Apple recently released iOS 6.1 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. One of the features of this update is enabling 4G LTE in many countries including Saudi Arabia. Here is how to enable LTE on your device. Share your experience in the comments. Supported Devices You will need a device that supports LTE Band 3 (1800Mhz). The supported devices are: • iPhone 5 with model A1429 • iPad mini with model A1455 • i ...

Mobily has started taking orders for the iPhone 5 using Souq.com e-commerce site. They also announced the contract-free iPhone 5 prices. The phone will be available in Saudi Arabia next Thursday. Here are the prices: • iPhone 5 16GB 2799 SR • iPhone 5 32GB 3199 SR • iPhone 5 64GB 3649 SR Compared to the original prices of the iPhone 4S from Mobily, the iPhone 5 32GB is 30 SR cheaper and the iPhone 5 64GB is ...

STC, Mobily and Zain all has announced via Twitter that they have moved the iPhone 5 launch date in Saudi Arabia from December 14th to Tuesday the 13th of the month. The iPhone 5 will most likely be the A1429 model and currently only supports Zain's 4G LTE network. FaceTime is expected to be disabled on these iPhones as well. You can find the author of this post on twitter: @khaled. Follow SaudiMac updates ...

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 ...