Thailand Stories

With the official launch of the iPhone 4 in Thailand by DTAC, AIS and TrueMove at midnight on Thursday, everyone has been asking about the price. The three camps have been very quiet on this. Which is strange as they are asking us…

This morning I received my invitation for TrueMove’s iPhone 4 launch on Thursday 23rd September. It doesn’t give much information. It is basically inviting me to attend a seminar on the topic of iOS 4.1 Thailand at 2 p.m. on Thursday. Apparently, if I go to the that then…

This morning TrueMove held a “Blogger Day” at Siam Square where, among other things, they announced new data packages . This will come out soon to coincide with the launch of the iPhone 4 in Thailand. There isn’t any announcement on their website yet, but I managed to get …

We have now received official notice that the iPhone 4 will be launched in Thailand next week as expected. According to this picture, posted by siampod on the pantip forums , True will be holding a Midnight Launch Party starting at 10 p.m. on Thursday 23rd September 2010. The iPhone 4 will then …

The three websites of DTAC, TrueMove and AIS are still saying “coming soon” for the iPhone 4 in Thailand. At the moment, AIS and TrueMove are inviting people to register their interest in buying a iPhone 4 handset. At the time of writing, DTAC doesn’t have a page on their website for this, but we are expecting them to …

You can now buy an ‘iPhone without the phone’ at only 7,900 baht! While we are still waiting for the official launch of the iPhone 4 in Thailand, the Apple Store here has just launched their new line-up of iPod Touch, iPod nano and iPod shuffle devices. Yesterday, the …

Although there has yet to be any official word, all signs are that the iPhone 4 will be available for pre-order this week in Thailand and will go on sale in the shops from 24th September 2010. Of course, these are just rumours, but…

We are expecting to be able to pre-order the iPhone 4 next week at True, DTAC and AIS websites with an expected release date in Thailand of 24th September. Of course these are just rumours at the moment but AIS have just joined the club this afternoon by…

There are many rumours going around at the moment about the imminent release of the iPhone 4 in Thailand. As the expected release date for the iPhone 4 nears, prices at MBK in the grey market are coming down. Is it now time to buy one or should we wait for the official release in …

Do you want the features of iPhone 4 for not much more than 7,000 Baht? Now you can with the release in America of the new iPod Touch. It does practically everything an iPhone 4 handset does without the expensive carrier charges. Even before the iPhone 4 gets an official release in Thailand, we are already being…

This is a weekly look at popular apps for the iPhone as suggested by people living and working in Thailand. This week we hear from @qandrew is a founding partner of Bangkok advertising agency Creative Inhouse Limited and owner of Q Bar…

For over a month now I have been eagerly scanning the newswires and Internet blogs for any reports about the release date for the iPhone 4 in Thailand. Back in June 2010 we predicted that the iPhone 4 would be released in Thailand in September 2010. We…

We were happy to receive this article from Stephen Etheredge about his experiences of using an iPhone in Thailand. Stories like these are always worth their weight in gold. Please feel free to post a comment if you have anything to add. Having an…

We noticed yesterday for the first time that the iPhone 4 is being featured on the front page of Apple’s Thailand wesbite. If you visit http://www.apple.com/th which is Apple’s homepage for Thailand, you will see that there …

The iPhone 4 will finally be available tomorrow, 24th June 2010, for those people lucky enough to live in US, France, Germany, Japan and the UK. Expect  long queues and units sold out that first day. In Thailand, the iPhone probably won’t enter the grey market at MBK until the end of June at the …

At exactly midnight last night, the eagerly awaited new operating system for the iPhone, iOS4 went live and became available for download for the first time. Like other people around the world, I was there waiting with my finger on the update button. This is a fairly major upgrade, in particular for the iPhone…

At the moment we still don’t have any official news of release dates and prices for the iPhone 4 in Thailand. However, the TrueMove website is already advertising on their front page for the iPhone 4 to be “coming soon” to Thailand. At the moment, we are expecting the iPhone to be released during September 2010. However, can you really keep …

The interest in the new iPhone 4 has overwhelmed even the people at Apple. On Tuesday this week, Americans could place pre-orders for the first time for the iPhone 4 which is expected to ship on 24th June. But the demand was so high that it crashed the payment …

True Move and DTAC have both released to the Thai media brief press releases confirming their intention on selling the new iPhone 4 in Thailand. This follows the recent keynote speech about the iPhone 4 by Steve Jobs. TRUE MOVE: “ทรูมูฟ พร้อมเปิดตัว iPhone 4 ในประเทศไทย อย่างยิ่งใหญ่อีกครั้ง เร็วๆ นี้ ซึ่ง iPhone 4 เป็นสมาร์ทโฟนที่บางที่สุดในโลก พร้อมการแสดงผลบนหน้าจอโทรศัพท์มือถือที่มีความละเอียดสูงสุด ติดตามรายละเอียดเพิ่มเติม …