Using an iPhone & iPad in Thailand Tips, App Reviews and News for the iPhone and iPad by Richard Barrow

New Double SIM for iPhone + iPad Users

Posted on September 20, 2010


This morning TrueMove held a "Blogger Day" at Siam Square where, among other things, they announced new data packages . This will come out soon to coincide with the launch of the iPhone 4 in Thailand. There isn't any announcement on their website yet, but I managed to get the following information from Thai bloggers who were tweeting live during the event.

iPack 549 baht/month - Edge (2G) use 1GB, 3G use 1GB and free WiFi
iPack 749 baht/month - 500 SMS  & 300 MMS messages, Unlimited for Edge, 3G and WiFi

TrueMove also announced a "double SIM" package for people who have an iPhone and iPad. I am not too clear on this yet, but it looks like if you purchase any iPhone package, you can then get the iPack 749 package at a 200 baht discount. Present packages at True expire on the 30th September 2010. I will update here as soon as the situation becomes clearer.

There has been no announcement of the prices for the iPhone 4 handset which is expected to be released on Friday 24th September 2010. The launch party the night before is by invitation only. However, posters advertising this event at Siam Square have reportedly had the launch date blacked out. Also, it is not known whether people will be able to buy the handset in True, DTAC and AIS shops on Friday or not. There has been no press releases from any of the camps so far other than talking about a midnight launch. One thing for sure is that supplies are expected to be limited. I will update on Twitter @RichardBarrow as soon as I hear anything.

In related news, the iPhone 4 is being released this Saturday in China (25th September). There was a press release from Apple about this but no word about a release in Thailand.

The above pictures were tweeted by @iphonemods and @pinnynoy.

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  1. Jon
    September 21st, 2010 - 10:33

    Interesting that you’d didn’t receive an invite?!

    I contacted the organisers on the email address supplied but received no response, perhaps because the information and website were all in Thai while my email was English but you’d expect someone to bother to respond.

    Furthermore, when I told True’s community manager he told me it wasn’t anything under his control and he’d couldn’t get involved.

    All very strange and a shame that the organisers didn’t think to reach out, or respond, to a few English bloggers. Even if the event is in Thai it is an opportunity for photos and perhaps some basic questions, but they missed out. Stranger still when you consider True is no longer the sole iPhone supplier – you’d think it would do all it could to promote its association.

  2. Richard Barrow
    September 21st, 2010 - 15:20

    I think you could have just gone along. I was busy at that time otherwise I would have gone.

  3. Erin
    September 21st, 2010 - 19:10

    I pre-register at the Dtac center and received a phone call from their call center to inform me to buy the iphone 4 on Sep 24 at Chamchuri square from 10am to 9pm. When I asked how much it is he told me 20000 but no further details.

  4. Me
    September 22nd, 2010 - 12:00

    I’m an AIS Serenade member and received an SMS saying that all Serenade members are eligible to pick up an iPhone 4 and should check their email. I checked my email and found that I could select several different times between Sunday and Tuesday to purchase and collect my iPhone 4 at Central Ladphrao.

  5. Mario
    September 22nd, 2010 - 12:16

    HI Erin, really? I registered at the iStudio store on Ratchada Esplanade for the iPhone 4 from DTAC, they told me the price indidation for the 16gb version would be around 26000 THB but they weren’t sure. Hope I am also getting a call or email that I can pick up my iPhone on Sep 24 :)


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