There are several news circulating that Samsung had sent out media invites for the Samsung Galaxy SIII launching in Malaysia. Media events is expected to happen on the 24th of May 2012 which is earlier that the UK launching which is on the 29th. It was also speculated that the device price would start from RM2199.
It is also safe to assume that Maxis, DiGi, Celcom and U Mobile will all be delivering packages for the device.
Maxis releases the packages for the new Nokia Lumia 610. The usual plan would require the user to subscribe either a Value First or Value Plus plan and a data plan of your choice ranging from 1GB to 3GB. This time around there are lighter packages for much lighter user which could fit into the category plan of Value Plus Internet 50 or Value Plus Internet 80.
As for comparison purposes, we will choose the Value First (RM30/month) + Data Plan 1GB (RM48/month). That would give you a total of RM78/month and depending the length of contract you decided to have, the device price ranges accordingly.
Assuming we choose the shortest commitment and the minimum monthly package, the total payment you would pay after 12 months contract is (RM78 x 12) + RM549 = RM1485.
If you are a lighter user, you may want to choose the Value Plus Internet 50 package which consists of 250MB, 100 SMS and 100 MMS with a monthly fee of RM50.
Total payment after 12 months contract for the shortest commitment is (RM50 x 12) + RM499 = RM1099.
Something interesting.. DiGi stepped up the game by releasing the Samsung Galaxy SIII ROI but as from the website shown, it's only a registration of interest to be the first to be notified about the DiGi's plans and pricing for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy SIII.
So don't be too excited as this is not the actual pre-booking.
Update: The page is now "under construction" after DiGi's rep announced that the webpage was not supposed to go public...
What a bummer.. is DiGi trying to test the market?
Folks at soyacincau managed to get a snapshot of Nokia Lumia 610 price from the Nokia Store. It is priced at RRP RM699. It comes in 4 distinct color namely White, Black, Magenta and Cyan.
Just to refresh, the Lumia 610 will be powered with Snapdragon S1 800MHz processor with 256MB RAM. It has 8GB internal memory with no microSD card expendable capability unfortunately. It has 3.7-inch WVGA display with screen resolution of 800 x 480. Device is powered by Windows Phone 7.5 Tango and has a battery capacity of 1300mAh. It has 5MP camera with LED flash.
At the moment, there are no telco providing bundling packages with the Lumia 610.
Selling your application on the online store is really the way in the future. Facebook will be launching its own App Center. The company is hoping to be able to give developers a convenient way to distribute apps. Applications which require to be downloaded to your devices, be it iOS or Android, it will automatically be directed to either Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
Samsung today quietly rolled out the much awaited Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0 update to the Samsung Galaxy Note. It has reported to be available currently in Germany and Holland. It was also confirmed that the Premium Suite will be available in this update. OTA update is approximately 318MB.
Some enthusiastic root users from other parts of the world are already flashing the GNote to the German ICS 4.0 ROM.
Very interesting picture indeed showing the iPad 3 (new iPad) running on iOS 5.1.1 with Cydia 1.1.6.
So, has the jailbreaking team found the right exploit for jailbreaking the A5X chip?
Image above was taken from the famous jailbreaker i0n1c.
Maxis's new iPad data plans consists of plans for postpaid and prepaid users. Take note that both postpaid and prepaid iPad data plan does not require user to have a yearly commitment - in other words, contractless.
As for the postpaid data plan, data quota ranges from 3.5GB, 6GB and 15GB in which the 15GB Premium data plan would require an advance payment of RM50. If you are currently an iValue plan user (which means you somehow owned an iPhone from Maxis), you will be entitled to RM10 rebate per month. That would give an entry data plan of RM60/month. Maxis did something different this time around. Upon exceeding the allocated data, Maxis will not be charging you extra but instead speed throttling will be activated.
If you would still like to enjoy the normal speed even after exceeding your monthly quota, you may opt for the quota upgrades as stated in the above table.
You don't have to feel left out if you're a hotlink user (prepaid) as Maxis had that covered through the iPad data plan prepaid. The table above shows the single iPad data plan of 3.5GB for RM70 which is valid for 30 days upon activations.
Apple yesterday released the updates of iOS 5.1.1 to all iOS devices. Updates are available via OTA (over-the-air) and the file size is approximately 54.5MB if you're coming from iOS 5.1.
Updates are as below:
Improves reliability of using HDR option for photos taken using the Lock Screen shortcut
Addresses bugs that could prevent the new iPad from switching between 2G and 3G networks
Fixes bugs that affected AirPlay video playback in some circumstances
Improved reliability for syncing Safari bookmarks and Reading List
Fixes an issue where 'Unable to purchase' alert could be displayed after successful purchase
This year's Apple WWDC 2012 will be held on June 11 - 15 in San Francisco. Apple will reveal the future of iOS and OSX during the conference. Stay tune..
Samsung Galaxy S3 was reported to be in Malaysian shore as early as June 2012. Below is the excerpt taken from Bernama with the interview with Samsung Electronic's Director of Regional Mobile Business for South East Asia, Oceania and Taiwan.
I assume the AP units would get in Malaysia at least 1 month earlier than the official launching dates.
The much awaited next generation Samsung Galaxy was recently launched and from my observations, there seemed to be mixed feedback. Some thinks that the Galaxy S3 doesn't really have much improvements and some likes the new outlook. My personal opinion, the Samsung Galaxy S3 looks curvy on the edge if you compare to the S2 or Galaxy Note but other than that, the updates are all internal. This brings us to similar scenario that we are familiar with when Apple launches iPhone 4S after the iPhone 4. At least Samsung did something to the outlook. The S3 is only 8.6mm thick.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 is powered by 1.4GHz quad-core processor with 1GB of RAM. I guess the most disappointed part of the S3 would be the display. The S3 has a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display with screen resolution of 1280 x 720 with 306dpi which packs slightly lesser dpi than the HTC One X (HTC One X has 4.7-inch display) or the previous Galaxy Nexus. It was confirmed that the S3 display is the PenTile display technology, similar to the Galaxy Note. For screen resolution as high as the S3, PenTile or RGB display does not make too much of a difference. In fact PenTile technology was said to consume lesser power. The S3 has a battery capacity of 2100mAh.
As for the camera, it has 8MP and 1.9MP on the front-facing. At a quick glance, there are no difference in terms of the camera hardware when compared to previous S2 or Galaxy Note. Samsung on the other hand concentrated to develop on the software part of the camera instead. With much hype over the new HTC One X camera capabilities, the S3 new camera software enhancements will give HTC a run for its money. S3 camera is now capable of Burst-Mode which captures 20 pictures at one go. On top of that, there is a feature called "Select Best Shot" which takes 8 shots at a single capture and automatically select the best picture out of the 8 shots taken earlier. It is also capable of 1080p video capturing with still picture capturing simultaneously. Though the still picture would only be a max of 6MP.
As for the front-facing camera, Samsung built-in a new feature call "Smart Stay" which will prevent the device from dimming the screen when a video call is being carried out.
Other notable new feature would be NFC capabilities as well as Samsung's new S Voice. If you ask me, that's the competition for Siri in iOS. Video below shows capabilities of the S Voice.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 comes in 2 color, namely Pebble Blue and Marble White. It has internal memory capacities of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. All models are microSD expendable up to 64GB. On top of that, Samsung provides free 50GB dropbox storage for up to 2 years.
Here goes nothing, China's Shanzai manufacturer this time faked the HTC One S with a qHD screen with resolution of 960 x 540. It is powered by ARM processor of 1GHz with 512MB RAM. Device will be running on latest Android 4.0 ICS with knock-off HTC Sense UI. It comes built in with 4GB internal memory but has also microSD expendable capabilities. 8MP camera and battery capacities of 1960mAh.
As chinese people usually likes it, the fake HTC One S comes with dual-sim capable of WCDMA and 3G networks.
Head on below for more pictures.
Picture taken from Sam Mobile shows probably the closest to how the Samsung Galaxy SIII would actually look like. Anyway, why the rush? Tomorrow at 7pm London local time, Samsung will reveal the next generation Galaxy officially.
