Wednesday. 16 July. 2008. 9:23 am
PCCW Mobile offers new plan to combat iPhone mutiny.
PCCW Mobile has returned fire against Hutchison’s initial 3G iPhone launch in Hong Kong. As anyone with eyes in Hong Kong knows, 3 was the first to launch the new 3G iPhone in Hong Kong with data/talk plans ranging from HK$189-HK$498 per month last Friday.
To stop the exodus of users, PCCW is offering a crazy non-contract “Web & Talk” plan of only HK$98 a month. This is probably the best offer yet in Hong Kong, and a great reason for you to think twice about that Hutchison 24-month contract, since its also been confirmed that the iPhone will in fact be sold via Apple Hong Kong’s online store (but with no definite date set, but we hear next month).
Apple, maker of the iPod, intends to make the iPhone 3G handset available at its online store in Hong Kong, a United States-based Apple spokesman said, though he could not say when that would happen.
The company would try to keep prices close to those the company has been touting since it introduced the device last month - US$199 for the 8-gigabyte-capacity model and US$299 for the 16GB version.
And even if you are linked to Smartone-Vodafone, you might even get a shot at it as well as they are still negotiating with Apple:
“This will give local consumers more choice of which network and which data plans best suits their needs,” said Stephen Chau Kam-kun, chief technology officer at 3G network operator SmarTone- Vodafone. Mr Chau said SmarTone-Vodafone was still in talks with Apple about a partnership with the company in Hong Kong. “I hope we can move forward and get to an acceptable arrangement,” he said.
Although this new PCCW plan has already been out in the Chinese press, we’ve waited to confirm this with PCCW direct and they have just sent us the link to their website with the English details. Get more information of this plan by visiting the PCCW Mobile site.
Wednesday. 9 July. 2008. 9:11 am
3 chooses 500 registrants to get the Apple 3G iPhone first.
With the big launch of the 3G iPhone coming to Hong Kong this Friday , Hutchinson’s 3 has decided to fuel the bombastic hype flames by letting only 500 early-bird people who registered at their website, get not only the 3G iPhone first in Hong Kong, but also some collectible pouch and of course, an most importantly, chief bragging rights.
The winners have been announced here . So if you are one those 500, we hate you already. And from the rumoured 60,000 Hong Kong people who registered at the 3 site, those 500 plus 1000 "premium subscribers" will be the only ones to get it. The exact number of iPhone’s that 3 has in stock for Friday is unknown, but The Standard is reporting that Hong Kong has an allocation of 10,000 iPhone’s from Apple.
For the rest of us, here is a 13-image photo gallery of an unboxing and comparison to the first iPhone.
UPDATE JULY 10: Here are photos of an unboxing of the Chinese-language version.
Thursday. 15 November. 2007. 11:17 am
The next best way to work while you are on a beach.
It may seem that we cover Smartone-Vodafone alot, but we just love to talk about a company that so aggressively markets broadband and 3G services in Hong Kong. Even to have their new ads basically tell everyone their competitors’ services “suck.”
A new “comparison” ad campaign is in full swing featuring Smartone’s USB connect broadband service which gives you the same high-speed connections from your home PC to your laptop anywhere you move in Hong Kong. Other services seem to switch you from WiFi to 3G to space alien technology but Smartone is saying they can provide you with 7.2 Mbps download speeds all the time and even offering 2Mbps upload speed so you really work out big files on the go.
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Thursday. 8 February. 2007. 11:12 am
Check out the new Vodafone 710
SmarTone-Vodafone throws down into the Hong Kong 3G consumer market with their own-branded 3G handset in three colors (Black, White and Pink) called the Vodafone 710.
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