Customers in Singapore queued at the three Telcos – SingTel, StarHub and M1 – as well as Apple Premium Resellers (eg. Nubox) as the new iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s became available today.
Added in photos of launch for StarHub, M1 and nubox. Also added in M1’s subscription plans.
First two customers in the SingTel queue John Yap (24, accountant) and Doreen Chua (24, auditor). Photo credit: SingTel.
SingTel held its launch sale at the Marina Bay Sands Exhibition Hall E this morning at 8am although customers started queuing at 8pm last night.
Zhang HuanPu (left), 24 years old, had been queuing up outside StarHub Shop at Plaza Singapura since 5am this morning, even though the launch was only at 8am. Photo credit: StarHub.
The iPhone 5s in gold was sold out within the first hour across all 10 StarHub shops.
For customers who have successfully booked an appointment slot with StarHub, they can purchase the iPhone at any 10 StarHub Shops today.
Walk-in customers can visit any of StarHub’s 43 authorised dealers or StarHub Shops from 21 Sep.
Queues for M1s new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c. Photo credit: M1.
Nubox, an arm of Newstead Technologies, today started the sale of the iPhone 5c at its 11 Apple Premium Reseller stores islandwide.
The stocks arrived gradually from 11 a.m with Nubox selling its first iPhone 5c in white at Nubox@Marina Bay Link Mall at 11.15 a.m.
The iPhone 5c in white and pink were the favourites among Nubox customers.
Chansereyroth Van (left), 20, a tourist from Cambodia who was the first iPhone 5c customer at Nubox@Raffles City. Photo credit: nubox.
Below are the respective price plans.
SingTel price plans
| Subscription Plan | SuperLite | Lite | Value | Plus | Prestige |
| Monthly Subscription | $27.90 | $39.90 | $59.90 | $99.90 | $239.90 |
| Local Calls (minutes) | 100 | 100 | 200 | 500 | Unlimited |
| Local SMS | 500 | 800 | 900 | 1,000 | Unlimited |
| Local Data | 100MB | 2GB | 3GB | 4GB | 12GB |
| iPhone 5s 16GB | $698 | $538 | $278 | $48 | $0 |
| iPhone 5s 32GB | $818 | $668 | $368 | $128 | $0 |
| iPhone 5s 64GB | $968 | $818 | $528 | $278 | $0 |
| iPhone 5c 16GB | $468 | $318 | $118 | $0 | $0 |
| iPhone 5c 32GB | $698 | $538 | $238 | $28 | $0 |
| iPhone 4S 8GB | $328 | $178 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
StarHub price plans
| Subscription plan | iPhone SmartSurf Lite | iPhone SmartSurf Value | iPhone SmartSurf Premium | iPhone SmartSurf Elite |
| Monthly fee | $38 | $58 | $98 | $205 |
| Talktime (mins) | 100 | 300 | 700 | 2000 |
| SMS/MMS bundle | 800 | 900 | 1000 | 2500 |
| Local data bundle | 2GB | 4GB | 6GB | 12GB |
| iPhone 5s 16GB | $532 | $281 | $59 | $0 |
| iPhone 5s 32GB | $677 | $392 | $142 | $0 |
| iPhone 5s 64GB | $816 | $546 | $276 | $78 |
| iPhone 5c 16GB | $355 | $132 | $0 | $0 |
| iPhone 5c 32GB | $528 | $247 | $28 | $0 |
M1 Price Plans
| iPhone Plans |
iPhone Value+ |
iPhone Lite+ |
iPhone Extreme+ |
iPhone Max+ |
| Monthly Subscription |
$39 |
$59 |
$98 |
$198 |
| Get your iPhone at attractive pricing with a 2-year iPhone contract. | ||||
| iPhone 5s 16GB |
$515 |
$265 |
$45 |
$0 |
| iPhone 5s 32GB |
$665 |
$365 |
$125 |
$45 |
| iPhone 5s 64GB |
$820 |
$525 |
$260 |
$105 |
| iPhone 5c 16GB |
$325 |
$110 |
$0 |
$0 |
| iPhone 5c 32GB |
$515 |
$225 |
$15 |
$0 |
| FREE Local Outgoing Calls (mins) |
120 |
300 |
700 |
Unlimited |
| FREE Local SMS/MMS |
600 |
800 |
1000 |
2000 |
| Local Data Bundle |
2GB |
3GB |
5GB |
12GB |
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Free additional 1GB for re-contracting customers |
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| Free 4G VAS |
Free with any iPhone plans |
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| Download Speed3G— up to 7.2Mbps4G— up to 75Mbps | Typical download speed range* (at fixed locations): 1.5 to 8.0MbpsTypical download speed range* (at fixed locations): 10.4 to 40.7Mbps | |||
| Excess Data Charges |
$5.35 per GB, capped at $94.16 (excluding monthly subscription) |
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| Exclusive Benefits |
All day free incoming calls Unlimited free calls to 3 M1 numbers Free Caller Number Display for first 6 months Free Roaming Subscription for first 3 months |
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Student NSF Benefits: • Unlimited FREE SMS & MMS • Free Local Data Bundle • Free Campus & Army Camp Calls |
Sunriser Benefits:• Free Caller ID• Free Roaming Subscription• $300 Handset Re-contract Discount |
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