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I visited the local apple store at central festival today and ready to buy the latest model pro. I was told they are only selling the new models with promotion ie to new customers who want a SIM card included. He said to come back in a few days. I gave him my ugly face look and walked out. I will go to another store next week or buy it online. som nom na

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17 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Way over priced rubbish. All about showing off with a phone that maybe 10% of the features will actually be used. Same as all smart phones. Consumerism at its craziest. MUST GET THE NEW ONE!!!!!!!

So what is the price of an unplugged new iPhone in Thailand?

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12 minutes ago, advancebooking said:

I visited the local apple store at central festival today and ready to buy the latest model pro. I was told they are only selling the new models with promotion ie to new customers who want a SIM card included. He said to come back in a few days. I gave him my ugly face look and walked out. I will go to another store next week or buy it online. som nom na


Give it about a week and then go onto the official Apple flagship store on Lazada and order one and have it delivered. No stress. 

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8 minutes ago, advancebooking said:

I visited the local apple store at central festival today and ready to buy the latest model pro. I was told they are only selling the new models with promotion ie to new customers who want a SIM card included. He said to come back in a few days. I gave him my ugly face look and walked out. I will go to another store next week or buy it online. som nom na

Never mind. Coming soon you can hand over lots of your money for something you basically already have. I guess you can show off for a while with your new phone until you have to fork out even more money for the next NEW Phone. 

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22 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Way over priced rubbish. All about showing off with a phone that maybe 10% of the features will actually be used. Same as all smart phones. Consumerism at its craziest. MUST GET THE NEW ONE!!!!!!!

Over priced, certainly, over hyped, definitely, rubbish not so much. It does just the same job as an ordinary smart phone that comes in at half the price or less.

 

The people that rush to buy them are simply showing off, and will never use most of the functions anyway.

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32 minutes ago, pegman said:

So what is the price of an unplugged new iPhone in Thailand?


It depends on which of the four models you are referring to and how much memory you choose. 
 

AIS is advertising the basic model on their website for around ฿23,000. The pro models will be about ฿10-฿20,000 more for the standard memory models. They probably go as high as around ฿65-฿70,000 for the pro models with the highest storage memory. 
 

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12 minutes ago, still kicking said:

My smartphone cost me 500 baht and the reason I bought it because my phone company stopped using 3G

I have a Samsung AO4 that cost about 6,000 baht. I only bought that because my old phone died, My time between buying a new phone depends on how long they last before they die and I need another one. Usually 5 or 6 years.

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16 minutes ago, billd766 said:

I have a Samsung AO4 that cost about 6,000 baht. I only bought that because my old phone died, My time between buying a new phone depends on how long they last before they die and I need another one. Usually 5 or 6 years.

 

Since you only update when your phone dies, and if you decide you'd like to update sooner than five or six years, just place your phone on the roof of a taxi when you get out and then let him drive off. Then you should be able to replace your phone right away without waiting so long.

 

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23 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Over priced, certainly, over hyped, definitely, rubbish not so much. It does just the same job as an ordinary smart phone that comes in at half the price or less.

 

The people that rush to buy them are simply showing off, and will never use most of the functions anyway.

Agree but I hope you don't mind me editing your last sentence. Here it is. You were so close.

The people that rush to buy them are simple and pretentious.

p.s. As for rubbish that was a bit of a throw away line. Smart phone technology is amazing. I do wonder, however, if it's actually needed or people just think or are influenced to believe it's needed.

p.s.s Is it still a really bad thing to drop an iphone.

 

 

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6 minutes ago, RSD1 said:

 

Since you only update when your phone dies, and if you decide you'd like to update sooner than five or six years, just place your phone on the roof of a taxi when you get out and then let him drive off with your phone on the roof. Then you should be able to replace your phone right away without waiting.

Why would I bother to do that. My mobile phone is mostly used for phone calls, SMS and playing the odd game while I wait in the hospital to see the doctor.

 

It is also very useful using both Google Search for an item that I am trying to get from a shop or Google Translate when I can't explain something in a shop or a business. Sometimes a picture IS worth a thousand words especially in another language.

 

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8 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

I was not impressed by the 16. When I viewed it, it was practically the same size as the older models. For me, it was not worth getting.

Saved some money then for more important things. Surely that's a positive although your post denotes sadness and disappointment.

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Those who managed to buy yesterday would have all been busy shooting their "unboxing" and "look at me" videos yesterday for TikTok and Youtube.

 

Today they will be riding the BTS, or sitting in Starbucks, holding their new purchase up, hoping everyone will notice their latest iPhone. 

 

Imagine the boost to their street cred.

 

Joking aside, Apple have come up with such a great marketing strategy, that even other phone and computer makers, including Samsung and Microsoft have copied them.

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