Are iPhones More Defective?

I was at M1 Shop yesterday, and noted at the service/repair counter, all the four customers being attended to at that time were all having problems with their iPhones. That included me (the wife’s iPhone was also having a hardware problem). I wasn’t quite monitoring the counter all the while, but I did notice other iPhones being attended to before our turn. So I’m just wondering, did M1 sell an overwhelming number of iPhones than any other brand of phones…

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M1 to Sell iPhones

Local telco M1 is set to become the second carrier to officially sell the iPhone in Singapore, according to this MacNN post. This will happen before the end of this year. Currently, iPhones are available exclusively through SingTel, which started selling iPhones since the iPhone 3G model in 2008. This new deal between M1 and Apple will set the stage for greater competition in iPhone sales, and we’d expect more aggressive phone prices and subscription rates.

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Speedy Service at M1 Shop

You know how it is, the queue to get a queue number is itself quite long and slow moving. Buying a handphone, especially on a weekend, can take up quite a bit of time. I’ve waited like 2 hours to be served at M1 Shop the last time I bought a phone from them. I don’t know about StarHub, but it is sort or about the same with SingTel Shop. So I was pleasantly surprised that my shopping trip to…

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Dark Secrets Of M1 Fixed Broadband

I’ve found a few misfeatures of M1 Fixed Broadband that are significant enough to be show stoppers for me. Although these are not really secrets or purposely hidden misfeatures, they are not obviously stated up-front. I believe the more “techie” broadband users would not tolerate such misfeatures too, so I thought I will share about them before anyone commits themselves to a subscription contract.

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One Zinger Burger to Go

“Just one Zinger burger to go.” “Okay. Having here?” “No, to go.” “Having here?” Okay, she doesn’t understand “to go”. Alright, perhaps most of us would say “take away” or even “packet”.

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