SingTel to begin selling iPad2 this Saturday

 

SINGTEL begins selling Apple's iPad 2 tablet computers on Saturday (May 14).

Prices start at $399 for the low-end 16GB models; monthly subscription will be $40 a month for 50GB of data.

By comparison, buying it direct from Apple will set you back $668 for the same model.

Consumers will also be able to buy multi-SIM plans, that is, to get an additional SIM card for the iPad, for $10.70 a month. This will allow them to share the 12GB of data they typically get with a smartphone plan.

Both white and black models will be available, but the company notes that 'due to limited stocks quantity at launch, customers who are interested to purchase iPad 2 with SingTel at our launch event will be required to book an appointment for the purchase'.

Earlier this week, StarHub and M1 said they will be announcing their iPad 2 price plans 'in the coming weeks'. To register interest for the iPad 2 with SingTel's plans, visit: info.singtel.com/personal/communication/ipad2

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Apple Starts Selling IPad2 in China as Lenovo Contests With LePad Tablet

 People queue to buy iPad 2 at an Apple store in Shanghai, China. Photographer: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

May 6 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. started selling the latest version of its iPad tablet computer in China, as the world’s most valuable technology company fends off competition from products offered by local rivals including Lenovo Group Ltd. Hundreds of people waited in line outside Apple’s store in Shanghai’s Lujiazui financial district before the 8 a.m. opening time. Bloomberg's Margaret Conley reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

May 6 (Bloomberg) -- Kirk Yang, managing director and head of hardware research for Asia excluding Japan at Barclays Capital in Hong Kong, talks about Lenovo Group Ltd.'s new LePad tablet computer and Eedoo video game console. Yang speaks with John Dawson on Bloomberg Television's "First Up." (Source: Bloomberg)

Apple Inc. (AAPL) started selling the latest version of its iPad tablet computer in China, as the world’s most valuable technology company fends off competition from products offered by local rivals including Lenovo Group Ltd. (992)

Hundreds of people waited in line outside Apple’s store in Shanghai’s Lujiazui financial district before the 8 a.m. opening time. The store sold out of the white-colored version of iPad2 with 16 gigabytes of memory within hours, according to a check by Bloomberg News.

Apple is offering the iPad2 in China, home to its highest- grossing stores worldwide, as demand in the U.S. for the upgraded product surpassed the first version since its debut in March. The Cupertino, California-based company faces increasing competition in China from local vendors of smartphones and tablets including Lenovo and ZTE Corp. (763), according to Shan Chao, an analyst at BDA China, which advises companies.

“They previously had the market all to themselves, but now rival products have sprung up,” Shan said by telephone from Beijing today. “The new upgrades will help Apple, which is already leading local products in terms of technology.”

The new iPad, which comes in white and black, is lighter, thinner, includes a more powerful processor and front and rear cameras, and sells from 3,688 yuan ($568), according to Apple’s China website.

Apple’s stores in China generate, on average, the highest traffic and highest revenue of any company stores in the world, Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer said on a Jan. 18 earnings call.

“We’re working hard to get the iPad2 into the hands of every customer who wants one as quickly as possible,” said Carolyn Wu, a Beijing-based spokeswoman at Apple. Demand for the iPad2 “has been amazing,” she said.

Lenovo, China’s biggest maker of personal-computers, started selling its LePad tablet computer in the country in March. The company will use “better knowledge” of the Chinese market to win sales from competitors such as Apple, Chairman Liu Chuanzhi said that month. Prices for the LePad start from 3,499 yuan, according to its website.

ZTE, China’s second-biggest maker of telephone equipment, said last month it aims to sell a combined 12 million smartphones and tablet computers this year.

Apple expanded sales of the latest iPad to Asian markets including Japan, India, Hong Kong and Singapore last week.

To contact the reporters on this story: Mark Lee in Hong Kong at wlee37@bloomberg.net; Margaret Conley in Shanghai at mconley3@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Anand Krishnamoorthy at anandk@bloomberg.net

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Why Is Being an iPhone Repair Person Better Than Selling iPhones?

Would you repair an iPhone if you could? What's wrong with being a Salesperson? Most people have a low or no regard for a salesperson of any kind. The generally public fears: being sold what they don't need or don't want. Conversely, the general public is constantly hunting for expert advice on just about everything. All the cooking shows, home remodeling shows, stock-picking shows and websites prove it.

As an iPhone repair person, if you said to someone: "I can fix that cracked screen for you, right now for $50, and I can unlock it for $40" - do you think the reaction would be positive or negative? Imagine if you said this: "I can upgrade you to a new iPhone right now - just sign this 30 page contract, and you're all set for the next two years". Can you read and "feel" the difference between the repair person and the sales person?

Why is the feeling toward the repair person warm, and toward the sales person cold?

1. Well, repairing something almost always means saving money while not losing a device you're familiar with - so "repair" can have warm fuzzy feelings attached.

2. At the same time, we all know the "sick to your stomach" image of signing on to another two years with a lousy company, just because it's a fast and easy way to take care of a broken phone problem.

3. We all know most sales people are trained only to talk you into making a purchase. Conversely, we all also have an almost "natural respect" for anyone who has mastered a difficult skill.

There's a new and huge industry emerging fast from our growing piles of broken devices of all kinds. The iPhone not only led a revolution in the evolution of the cell phone, it is leading us into this new industry as well - "The Durable Electronic Device Repair Industry". If you are thinking of a career change, you could probably not do better than to join this new industry.

The iPhone and iPod brought the touch screen into the mainstream. As hard as others tried, they couldn't seem to get their touch screens to perform like Apple was able to. However, that's changing fast. The day is coming when thousands of expensive devices will have broken touch pad screens. The demand is so high now, we can attract all the business we want, anytime we want. Imagine what the future will bring - a lot more demand!

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Scott R. Linden