STC and Mobily (both official iPhone carriers) announced that they had meetings with Pascal Cagni, VP & GM of Apple Europe, Middle East, India and Asia. Mobily's press release didn't offer much info about the meeting. If I had to make a guess I'd say it's not about opening an Apple Store in Saudi Arabia. It's obviously iPhone related. We should note that Mr. Pascal has visited Saudi Arabia many times be ...

Not to be outdone by STC's midnight launch, Mobily is planning a midnight launch of the iPhone 4S in Saudi Arabia as well. Mobily will sell the iPhone 4S starting tonight at 12:00am (December 16) until 2:00 am. This will be the first "second" time we have a “midnight launch” in Saudi Arabia so if you’re attending make sure to take photos. Only "mega" branches in Jeddah (Thaliah St, across to Scico), Riyadh ...

Update on 1 April: STC has reduced their iPhone 4S prices. Mobily and STC has finally unveiled the official iPhone 4S prices and plans. The iPhone 4S will officially launch in Saudi Arabia on Friday December 16th. However we noticed an increase in the prices from the iPhone 4. STC iPhone 4S Prices The prepaid iPhone 4S from STC costs are: • iPhone 4S 16GB 2,799 2499 SR • iPhone 4S 32GB 3,229 2899 SR • iPhon ...

Both Saudi Telecom Company and Mobily has announced today that they will launch the iPhone 4S in Saudi Arabia officially on December 16th. Prices and other details (FaceTime, iMessage support) were not announced. But we expect more details to be announced soon. The iPhone 4S will also be launched in the following countries on December 16th: South Africa, Philippines, Malaysia and Taiwan. There might be simi ...

Mobily has announced the launch of "4G LTE" service in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The "first phase" will be in the following cities: Najran, Jazan, Al Kharj, Ras tanoura, Algurayat and Aldudamy. Riyadh will not get it until the third phase after a month. With that Mobily has became the first carrier to offer 4G LTE in the Middle East beating STC who vaguely announced that you can "enjoy LTE 4G in 400 loca ...

Mobily has announced the winners of their Smartphone App Developers Award. Each winner in the 3 categories (Best App, Best App Idea and Best App Design) will get $30,000. The winning apps are all iOS/iPhone apps and they are: • Best App: TVQuran by Deifallah Bokte Alsadie • Best App Idea: Islamic Calendar Pro by Tarek Mansour • Best App Design: iBaloot by Ibtikar Technologies Congratulations to the winning ...

Mobily will hold a smartphone app developers conference tomorrow Monday 16th in Riyadh The event will be held at halls D and E in Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Registration is on location. You can follow the event on Twitter using the tag: #mobilydevday Here is the developer conference agenda: 08:00 - 09:00 Registration 09:00 - 09:15 Welcome and introduction (Faisal Bin Zarah, Execut ...

Just like STC, Mobily has announced on their facebook page that the white iPhone 4 made with unicorn tears will be available in the Saudi market soon. Did you really wait for the white iPhone 4? Why? You can find the author of this post on twitter: @khaled. Arabic version of this post on SaudiMac Arabic Edition. Please follow SaudiMac on Twitter and add SaudiMac on Facebook. Remember to visit We Want Apple ...

Mobily has reduced the prices of the iPhone 4. These changes came after a week of the release of the Apple phone by Mobily's competitor, STC. The new prices for iPhone 4 32GB Here are the old prices: The new prices for iPhone 4 16GB Here are the old prices: The new prices for iPhone 3GS 8GB Here are the old prices: We suspect that Postpaid 89 is the only bundle available for everyone while Postpaid 249 and ...

Mobily has finally updated their Mobily App to support the Apple iPad. Mobily App offers customers the ability to manage their accounts from the iPhone. Previously Mobily App 2.0.1 was uploaded then pulled off the App Store. Now the app is available as version 2.2. Here are some screenshots from Mobily App: Mobily App is a free Universal App and is available in the App Store. You can find the author of this ...