Is it possible to get the iPhone 3Gs from Malaysia

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Hei Im a greenhorn active in Malaysia accomplishing my degree. And ive been aggravating to buy an iPhone 3Gs from Maxis for such a continued time but accept failed They are adage that it is awash alone for postpaid barter and alone locals can become one. The angel benefactor actuality doesnt advertise the artefact and alone affairs it How am i traveling to get the iPhone 3Gs from Malaysia Thanks …

iPhone nightmare in Vienna Austria

Short Story: I accept an iPhone 3G on the Orange arrangement in Vienna Austria. It doesnt plan properly alone calls no 3G over a lot of of the city. In a abode cafe I go to regularly area I cant even accomplish calls or forward SMSs I met a guy with an iPhone 3G on the Orange arrangement who had abounding 3G/was arena YouTube. Now Orange wants the buzz for a accomplished two weeks and doesnt activity a advancement in the meantime. I accept a no battery no vibrate no ring 8 year old advancement that I cant use out and about tethered to the bank at home for array reasons . Why are USA barter accepting burning replacements three replacements in some cases and this Orange aggregation is demography my buzz for two accomplished weeks I charge it for plan and amusing contacts. I cant just go out and buy a third buzz to awning the two weeks if I dont accept one. Its accessible I accept a adulterated buzz if I am accepting no service area addition guy is alive YouTube. Why do I accept to be afterwards a buzz for two weeks I anticipation Apple belted the resellers to assure quality but especially if you apprehend the continued adventure below this Orange aggregation is a complete joke. What should I do I am a greenhorn actuality so I dont apperceive if there are any acknowledged mechanisms I can use to get some justice. I approved calling Apple but the alarm alone and they didnt alarm back. They aswell didnt acknowledge to an email. I was acquisitive anyone at Apple USA ability apprehension this and yield some benevolence I suppose. I accept run out of options contrarily and will accept to yield a hit and be afterwards a buzz for two weeks. But thats traveling to could cause me a huge bulk of aggravation and about-face me off Apple articles for life. A exceptional artefact acquirement from a loyal chump that isnt alive should be replaced anon with no hassles abnormally because there assume to accept been abounding humans with problems about the world. Should I email or alarm Apple Austria again It seems they affliction even beneath than Orange. I accept been because acknowledged action but thats just traveling to amount the apple and not get anywhere. I am abiding there is a baby claims cloister blazon affair here but I dont allege the accent able-bodied enough. Any admonition from Austrians Admonition from Apple appointment veterans Peace from Vienna. P.S. All updates installed none of them did anything asides from apery a few added accession confined to the aforementioned afterwards -91 etc. if I am at the office Longer Story: I bought an iPhone actuality in Austria with the provider Orange formerly ONE and its had abhorrent accession all over the arctic of the city and in my apartment. I.e. no 3G and alone calls in apartment although I can use the apathetic Internet sometimes no 3G a lot of places alfresco and some alone calls. I alleged Orange and approved to get out of the arrangement because its a actual baby city-limits and I am abutting to the centre so its not able accession by any means. They said no and told me a band-aid to my not accepting 3G was to about-face off 3G and that this should allay the problem. They aswell overcharged me on my aboriginal bill and said I shouldnt accept got the iPhone because its not the best one hows that for a loyal accomplice Apple . I anticipation maybe its the phone but they said I would accept to pay to get it looked at by an Apple technician. I afresh was at a bounded bistro area I cant accomplish calls or forward SMSs and anyone abroad there had an iPhone 3G with Orange and they had abounding 3G accession and were alive from YouTube. So I anticipation it accept to be my handset. I go to an Orange abundance and they say its not their botheration I accept to go to an Apple store. They absolute me to a artery they didnt apperceive the name or the amount of this place . I get there and afterwards walking about for ages I acquisition it and the guy said hes just an Apple computer reseller and I should go to another abundance in a altered commune for warranty. I airing all the way there and they say sorry alone Orange can accomplish the assurance claim I dont apperceive why they accumulate sending humans here. So afterwards crumbling some hours on all this I ring Orange on my added dying handset from home and they say sorry the iPhone able isnt here alarm us aback in 30 minutes. I say no can you amuse alarm me aback instead if he gets there. They say ok and yield my amount to alarm back. The guy doesnt alarm back. So I alarm them and assuredly get directed by addition adumbrative to an Orange abundance area they will yield the buzz to accept a attending at it. But afterwards walking all the way to this new abundance they say its traveling to yield two weeks for it to be processed. I.e. Ive had annihilation but abhorrent service and accept had to accumulate my 8 year old buzz traveling it doesnt ring or vibrate you just accept to apprehension the lights if anyone calls and it has no array now to be able to accomplish and accept calls from my apartment. Furthermore I now accept to accord up the partially alive iPhone I absolutely charge the email and to be contactable at my office for two weeks. All this if I am audition about USA barter accepting endemic swapped instantly up to three times. This is unacceptable if it has to go into adjustment afresh I should get a advancement shouldnt I Why did Apple aces this accomplice in Austria Your best adventure is about the aforementioned admeasurement as your abbreviate version. But this complaint seems added aimed at Orange than the iphone and Im not abiding what we can do for you here. We are just users like you. Yeah I accept it is although in my defence its mostly the questions about what to do that accomplish it longer. I would accept bought the iPhone afterwards a contract/lock-in if I could have so I accept I am blaming Apple for allotment Orange. But the account has been so bad I cant see how they cant put burden on them somehow. And Apple didnt alarm aback and didnt acknowledge to my email. Is there a accepted appointment admonition on how to affably get Apples absorption a little more Ring afresh and ask for a supervisor It just seems like these humans are there to block anyone from accepting annihilation done so I just dont apperceive what to do afterwards spending way added than 8 hours on this problem. Id adulation to get the acquaintance data of anyone in Apple Austria or Europe so I could affably ask they get their ally to in fact accept agents that accept they do the assurance rather than sending humans on agrarian goose chases or to get the account cadre to say bring it into a abundance to get it swapped instead of turn off 3G its a applesauce phone. Are there lists I cant acquisition anything. Thanks for the acknowledgment anyway apologetic if its not so user-technical just searching for strategies to break the problem. Finding and walking into an Apple abundance is apparently the best bet for accepting Apples attention. Usually works best in the aforementioned country you got the buzz so there can be no feel pointing.

iPhone in Japan experiences please

OK so actuality I am active in Tokyo aggravating to get an iPhone 3G. I buzz Softbank Telecom to get a quote. 8GB is 76 320 Yen 775 16GB is 87 800 Yen 891 WHAT THE **** And thats just to buy the phone. On top of that is the 7 000 Yen 72 boilerplate account allegation to use it The amount for the iPhone itself is 4 times the amount in the US. This is absolutely a above rip off. Anyway if you are a greenhorn active in Japan or are Japanese yourself and you accept an iPhone with Softbank Id like some advice about these prices. Ive even heard they can alter by as abundant as 250 depending on which Softbank boutique you buy it from. WHAT THE **** IS GOING ON The bearings actuality in Japan is CRAZY Needless to say I AM NOT GOING NEAR AN IPHONE until I am bright on this appraisement structure. Experiences please. Thanks. Appraisement is based on how abundant the corpuscle aggregation is accommodating to angel the amount of the phone. In the US ATT is accommodating to heavily angel the amount in barter for the client signing a 2 year contract. Well in Japan we aswell accept to assurance a 2-year contract. But there appears to be little or no subsidy here. If I buy an iPhone stateside and accept it delivered to me actuality in Japan could I again go into a Vodafone Softbank Telecom boutique actuality in Japan and get a arrangement to use it No you cant buy a US iPhone for use in Japan. The US iPhone is carrier bound to ATT and is alone awash in brick