Following reports that quoted an Etisalat official speaking of the 5th generation iPhone being released this year, the company issued a statement claiming they did not confirm a 2011 5th generation iPhone launch. This is the original statement published on Gulf News: Yes, we are in talks with most smartphone manufacturers including Apple on the rollout of the 4G handset, ...

Gulf News reports that Ali Al Ahmad, Chief Corporate Communication Officer at etisalat, said: Yes, we are in talks with most smartphone manufacturers including Apple on the rollout of the 4G handset, iPhone 5 later this year. As the first telecom organisation to roll out the 4G network, LTE, in the Middle East, we have already started talking to them ...

UAE’s Etisalat has finally announced that they will release the iPhone 3GS in the country on October 27, 2009. On Etisalat’s site you will find the prices for the iPhone 3GS: 32 GB iPhone 3GS AED 2,799 – 16GB iPhone 3GS AED 2,399 – 8GB iPhone 3G AED 1,999. Mobily has yet to announce anything regarding the iPhone 3GS release. ...

United Arab Emirates’ second cellular carrier du has announced that they will sell the iPhone 3GS. Customers can pre-book their iPhones from du by visiting this page on October 17th. This move could be the result of a partnership between Vodafone and du. Etisalat, UAE’s first carrier and Mobily‘s partner, has also announced that they are releasing the iPhone 3GS ...

Executive Director of Product Marketing in UAE’s Etisalat, Omar al-Muzaki, told daily newspaper Al Emarat Al Youm that “Etisalat is preparing to released the iPhone 3GS in the UAE market before the end of this month”. The article called the iPhone company “elppA” and the Blackberry company “Black Berry”, not RIM. The article also mentions that there are 30,000 iphone ...

Etisalat announced the availability of “prepaid” iPhone 3G plan in the UAE. The iPhone 3G 8GB will cost AED 3,121 and the 16GB model for AED 3,570. Just like Saudi Arabia, it includes free 250MB of data for the first 6 months. Saudi Arabia’s Mobily already had a similar “prepaid” plan: same 250MB data for the first 6 months. The ...

Update: The iPhone 3GS from Mobily is unlocked too. You can use STC’s SIM cards. I have been receiving e-mails stating that Mobily employees are claiming that the iPhone 3G is locked to the Mobily SIM cards. Other employees claim that the next iPhone 3G shipments will be SIM locked. We and others tested the iPhone 3G and we confirmed ...

I have tested my brand new Mobily iPhone 3G with an STC SIM card and it worked. AhmadT tested it, too and in the UAE Shufflegazine tested the Etisalat iPhone 3G and it’s unlocked as well. So you can simply buy the iPhone 3G and switch the SIM card to the carrier of your choice. You will still be paying ...

In today’s Okaz newspaper, an ad for the upcoming iPhone 3G release in Saudi Arabia and UAE by Mobily/Etisalat. Update: added a new photo that I have taken and uploaded to flickr. Image from Milyani.

We have obtained the letter stating that the iPhone 3g will be Sold in Saudi Arabia and UAE. Mobily will be selling the iPhone 3G in Saudi Arabia. Etisalat will be selling it in UAE. Mobily and Etisalat signed an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Saudi Arabia and UAE later this month. The models that will be available are the ...