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Apple resorts to lottery for Hong Kong iPhone 4S reservations

Apple resorts to lottery for Hong Kong iPhone 4S reservations

By Wed, Feb 01, 2012 11:10AM UTC View Comments Apple resorts to lottery for Hong Kong iPhone 4S reservations

Apple’s latest iPhone 4S is selling like hotcakes in certain Asian countries. The smartphone has grown so popular among smartphone users in China and Hong Kong that the iPhone 4S launch in China two weeks ago had to be postponed due to fights among customers and scalpers in the queue. To help minimize the incidence...

Singapore set for camera-less iPhone 4S

By Wed, Jan 18, 2012 12:56PM UTC View Comments Apple iPhone 4S. Pic: AP.

What good is an iPhone 4S without its venerable 8 megapixel camera? If you have answered that it is no good, you might be right. But there are sectors that believes a camera-less iPhone 4S is still a very good phone. Being in a similar situation myself, I can see why a camera-less iPhone 4S...

Singapore: iPhone 4S back in store

By Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:29AM UTC View Comments Singapore: iPhone 4S back in store

Asia has waited patiently for the release of iPhone 4S. Last Friday, the long-coveted phone reached the shores of sunny Singapore. The latest model went on sale at midnight Friday Singapore time, but in less than 24 hours, it was listed on Apple’s (AAPL) online store as “currently unavailable.” From CNNMoney, Singapore would seem the...

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Is 2011 the year Asia’s iPhone Nano rumours finally come true?

By Sun, Jul 31, 2011 11:00AM UTC View Comments Map apps and GPS can come in handy on the road. Pic: AP.

It’s that time of the year when rumours of the latest, upcoming iPhone device and its spec begin popping up across the web. Thanks to the fact that the devices are built in the region, Asia is generally the place where information, rumours, tidbits and unofficial pics of the devices crop up. For example, last...

Rumour: Apple to target Asia with Sept budget iPhone launch

By Tue, Jun 28, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments Pic:AP

The much-speculated launch of the new generation Apple iPhone may include a ‘budget’ (iPhone 4S) version of its current flagship device alongside a new fifth generation (iPhone 5) smartphone in September, according to a note from Deutsche Bank. The bank’s analyst, Chris Whitmore, believes that the speculated dual model launch is specifically targeted at growing...

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