MobileOne and StarHub reveal iPhone price plans and Dec 9 launch

the monopoly that existed in the past was not singtel's problem. it was the market's problem. it was m1 and starhub's problem. either would have done the same. do you seriously think that there is competition? more like collusion. as for the price plans: singtel broadband on mobile. that is the true plan. don't be conned. there are no smart telcos. there are only smart customers.

@royyusi that's the power of a monopoly! if u're an exclusive retailer of a certain product, logically, u don't "have to" care about what customers want or need. of course, from a business perspective, that's just bad customer relationship management. :P

yah... i just reviewed it again and they actually did state that... but well, im still sticking with starhub. looking forward to kill my time watching some tv channels @ boring dinner functions, lol =x

I don't understand why many people are still using Singtel. Just imagine if Starhub or M1 still does not sell the iPhone, Singtel would still be charging high prices for little benefits. Their customer service is very very bad, they do not treasure small users with small bills like most of us as their main profit is from the big companies. I have quit Singtel for some time now and would never go back until they treat their customers better.

@Enghock1288, I don't understand the animosity you have with the iPhone. Did it bite you in the past? I think you comparing iPhone to netbook is the same as comparing "Apples to Oranges". Try taking out your netbook in the middle of a crowded train, standing, just to listen to Music, surf the net or answer some mails? Let's see you do that without dropping it. With the iPhone, this can be done with one hand. Try taking your netbook out in the middle of nowhere trying to get a GPS location of where you are and where you're going without people staring at you? For casual usage and answering mails, iPhone is good at this. One gadget to carry to make calls, answer mails, look up information and listen to music in one small gadget. I also use it for the useful apps, like finding out what bus to take from one place to another and what time the bus is arriving next, all with a few push of an app icon. Try that with a notebook. If you are planning to create reports, answer more than 30 mails in a day, and stare at the screen for hours every day, get a netbook, definitely. For the rest of us who is just into casual surfing, information searching and games to fill up the time while waiting for someone, go for the iPhone. Even my five year old kid knows how to operate an iPhone within 15 minutes.

@boneka: All M1 plans come with free incoming calls, including the iPhone plans..

im a starhub user. when I 1st compared the pricing to M1, I almost fell for it too... then I realised, M1 plan do not include free incoming calls (correct me if i'm wrong), they have different plans for those with incoming calls. consumers pay less subs fee but more for the phone upfront. starhub's smartsurf inc. free incoming calls like all their other plans. having received more calls normally, I've decided to stick with starhub. my very 1st mobile line yrs ago was from singtel. each time i travel overseas, i would get shocking $700-$1200 bill when i return. my bill never crossed $250 with starhub. so for whatever it is, i will never ever consider singtel... except for house phone line.

enghock1288 says... Battery of the phone can last how long? @enghock1288 iPhone is about 3-4hrs on 3g. but if you are going to tether it via USB on the netbook, then you don't have to worry about it correct? you're charging it the same time you're using it

Battery of the phone can last how long?

well if it is a unlimited plan, you can used your iphone connection to surf with your Netbook/laptop.. so you save on your mobile board band