Singaporean Entrepreneurs

I don’t know about you but I’ve totally given up on getting an iPhone in Singapore. We had previously written about the failure of the iPhone in terms of trying to keep phones locked only to have about 1.7 million phones go “missing”. Today, I’m writing about iPhone’s failure to get its phones out to the hands of customers who want them- to the point of really turning them off Apple altogether.

The more I think about it, the more I believe it is pointless to have one. I already have a full fledged 3G PDA and I never use any of its features except for the phone. Everything else is just there, just because. Why did I get it? It cost less than S$100 because of vouchers, discounts, and telco packages. But then Singapore Telecom announced they were finally bringing in the iPhone. For real this time. Coupled with the huge discounts and great improvements announced by Steve Jobs- especially that it is now 3G, I thought, “hey, why not go ahead and get another phone?”

But now I’ve changed my mind, especially after hearing rumors that it’s going to cost S$1000, even with a 2 year tie-up. Of course there are rumors that its going to be really cheap, but only if you get other packages bundled in to your monthly, but who really knows at this point? All we know for sure is is that the target to sell the iPhone in Singapore has moved again … and again … and that no one really knows at this point how much the iPhone is also going to sell for in Singapore.

It’s really bad marketing on Apple’s part. Really bad.