You may notice how the trend of rewarding customer for any sales has shifted from consumer electronic such notebook or LCD TV to smartphone or tablet like iPhone or iPad. It become even obvious especially when iPad is more affordable and available from local reseller.
The coolness factor, huge demand, and the appeal of such devices to consumer, attract industry to use it as their marketing tool. It is now common to see such promotion that giving away iPad to customer as seen on the ads below. If the choices that you have is tied in almost every aspect, but the other one rewarding something cool, why not taking it, right?
And so this promotion that rewarding iPad, only if you buy Honda or Mercedez Benz from following dealer, so be cautious. But if one can afford Merc or even Honda, iPad is just as additional gift that these peoples can get anytime they want.
Why rushing on the hot, congested day and queuing for hours if you can get it online, right from the comfort of your bed, right? And so here is the news that you wish to know earlier.. Apple iPad is now available from Apple’s online store Malaysia!
The price is the same as unit sold through authorized reseller, but you can add a personal laser-engraved message at the back of an iPad. Shipping is free and it will reach your doostep in the next 1 to 3 days, if you order today. As usual, hit the source link to get yours.
source Apple online store
Okey, so my bad of not reading news portal early this morning, but I’m telling you now, that this is real! iPad is finally here! Yes!. Right after I wrote previous post about data plan for iPad from Maxis, I’m browsing local news portal and only then figure out this news. Well, at least I’m still not too late, right? Apple iPad is now finally here, not through telco as usual, but instead through Apple authorized reseller. That’s great, what do you think?
The pricing is definitely cheaper, way cheaper than what is being offered in the grey market. Honestly, I’m kinda surprise with the price, it is dirt cheap, even to Singapore’s iPad set after price conversion. The last time I calculate, iPad WiFi 16GB from Singapore is priced around Rm1720 after converted from SG dollar. But Rm1549 price tag for that model is really rock bottom price, and made my decision to get iPad last month is one of the worst purchase I ever made. Imagine Rm1800 for iPad Wifi-only 16GB and with Apple Singapore warranty, compared to RM1549 price with local warranty! Well, let’s just forget it!
iPad with WiFi
16GB RM 1,549
32GB RM 1,849
64GB RM 2,149
iPad with WiFi + 3G
16GB RM 1,999
32GB RM 2,299
64GB RM 2,599
So iPad will available from authorized Apple reseller in Malaysia such as Machines and Mac Studio, which both has updated their website with the last iPad information, while other reseller like Epicenter has yet to do so, but perhaps later. Each walk in customer is only allowed to purchased up to 3 units only. But expect the long queue again; not at telco store, but instead now at Apple authorized reseller store. Would you get one?
via Lowyat, source Discoveryweek
I know it still rumors, but because iPad is something that almost everyone (who loves gadget) wish to have one, I can’t just let it slip from my radar. At least 2 blogs, amanz and mytechnews has reported that iPad will be here soon via Maxis with each both blog provide tentative launch date on 30 December 30 November and 29 November.
You can see the contradict slightly different launch date here, but as they’re getting the info from their own sources, you have to take it with grain of salt, for now. But whenever the launch date is, having this news broke by 2 different sources, we know this is pretty strong rumors. You can finally get iPad with hopefully reasonable price, as well as affordable data plan.
Looking from the current iPad price trend in the grey market, you can notice that it has gone down pretty steep as of late. It is either competition, weak demand or the possibility of availability of iPad through the official channel, but I guess the later is make more sense now.
On May/June this year, the price of iPad Wifi 16gb version is RM2200 (cheapest that I survey at that time), but when I finally purchase it last month, I got it for only RM1800. That’s the cheapest deal I can found, and I think that is already good price. At that point of time, I haven’t heard any plan/rumors that iPad will be here, but these retailers can sniff something is going to happen and wasting no time to drop the price in order to clear the stock as fast as they can.
Now iPad is almost here, would you get one?
source amaz mytechnews
The initial plan is to test and view the CSL Droidpad tablet which was released last Saturday at Lowyat Plaza in KL. But somehow it diverted to something else. The Droidpad tablet is a great tablet with lots of goodies, generous with lots of specification but doesn’t t really impress me and my wife. Just leave that tablet alone this time.
We went upstairs and you can guess what.., we’re start surveying the iPad price. I’ve done that once about 2 months ago, but left empty handed because the price is way too expensive. But last weekend trip to Lowyat plaza is fruitful. To our surprise, the iPad price is much more cheaper now compared to the price few months back. With RM1.8 k, I can get iPad 16gb Wifi compared to around 2.2 k before. Similarly iPad 16GB 3G/Wifi is now priced at RM2.2K versus almost 3K before. That’s how we fall to Apple trap, once again.
I ‘d like to do unboxing post (I know many people do that), but this iPad has been unboxed right from the shop. Well.. it’s my kid that too excited to play with it all the way back to our home. So, that’s how we end up with iPad. I’m not going to do review here, but I’ll do short post next time, perhaps what’s good and what’s not, comparison with iPod and iPhone and etc.
