I was so happy to find the Egypt’s iPhone page today in Apple.com.
Both Mobinil and Vodafone will be the iPhone distributors ,this is why Mobinil I think presented the 3G at last. Vodafone Egypt got it with the Vodafone international deal with Apple to release the Mobil phone in several countries including Egypt.Mobinil got through Orange deal with Apple too.Etisalat Egypt is out of the picture.
I am so happy insh Allah I will not have to leave Mobinil because only of the handset.
Now my ultimate question : How much will it cost ??
I think both Mobinil and Vodafone will release it for the same price ,they can’t play with the prices here . I wonder if it will be for L.E 4000 like the old iPhone that was leaked in Egypt !! Or even more after all this is the authorized 3G iPhone !!??
But of course do not forget that HTC , LG and Samsung released their handsets too in Egypt
Tell me how much do you think the price of iPhone in Egypt will be ?? If you got any information from your friends in Mobinil or Vodafone please share it with us ;)
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It will be the same price as the europian prices.
ReplyDeleteThe page has been there even before the launch in the US. The deal was all over the internet, even before the page was published!
ReplyDeleteI think there is a conspiracy theory involving extreme politics on the price issue. It's very complicated. Hope you cover it in a future post.
@Moey ,let's hope so despite there are differences in Currency exchange already
ReplyDelete@JPierre , well I did not open or find it till now , the IT news comes to me late .
Zeinobia, I just wanted to make a couple of points clear:
ReplyDelete1- The Apple Egypt page has been around since the launch of the iPhone3G.
2- There was another 20 countries iPhone launch on 22 this month, it was speculated that both Egypt and Saudi-Arabia would get it which of course proved to be false which brings me to my third point that there are rumors going around that the reason it hasn’t been released in Egypt yet is that there is a military banned on devices containing GPS software but of course Apple could always release a modified software disabling the GPS feature, although I doubt that they'll go through all this trouble just for Egypt.
4- Finally if released in Egypt, Apple would properly strike a deal with both Vodafone and Mobinil forcing them to subsidize the initial price of the phone while offering their customers a (properly expensive) specific monthly plain (unlimited internet, a certain number of min.,…etc), and again the word on the street is that it’ll go for 1500L.E.
Differences in Currency exchange??? Please elaborate
ReplyDelete@Abdelrahman , do you know that I was going to discuss the GPS part because it is unfair to ban Nokia phones and permit iPhone if they share the same qualifications , I do not know what Apple will do
ReplyDeleteabout the price , I wish they release it for L.E 1500 but i doubt it because you kill the market for Nokia,Samsung and HTC
@JPierre , how much is the American dollar in Egypt ?? how much is the Euro in Egypt ?? this is what I mean
I think it will go around for 1500-2000 , Probably you'll be locked with Vodafone or Mobinil so you won't be able to switch to Eitsalat or even use another sim other than yours.
ReplyDelete@mohamed , this price is good really good , well I am ready to stuck with Vodafone or Mobinil but not with Etisalat
ReplyDelete@zeinobia again I don't get your point.
ReplyDeletehello everyone
ReplyDeletei have been waiting for the iphone ever since it has been launched in the US, now the most important question for me is when will it be arriving i have been waiting forrr alomst a year now for it, does anyone have a rough estimate of when it will be arriving??
@Anonymous , Same Question .. Im DYING up in here :D
ReplyDeleteany news ? they keep saying it'll be released later this year .. when the hell is later ?
@Bode , I think it will be released in November , I am not sure but this is what I think , already Mobinil now got 3G network
ReplyDeleteso the iphone should be available later this year (those coming 2-3 months) + and it will cost maximum 1500 LE since it is 200 dollars * 5.5 + some taxes and profits or w.e (1500 after all)
ReplyDeleteis that all what u say?
Hi, Vodafone is about to launch the 8GB iPhone (GPS Disabled) with a subscription plan for less than $ 250, the launch will be shortly after eid el fitr.
ReplyDelete@anonymous, may be it will be in that range
ReplyDelete@Sameh,thanks for the info , but no GPS ?? till when ??
after viewing some vids on youtube.com, I loved iPhone very much.
ReplyDeleteand there are a lot of people who are talking on the web about its disadvantages (no Bluetooth, no 3G, no video recording ,....etc)
but I still love it
I want to convince my self it's the best mobile ever HOW? please tell me its good things so that I can buy it
@Mostafa, the new iphone that is going to be released in Egypt hopefully so soon is a 3G phone check its page in Apple
ReplyDeleteI think that GPS might be enabled because in apple site http://www.apple.com/iphone/countries/eg/ there is the specs for the IPhone and they have the part for the GPS thingy, I wonder if they just put it there as part of the IPhone in general not the one coming in Egypt... and its comming tomorrow :)
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