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Current availability of Iphone 4 @ Singapore / Hong Kong

Old Feb 13, 2011, 8:07 am
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Current availability of Iphone 4 @ Singapore / Hong Kong

Hello!

It seems that cheapest unlocked Iphone 4's can be purchased from either of these countries. When looking at iphone.sg and iphone.hk webstores it says that Iphone 4 is currently unavailable? What is the latest situation on ground and where should i start looking for? Changi Airport or Hong Kong airport? Local malls? Any info is appreciated!
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Old Feb 13, 2011, 6:39 pm
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Originally Posted by joorinainen
Hello!

It seems that cheapest unlocked Iphone 4's can be purchased from either of these countries. When looking at iphone.sg and iphone.hk webstores it says that Iphone 4 is currently unavailable? What is the latest situation on ground and where should i start looking for? Changi Airport or Hong Kong airport? Local malls? Any info is appreciated!
Re HKG, I don't think you will find the iphone 4 at the airport.

In general it is very hard to get the iphone 4 sim free in HK at present. Everywhere asks you to sign up to a contract plan. There are a few retailers that do sell it sim free, but they have quite a bit of a waiting list.
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Old Feb 13, 2011, 8:19 pm
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Seems like a similar situation in most of Asia. I was looking for an iphone 4 a couple of months ago on a trip to SIN and BKK. SIN had none to be found. I ended up buying one at one of the shops at MBK. I paid dearly for it though--28,000 THB.
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Old Feb 14, 2011, 1:35 pm
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It's one of the most sought after toys for nationals of China so the supply of unlocked contract free iPhone 4 is almost non-existent.

One alternative is to get one via network, eg SingTel and then cancel your contract, pay the penalty.
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Old Feb 16, 2011, 4:51 am
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Im now in Singapore and Iphone 4 16gb & 32gb are available at M1-stores without contract and unlocked. 16gb price was 1050 SGD. On Apple's singaporean website the price is 888 SGD so theres a small premium on their prices. They had it in stock @ Paragon Shopping Mall in Orchard Road. Tomorrow i will check the status on Changi Airport's Apple Store.


UPDATE. It seems that Iphone 4 is easily found on Singapore. I have asked few private-vendors at various shopping malls which sell cameras,mobile-phones etc. Unlocked/without contract for 1050-1300SGD.

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Old Feb 16, 2011, 8:20 am
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Originally Posted by joorinainen
Im now in Singapore and Iphone 4 16gb & 32gb are available at M1-stores without contract and unlocked. 16gb price was 1050 SGD. On Apple's singaporean website the price is 888 SGD so theres a small premium on their prices. They had it in stock @ Paragon Shopping Mall in Orchard Road. Tomorrow i will check the status on Changi Airport's Apple Store.


UPDATE. It seems that Iphone 4 is easily found on Singapore. I have asked few private-vendors at various shopping malls which sell cameras,mobile-phones etc. Unlocked/without contract for 1050-1300SGD.
That's a US$126 premium, that isn't exactly a small premium.

You can also get the iphone 4 in HK in quite a few places like SSP or Wanchai if you are willing to pay such a premium.
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A true FTer would have extended their RTW to include an Apple Store in Australia.

The 16Gb iPhone 4 is A$859 (approx S$1080), and don't forget the tourist refund at the airport of the 10% GST - so it will cost you A$859 - A$78 = A$781 = US$781 at the moment.
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Old Feb 16, 2011, 7:50 pm
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Originally Posted by willyroo
A true FTer would have extended their RTW to include an Apple Store in Australia.

The 16Gb iPhone 4 is A$859 (approx S$1080), and don't forget the tourist refund at the airport of the 10% GST - so it will cost you A$859 - A$78 = A$781 = US$781 at the moment.
Where are those $600 K fares when we *need* them?

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Old Feb 17, 2011, 7:25 am
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Unfortunately i didn't had chance to visit Changi's Apple Store. I will check Hong Kong's airport situation if my transfer time allows. Note to my Singapore post: You can get 7% of the 1050 SGD by doing a vat refund at airport so the final price is 976,5 SGD.
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Checked the Changi store last week--they only had the 16GB and were asking $1200 SGD. Thats even more than I paid in BKK and I thought the BKK price was crazy.
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Old Feb 26, 2011, 8:46 pm
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Checked the Changi store last week--they only had the 16GB and were asking $1200 SGD. Thats even more than I paid in BKK and I thought the BKK price was crazy.
That's crazy and there are no taxes on that price.
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Old Mar 5, 2011, 7:07 am
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Update: Checked Apple's store at Hong Kong airport and it was out of stock as usually. They don't even accept preorders. Prices were: 16gb 4988HKD and 32gb 5888HKD.
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I will be traveling to TH, SN, HK and CN later this year. If anyone is interested in an iPhone 4 I can pick one up in the US and just break the contract. You'd probably have to jailbreak it since it would be locked to AT&T.
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Old Mar 8, 2011, 5:08 am
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If you go to Apple's online store for Singapore then you'll notice that the "currently unavailable" message under the price of the iPhone 4 has changed to "2 weeks", so if you can wait a fortnight then you can get the 32 gig version at S$1,048.

They might even ship it early, as I once ordered something with a similar waiting period but got my package within a couple of days.
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