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

1. 

   Richard Barrow
   September 22nd, 2010 - 15:47

   UPDATE: 15 minutes later and midnight launch is now fully booked. And second round on 25th September.
2. 

   Richard Barrow
   September 22nd, 2010 - 15:50

   UPDATE: Now 23-25th September is fully booked leaving only 26th September. It is not known what will happen next week. Will we have to wait for them to restock?
3. 

   Ed
   September 22nd, 2010 - 15:54

   Ambiguous as to whether they are saying that you can actual get a phone at the event, or whether you’ll have the right to reserve one. Wonder how many they have in stock right now?

   I’m with AIS but wanted to swap to True for 3g, hoping that True will have a similar announcement before tomorrow.
4. 

   KissTheSky
   September 22nd, 2010 - 16:06

   Do you have any idea of what kind of new data plans AIS and True are offering with this packages?
   Will they be accepting CC on these launch dates – i got a booking with AIS . Nothing from True yet.
5. 

   Austen_CG
   September 22nd, 2010 - 16:12

   Amen to that (re: True)! I’m getting rather frustrated with their lack of communication on this. They were the original distributors of the iPhone…and thus have already built up a solid base of iPhone customer loyalty. I think they should be at the forefront of this rather than falling behind (and leaving us in the dark).
6. 

   Richard Barrow
   September 22nd, 2010 - 16:26

   UPDATE: AIS have now fully sold out of iPhone 4!
7. 

   Mark Lamerton
   September 22nd, 2010 - 16:45

   I registered with True (my current provider) months ago and have had zero communication – despite the launch confirmation this week.
8. 

   siamtwin
   September 22nd, 2010 - 17:26

   does anybody know if it will be possible to buy iphone 4 at apple shops?
9. 

   Ed
   September 22nd, 2010 - 18:22

   Richard – do you mean the ‘slots’ are sold out, or somehow that the actual stock is sold out? I’ve graciously been given an appointment time and was under the impression that there would potential be a fancy telephone waiting for me there.

   This is seriously dragging on, going to go back to carrier pigeons and parchment if it’s not all over by the weekend.
10. 

    Richard Barrow
    September 22nd, 2010 - 18:33

    Ed – With AIS, and the others, we are only talking about pre-orders. If you managed to get to the screen like the one at the top of this page before it said “fully booked” then you should be able to pick up your iPhone on the day and time you selected.

    On the other hand, True customers are completely in the dark. I will be going to their iPhone 4 seminar tomorrow and will tweet and blog live from there. Very disappointed with them. And I was a AIS customer before I bought my first iPhone from True.
11. 

    Richard Barrow
    September 22nd, 2010 - 18:38

    Siamtwin – At the moment you can buy an iPhone 3GS 8GB at some iStudio shops. I’m not sure about the iPhone 4.
12. 

    Richard Barrow
    September 22nd, 2010 - 18:42

    KissTheSky – They are being very tight-lipped about data packages. However, I did a blog here about True.
13. 

    Ed
    September 22nd, 2010 - 18:51

    Richard – no worries, if I end up with AIS and you with True then we can always swap identities!
14. 

    Ed
    September 22nd, 2010 - 18:54

    Ah, also, am I right in thinking that at the moment only True has 3g, and so would be preferable?
15. 

    Phil
    September 23rd, 2010 - 09:11

    Why don’t Apple call it something like a Limited Preview or something other than a Launch. I am a newish, 2 years to be precise apple fan, though some recent manoeuvres leave me speechless. The I Pad, a big iPhone with no phone, the air book, a flawed beauty as it requires plug ins. I would say that everybody who owns and intended to own apple products is in essence a shareholder. After this so called Launch Fiasco, let me tell you, stocks are down, android here we come…….Apple…..in brief….Ram it!
16. 

    Phil
    September 23rd, 2010 - 09:12

    Please spell check my rant, was produced in frustration
17. 

    Phil
    September 23rd, 2010 - 09:14

    In truth it more compatible with the rest of my life anyway, see if you can monopolise that thought Apple!!!!!

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