News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
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Apple is selling the iPhone 3G on its Apple Store Web site in Hong Kong, promising the phones "can be activated with any wireless carrier."
The Apple Store in Hong Kong is selling the 8GB and 16GB iPhone 3G models for HK$5,400 ($A838) and HK$6,200 ($A962), respectively, with free shipping. The store advertises the compatibility of the phones with any carrier, saying, "Simply insert the SIM [subscriber identity module] from your current phone into iPhone 3G and connect to iTunes 8 to complete activation."
On the Apple Store's main page for Hong Kong, the site says, "Buy directly from Apple. And choose your carrier."
"Customer response to the iPhone 3G has been off the charts, and we are thrilled to offer our customers in Hong Kong another way to get their hands on this revolutionary device," an Apple spokeswoman said in an e-mail response to questions.
The company did not comment on whether online iPhone 3G sales and activation will be extended to other markets.
The iPhone 3G has been available in Hong Kong since July 11 through Hutchison Telecommunications. The cheapest monthly plan offered by the operator charges HK$2,938 ($A456) for the 8GB version and HK$3,738 ($A580) for the 16GB one, along with a two-year contract that costs HK$188 ($A29) per month.
Checks of the Apple Store in the U.S., the U.K., and Singapore, show the iPhone 3G is not available for sale online. Instead, the sites offer a link to a list of stores where the phone is on sale.
Strong demand for Macs driven by record laptop sales helped Apple turn a $US1.05 billion profit for its fiscal second quarter. The company sold 2.2 million Macs from January to March, helping drive sales of $US7.51 billion for the strongest March quarter in Apple’s history. Apple’s profit rose 36 percent from the second quarter of 2007, with revenue rising 43 percent. The company reported earnings per share of $US1.16 for the just-completed second quarter, a 33-percent rise over last year’s number.
Jim Dalrymple and Philips Michaels | Apr 25, 2008
Apple has lifted the lid on what would have to go down as its worst-kept secret of recent times: the Sydney Apple Store will be located at the corner of King and George Streets, in the former Westpac office tower. While everyone with an even vague interest in the activities of the Mac-maker has known this for months thanks to leaks and searches of City of Sydney planning approvals, the company has remained fairly quiet — at least on the record. There have also been job advertisements on Apple's recruitment web site, but these have not specified the address.
Matthew JC. Powell | May 26, 2008
Apple has announced the opening of its first retail store in Australia which will be at 5:00pm on the 19th of June. Anyone with even the veguest of interest in the subject had already gleaned that information from other sources of course, but now Apple has said it officially. It has also identified that spirally iPod pattern on the banner outside the store as a wave. The invitation says the store is "breaking" on the 19th of June, while invitations to the media preview on the 18th invites us to "catch the first wave". So there you go.
Matthew JC. Powell | Jun 12, 2008
As I type these words, I am waiting for Apple's Developer Connection web site to ease up sufficiently for me to download the long-awaited Software Developer Kit for the iPhone (and iPod touch, just by the by). In a way, I hate developer-oriented announcements — "here's a really cool thing we're working on, and it's available now, and hoi polloi can have it in about six months". Actually, it's the six months I hate.
