Ok so Iphone is not a verb yet, but Malaysia, and many parts of the world is alive again with the iPhone 3gs new rates finally published yesterday. After all the slapping of Maxis, they finally listened and provided cheaper and more affordable plans. Malaysians can now enjoy legitimate unlocked iPhones for a highest price of RM2990 for the 32gb, which I think it’s pretty good deal, considering that certain sites are selling as high as 3.8 k for the 16gb and the unholy nearly 5k for the 32 gb yet WITHOUT WARRANTY! Now it’s crazy to pay that price for something that is not warrantied at all.
So, I’m really glad of Maxis’s plans, though they can definitely do better. Like giving unlimited data plans for eg. that is actually affordable and competitive with other broadband providers. Most of us are already paying for some kind of broadband service somewhere, be it Streamyx, 3g or Wimax, and having to pay another bill just to get online? Crazy. So I wish they had something like a package deal below RM100 with data and voice that can be customised further. Or better, below RM50. For people like me on prepaid who only use RM30 a month on my phone bill, it would be ideal.
Now comes to the website for the booking. It SUCKS big time. I was trying it out on several browsers, and none worked except SAFARI. It is pretty buggy. Maxis’s site is also very hard to surf around, too many things that is not relevant and yet so hard to find relevant links, like Hotlink plans details, have to click so many links to get there.
Update: There’s no easy payment scheme for the iPhone 3gs btw.