Apple's iPhone 3G coming to Singapore later this year

Are iPhone 3G coming to Singapore July 11?
No Apple iPhone 3G come on Singapore later this year.

"SingTel to bring in Apple's iPhone 3G later this year" on Channel NewsAsia.
Adibah says:
" It’s amazing how progressive Apple is, but my, what a hole they burn in our pockets. What’s the trade-off? It has been mentioned in several places on the internet, however, that this iPhone model will be much more affordable than the original one that was released a year ago."

Local operator SingTel and Apple have jointly announced that they will be introducing the iPhone 3G in Singapore later this year. This will make SingTel the first mobile operator in Singapore to release the new iPhone, according to the press release.

While exact pricing and availability date have yet to be confirmed, Singapore is not expected to be among the first countries in the world to get the iPhone 3G on July 11. Based on the list given on the Apple press site, the new iPhone will debut first in Japan (Softbank), Hong Kong (Hutchison Telecom), New Zealand (Vodafone) and Australia (Vodafone and Optus) on July 11, followed by other Asian markets including Singapore (SingTel), India (Bharti Airtel) and the Philippines (Globe Telecom).


SINGAPORE and SAN FRANCISCO—June 9, 2008—Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) and Apple® today announced that they will be bringing the highly anticipated iPhone™ 3G to Singapore later this year. iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast as the first generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs the hundreds of third party applications already built with the recently released iPhone SDK.

“We are pleased that Apple has selected SingTel to be the first mobile operator in Singapore to launch its new iPhone 3G,” said Quek Peck Leng, executive vice president of SingTel. “There is strong synergy between the core brand values of Apple and SingTel, such as innovation and reliability. Customers can enjoy a superior experience with their new iPhone 3G, such as Internet access on the move, fully supported by SingTel’s high quality 3G network coverage and new range of services which we will be launching over the next 12 months.”

“We are excited to be working with SingTel, the largest multi-market mobile operator in the Asia Pacific region, to bring iPhone 3G to millions of mobile customers in Singapore,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s COO. “We can’t wait to get this revolutionary mobile device in the hands of even more people around the world.”

SingTel recently announced that it would invest S$220 million to enhance its network. Customers can expect an even better user experience with faster data speeds. SingTel’s 3.5G High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) network will be upgraded to offer even faster download and upload speeds of up to 42 Mbps and 12 Mbps respectively within the next 18 months.

later this year,iPhone 3G will come to Singapore.
waiting for iPhone 3G !