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Update: Mobily is now taking orders for the iPhone 3GS on their website.
Mobily announced that they will be bring the iPhone 3GS to Saudi Arabia. Mobily made that announcement in an extremely short and vague press release that can be found on Zawya.
The press release stated that Apple and Mobily has “reached an agreement”, did it take them all these months just to reach an agreement? While in UAE, Mobily’s partner Etisalat will release the iPhone 3GS this Tuesday. The press released also mentioned that the iPhone 3GS will be “be available to qualifying customers” what defines qualifying customers? Finally it asks to visit this page for more info, however no info can be found on that page.
This is the press release:
24 October 2009
Mobily and Apple have reached an agreement to bring iPhone 3GS to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the coming months. iPhone 3GS, the fastest most powerful iPhone yet, will be available to qualifying customers. For information please visit www.mobily.com.sa/iphone. For more information on iPhone, please visit www.apple.com/iphone.
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© Press Release 2009
from Mobily
In the coming months!! And what’s that suppose to mean (qualifying customers)?!
I’m really sick of this company, they handle business very poorly.
i dont understand, dose that mean that its forbbiden for STC constumers to buy iphone?? lolol
or maybe u shall handover your previous Iphone 3G to get the 3Gs !!!
an upgrade plan? we have to wait and see.
I know that they have the phones already here in KSA, I know they will release it soon… but I can’t understand the reason of the delay, is money what they will get… No? any way did anyone heart anything about pricing? My info is about 5.000 SR…
Apple announced a list of countries for August release date, many countries didn’t get the iPhone 3GS in August (Saudi Arabia, UAE, India, and I am sure others). Apple said in their 2009 Q4 report that they had issues with the iPhone stock and that it should be resolved soon.
As for prices it should be similar to (if not cheaper than) Etisalat:
http://www.saudimac.com/2009/10/24/uae-etisalat-to-launch-iphone-3gs-27th-of-october/
The link is up and running. You can register for the iPhone 3Gs now with Mobily. Thanks Khaled for the update. Have been checking your site every day to see the progress. For the registration, you will need to be a Mobily customer as they will require you to give your phone #
yeah, but that site only mentions iPhone 3G now 😉
http://www.saudimac.com/2009/10/25/mobily-is-now-taking-orders-for-the-iphone-3gs/