The iPhone 3GS has been sold out Just two days after the the phone's release in Saudi Arabia by Mobily. Mobily claims that new stock will arrive after Eid (27th of November). People who reserved an iPhone 3GS will not be able to purchase it any time soon. Many readers have expressed their frustration to us using Twitter and Facebook. According to Yousef's post: One of the main Mobily showrooms in Jeddah onl ...

The Apple iPhone 3GS is now officially available in Saudi Arabia and sold by Mobily. The iPhone 3GS is unlocked and available with 3 postpaid bundles (99, 299 and 399) and one prepaid bundle for each of the 3 models (iPhone 3G 8GB, iPhone 3GS 16GB and iPhone 3GS 32GB). However the iPhone 3GS 299 and 399 bundles are only available for exclusive VIP (Mobily Raqi) members. The same thing happened with the iPho ...

Mobily has sent an SMS message to everyone who ordered an iPhone 3GS using their website. The SMS message confirmed that the iPhone 3GS will be released tomorrow November 7th 2009. The SMS message said: "Mobily would like to let you know that the iPhone 3GS will be available starting tomorrow morning at all main Mobily branches and to take advantage of your pre-order please visit one of the following branch ...

Mobily should finally be releasing the iPhone 3GS in Saudi Arabia on Saturday November 7th 2009. We were told this information late Wednesday at 3 a.m but the web host had problems with our server and the site was down for the whole day. Apparently the iPhone 3GS will be sold initially to the people who ordered the phone using the Mobily iPhone 3GS order form (which was taken down for a few days). The price ...

Update: Mobily has fixed their iPhone page to correctly display iPhone 3GS. "The wait is over, and the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet is now available to pre-order exclusively from Mobily. Book your iPhone 3GS now to ensure being the first to recieve it on launch day." Mobily's iPhone page got updated today, now it doesn't even mention the iPhone 3GS but instead it adds a form for ordering the iPhone. Th ...

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 ...

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. Most likely it will be on the same date: 27th of October. Mainly because the iPhone ...

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 and you can pre-book it from by following the ...

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 users in UAE. Additionally Mr. Omar also ...

Axiom Telecom is supposedly one of the largest cell phone distributor in the region. They also claim to be the official iPhone provider in Saudi Arabia according to this article from Arab News. Mobily (the only official iPhone provider in the country) doesn't list Axiom in their Where to Buy page. Also if you searched for "iPhone" on Axiom's site you will not find the iPhone 3GS listed. In the following vid ...