Apple® today introduced the new iPhone™ 3G, combining all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast* as the first generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs the hundreds of third party applications already built with the recently released iPhone SDK.

“Just one year after launching the iPhone, we’re launching the new iPhone 3G that is twice as fast at half the price,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “ iPhone 3G supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync right out of the box, runs the incredible third party apps created with the iPhone SDK, and will be available in more than 70 countries around the world this year.”

iPhone 3G gives users ever faster access to the Internet and email over their cellular network with quad-band GSM and tri-band HSDPA for voice and data connectivity around the world. iPhone 3G supports Wi-Fi, 3G and EDGE networks and automatically switches between them to ensure the fastest possible download speeds. The new iPhone 3G also makes it easier to multi-task with simultaneous voice and data communications, so with iPhone 3G you can browse the web, get map directions, or check your email while you are on a call.

iPhone 3G includes the new iPhone 2.0 software with both the iPhone SDK and key enterprise features such as support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to provide over-the-air push email, contact and calendar syncing as well as remote wipe and Cisco IPsec VPN for encrypted access to corporate networks. The iPhone SDK allows developers to create amazing applications that leverage the iPhone’s groundbreaking Multi-Touch™ user interface, animation technology, accelerometer and GPS technology on the world’s most advanced mobile platform.

iPhone 3G includes the new App Store, providing iPhone users with native applications in a variety of categories including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. The App Store on iPhone works over cellular networks and Wi-Fi, which means it is accessible from just about anywhere, so you can purchase and download applications wirelessly and start using them instantly. Some applications are even free and the App Store notifies you when application updates are available. The App Store will be available in 62 countries at launch.

Additional features available with the iPhone 2.0 software include the ability to do real-time mapping and track your progress with GPS technology, mass move and delete multiple email messages, search for contacts, access a new scientific calculator, turn on parental control restrictions for specified content, save images directly from a web page or email them to your iPhone and easily transfer them back to your photo library on your Mac® or PC. iPhone 3G delivers an amazing 10 hours of talk time on 2G networks and 5 hours using 3G, with up to 5 to 6 hours of web browsing, up to 7 hours for video playback and up to 24 hours for audio playback.

iPhone 3G takes advantage of MobileMe™, a new Internet service that pushes email, contacts, and calendars from an online “cloud” to native applications on iPhone, iPod® touch, Macs and PCs. With MobileMe email, messages are pushed instantly to iPhone, removing the need to manually check email and wait for downloads, and push keeps contacts and calendars continuously up-to-date so changes made on one device are automatically updated on other devices. With iPhone, you can even snap a photo and post it directly to a MobileMe Gallery to share with friends and family.

iPhone 3G will be available in the US on July 11 for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) for the 8GB model and $299 (US) for the 16GB model in both Apple and AT&T’s retail stores and requires a new two year contract with AT&T for qualifying customers. iPhone 2.0 software will be available on July 11 as a free software update via iTunes® 7.7 or later for all iPhone customers. For further information about iPhone 3G pricing and availability in the US and internationally, visit www.apple.com/iphone.

Name: ron	Comment: got 2 of my friends using it here in the UK. They pat GBP30 per month with hundred talk hours + txt, quite cool gadget, free net for entire contract, but i am not really into it..phones are cheap here, n ppl dont bother what phones u use here
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-08-23 07:33:41

Name: roa	Comment: The Star last friday said...maxis will bring iPhone 3G to malaysia...so,juz pray everyone!!
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-07-20 13:26:19

Name: Helikaon

Comment: It's not that Apple does not want to release the phone in Malaysia, but if you want the phone to be as cheap as it is in the United States, you'll have to sign a contract with a mobile service operator. This will limit to one option only which might be Maxis, Digi, Celcom or even U Mobile ( 018 ). HOWEVER, in Malaysia, there is a law saying you cannot limit the service to one service provider hence Apple can not sell it cheap. True cost of the iPhone 3G ? An original unlocked, no-need-to-jailbreak with proper Apple warranty ? It's roughly estimated at RM 5000. Do you see the bigger picture ? It's not that they don't want to really, they can't cause not many people here can buy a RM 5000 phone. I know I can't. I hope this answers everybody's question on "Why Apple Don't Know Where Malaysia Is" They do know. Let's just all cross our fingers and hope they come up with something really soon. Cheers.

Rated Article: Posted: 2008-07-18 18:56:53

Name: Anand B	Comment: Seems that a lot of countries are having it and I'm puzzled why Malaysia is not offering it. Put your pledges together at www.iphone3gformalaysia.com . Hopefully this will get the telcos to consider launching iphone 3g packages.
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-07-13 00:03:59

Name: chyan	Comment: sorry to say but its not cheap.. THe real cost without the AT&T contract is about 600usd In other words, its close to rm2000 Not exactly cheap. Too bad..
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-07-11 15:05:20

Name: Iphone staff	Comment: follow the currency just now 199 us = rm 646 and 299 us = rm 971 Suffer that malaysia doesn't including into the list ~~~ what the hell of decision apple made
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-07-10 23:21:13

Name: ikram	Comment: this is so frustrating. why malaysia is not in the list?
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-07-10 14:38:08

Name: Loong

Comment: lol love the iphone! the thing is.. u've the sign contract in order to get it cheap.. in New Zealand u can get it for only NZ$199!! which when converted to ringgit malaysia = only freaking RM510!! can u believe it?? too bad u'll be bound to 2 years contract and the plan is so effin expensive($250 per month for 1GB data allowance, 600 mins and 600TXT)-totally sucks! to all malaysians who would like to know the price for iphone without contract, it's about RM2500!! booya!!! there u go lol

Rated Article: Posted: 2008-07-08 16:12:20

Name: Steve Jaw	Comment: Our company still working on our "apple iphone" to make it Halal certified for the Malaysian market. Please be patient at the moment.
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-07-07 17:10:33

Name: ian mae	Comment: whatever i want an iphone
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-07-06 00:07:42

Name: Darren	Comment: In UK you can now buy the iphone 3G for £299 (8G and £359 (16G this price are for phone only no contract, but it's still locked with o2 which you have to used o2 prepaid for one year then they will unlock your phone for you for £15.... but at least it give us chance to buy the iphone without contract...and jailbreak it later..
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-07-04 03:27:07

Name: plur	Comment: im really not sure how far this is true but apparently the iphone 3g will be released the same time as singapore's launch in September. Malaysia is not listed anywhere because they took singapore and malaysia as one. but it sounds alil far-fetched to me. can anyone confirm this?
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-07-01 14:09:45

Name: rock	Comment: wait for version 2.5...
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-23 12:10:27

Name: Raj

Comment: Hey fellow Malaysian... Don't worry about the fact that the American exclude us in many ways.. They seems don't understand the technology residing in Malaysia.. All phones can be tempered and use it with Celcom/Maxis or Digi. They can lock the phone with whatever encode/encrypt, but we can DECIPHER them.. hahahaha.. Whether you believe me or not, we will have a tampered AP set with 1 year warranty.. Trust me.. Hail Malaysians...

Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-22 18:31:21

Name: panterna	Comment: currently malaysia is not in apple's planned list of countries to have this 3g iphone. but...singapore is... guess we need our providers to go running to apple to get this phone here and not the other way around..
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-21 13:27:52

Name: amintera	Comment: Apple iPhone flew all the way to Singapore and did not know that they had passed a land called Malaysia before reaching there.
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-21 10:50:57

Name: ahchun	Comment: i start to wonder if Apple knows that Malaysia exist or not ?
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-14 21:28:55

Name: iphone_fanatic	Comment: one of my colleague told me that the new iphone can be bought separately without having to sign up with AT&T af the price of USD399?!?! is that true????
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-13 21:57:16

Name: cpyew	Comment: I hope to get one do anyone ada jalan ???
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-13 13:42:10

Name: quiks	Comment: so this iphone 3g cant use in malaysia ka?
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-13 13:10:21

Name: otakilee	Comment: Why so cheaper,sale in malaysia ? i dont thing so we can buy the price US199=RM600++ ??? this is everyone questional ?
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-12 11:21:14

Name: Joe	Comment: Rm600 only .. so cheap ...!! Maybe they still discussing which telco gonna handle and provide full service using this phone .. wether Maxis or Celcom .. Probably Celcom ... cause maybe it's related to Vodafone which Apple sign up agreement with most of Vodafone network. and Celcom had a Microsoft exchanged service ..
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-12 05:54:45

Name: Game-R	Comment: Requires a NEW two year contract with AT&T?!? WTF?!? Why the hell do all the Americans keep being bitch to those g*damn telco companies?? God DAMN you America!!
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-11 12:50:03

Name: Luke

Comment: this time apple has change the policy : it is required for each iphone buyer to activate with the service provider in-store. though it's cheap, you have to sign up to the 2-year contract with the network. this has been going on in UK and EU since the very first day of the launch. only in the US that you are able to walk into the apple store, grab an iphone and walk away thus enabling you to jailbreak at home without sign up with expensive contract. mind you the tariff starts from €45 the cheapest in EU so i dont know how they are going to smuggle the iphone 3g into malaysia. the price might be a bit higher than the standard worldwide $199. here in ireland (where i am now at the moment) the price is €169 for the 8GB iphone 3g with O2 contract of €45/month. so its a bit expensive for me who is more than happy to use the prepaid all this while. however, im pretty sure they know how to handle the smuggling hehe fingers crossed

Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-11 07:25:15

Name: anonymous	Comment: Damn that is seriously super cheap. No Malaysia again?
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-10 23:14:01

Name: stinky

Comment: For the price, I think it is a GREAT buy!! I think it now has better syncing with MS Outlook, which is GREAT news. Also, added an address search feature. My only question is, do we really need a iTunes account to use this phone?? Unfortunately, Malaysia are again excluded in Apple's big picture. "To set up your iPhone, you’ll need an account with Apple’s iTunes Store." http://www.apple.com/iphone/getready.html

Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-10 14:22:35

Name: neurra	Comment: without the AT&T definitely like the current price now kua.. sigh.. why Apple didn't even bother to bring to Malaysia.. even in upcoming countries also not listed.. ;(
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-10 13:40:57

Name: me	Comment: why bother having huge megapixel when u rarely print out the pics? i compliant only for not having secondary camera. no fun in ichat
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-10 12:44:58

Name: azrilyp	Comment: No secondary camera for video call and also has not improved the 2mp camera despite the fact that it is a multimedia "rich" phone. a good thing abt it is, its rather "cheap"
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-10 10:48:13

Name: Friedbeef	Comment: Whyyyyyyyy not released in Malaysia((( Damn you Apple, 70 countries and Malaysia was missed.... *sigh*
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-10 09:36:05

Name: maiself	Comment: woooo.. sooo cheap.. i wonder how much is the price w/o the AT&T contract!
Rated Article: Posted: 2008-06-10 09:18:08

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