 at 11:19 am
Singtel is the worse …. the online booking is a gimmicks and waste ppl time in front of the computer trying to log in to their website to make a booking appt ….
this company SUCKS BIG TIME …..
kopikow on July 30, 2010 at 11:20 am
i dun understand this. Ppl waiting in line to buy a product which is clearly defective. I guess Steve Jobs has taught them how to hold the phone.
ultramomo on July 30, 2010 at 11:39 am
My god… ANOTHER HELLO KITTY QUENE!!!!!
sherieangel on July 30, 2010 at 11:47 am
@stocktradersbp23
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Anyway this is the latest craze, Iphone, so let them be. Anyway it’s not defective at all. As if other smart phones have no drop calls.
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stocktradersbp23 on July 30, 2010 at 11:48 am
THANK YOU MR. EWEN BOEY FOR POSTING THIS.
terencetan1978 on July 30, 2010 at 11:55 am
For those who are not sure, the version filmware that release 4.0.1 in fact solve most of the issue for the Iphone 4 but if any 3GS user go and update to that, it is a reverse that the problems become on the 3GS. best part is even you complaint to Apple, they will claims they will look into it with nothing done. Now they only concentrating on how to sell more Iphone 4.
Those who queue up are mostly those electronic fan i would say and they are just wanting to be the 1st to get what is in the market and not that they have extra to spend on in correcting the comment above.
most of them are students and they are buying it for the sake of buying showing they have the latest tread in their pockets that is all.
In fact after doing so many trial, in terms of net work, reception and function, apple only have the function that catch people to buy but if you try wack the machine 32 gb with 28 gb of photos or songs, that is where you will see the laggy iphone crying for help. which i had done before.
your system will be running super slow once you wack it with tons of things. and with multi tasking, worst cause alot of application is not fully closed and is running in back ground, more lag.
terencetan1978 on July 30, 2010 at 11:57 am
forget to add to it, it i take the iphone 4 is $0 for renew contract only i also never go queue cause Apple will have another replacement some where next year mid again.
stocktradersbp23 on July 30, 2010 at 11:58 am
HELLO TO STEVE JOBS!AND ALL THE SING
stocktradersbp23 on July 30, 2010 at 11:59 am
HELLO TO MR. BARACK OBAMA…
usernameused on July 30, 2010 at 12:45 pm
No need for opinions? this is addiction! Guys hold on to yourselves, if upgrading is your type, better think twice. Anyways, there would still be more happy people who will enjoy the old tech you’ll be leaving behind. But sadly apple is just populating sg with some kind of crippled phone. Bumpers anyone?
baliprince on July 30, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Hope it was worth the time and energy !
leori on July 30, 2010 at 1:44 pm
What a bunch of kiasu looser~~
leori on July 30, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Iphone 3
Iphone 3G
Iphone 3GS
Iphone 4
Whats coming next?….you shld know better ….waste of time…..
HTC ROCKS!!!!
asmloke on July 30, 2010 at 1:54 pm
crazy…today get it n tomorrow get it n next week get it got different keh meh???Y SO KIASU???this is Singaporean???zzz…
Jacobian on July 30, 2010 at 2:04 pm
I still love my blackberry
usernameused on July 30, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Whoa! truly high end phone lah! Just dont blame anyone, if you start experiencing problems. Else you like to have SG be in the news, like US users. You know it is broken (so much for jail break :X ), why complain?
vereneonn on July 30, 2010 at 2:51 pm
It’s better to get it later, i believe the price will go down.
Time is so precious, why spend it on hours-queing? The iPhone is not free afterall.
vereneonn on July 30, 2010 at 2:59 pm
It’ll be nice to see such long queues when comes to donating blood..
aaccess on July 30, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Smart consumers will watch & see before they spend on their hard earn money on a phone that has news reporting problems & defect. Unless it is proven after a while that this IPHONE4 got no issue, then we can safely buy this phone with no worries & I believe for phone, the price will drop after a while.
Those people who queue overnight for this 1st batch of Iphone4 are really kaisu, unless you have all the time & extra money, if not, you maybe are really asking for trouble.
gryvamp on July 30, 2010 at 3:47 pm
my friend went down to Singtel to Q but in the end did not buy the iP4 cos on top of the phone price (less than $300) he still have to pay a penatly of $300 for the upgrade from iP3gs, better checked properly b4 upgraded cos there are some hidden cross you won’t know. (waste of time to Q)
rubytan on July 30, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Aiyoh ! So many “how lian” people !
rubytan on July 30, 2010 at 4:15 pm
complain, complain, complain so much abt singtel
now see lah, also got alot of how lian people also
‘Q’ for i-phone4
josgperjay on July 30, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Just for the sick of getting the latest phone?
sake, man, sake….
asuhaimi2003 on July 30, 2010 at 4:45 pm
I think nowadays peoples are crazy abt any gadgets…especially when latest stuff arrive…so they can’t be blame…all go for iphone, iphone, iphone…”lelong…lelong”…I wonder one fine days if Apple could create very tough durable and water resistant iphone, than I will Q up 3days b4 launch…waaakakkakakakaaaaaaa…..!!!!!
specialopssniper on July 30, 2010 at 6:40 pm
they have nothing else to do. so queing is like a past time for them.
I wonder what’s going on in their mind……. Materialism…..it is destroying us.
onggc on July 30, 2010 at 8:17 pm
What a joke, can see all the 3 Telco have no confidence to bring in iphone 4.
facemybook on July 30, 2010 at 9:38 pm
L0sers!. and the pr0poganda on local radio’s interviewing those in the Q… Off Course they will answer its a great phone and no issue at all. Why didnt the interview any other passerby?. If im already eating a $200 drumstick and u ask me i will say yes its a good piece of chicken. but ask the person not eating beside me and he/she will answer im stupid coz you can buy chickens for $20 a kg and the idiot is paying $200 for a drumstick.
sashylimited on July 30, 2010 at 11:16 pm
well, its not free..why queue. you are the first to get it, but next day, others are having it too….meaningless.
publicity for the manufacturer and the telcos…..maybe 80% are their people lor…..
smlcute on July 31, 2010 at 12:06 am
I am still holding on the my 3GS which was launched in December 09 and am still loving it. Dun think I will change until it starts giving me problem. Happy Queuing…. Cheers….. Iphone rox…..
fryingpigs on July 31, 2010 at 1:00 am
any locals can validate for me if the flaw exists in Singapore? Just to clarify for myself if it’s really service provider issue or phone issue..
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lanjiaolan on July 31, 2010 at 6:16 am
gd luck to the new owner of iphone 4..n good profit to the 3 telco co..god bless them..hope there r no bad comments from the iphone 4 owner..can eat salted fish..can tahan thirst..
WP on July 31, 2010 at 10:22 am
All kiasu…as if apple just released 1000 pieces & no more.Ppl early2 bought from US already been using dun make a heck…KIASU…