Nokia secures 10-year 5G contract with Antina in Singapore

Nokia has been awarded a ten-year extension to its existing 5G network deal with Antina, a joint venture between M1 and StarHub mobile network operators in Singapore. This comes after a competitive tender process. Nokia will deploy an indoor and outdoor 5G Standalone (SA) network, and also expand the existing network by utilizing Antina’s 3.5GHz spectrum holdings. Continue reading “Nokia secures 10-year 5G contract with Antina in Singapore”

Singapore now has a 4th telecom provider – Focuses on data plans

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Up until 2016, Singapore has had only 3 telecom providers namely – Singtel, M1 and Starhub apart from a brief stint from Virgin Mobile back in 2002. Now, a new company by the name of Circles.Life has launched with aims to provide users with data plans like no other.

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Apple’s App Store pricing increases due to exchange rates – Affects Canada, Singapore and more

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Apple will be increasing the price of products in its App Store in some countries to changes in the exchange rates. The changes have been notified by Apple to developers in an email.

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South East Asia set to get its first Apple Store in Singapore – Will be Solar Powered

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Apple has chosen Singapore as the location to open its first Apple Store in South East Asia. The Store will reportedly run on renewable energy, namely solar energy.

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In another Singapore flash sale, Xiaomi sells 5,000 Redmi Note units in 42 seconds

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Although it’s the Indian wing of Xiaomi that’s making the most noise for reasons obvious (read: Xiaomi Mi3 launch in India), other, regional Xiaomi branches are making sure they aren’t left behind.

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Xiaomi plans to expand beyond China – Singapore first, hopefully India next?

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Xiaomi, the company that was recently in the news for insane flash sales and earlier, for the hire of Android VP Hugo Barra, has laid out plans to expand beyond China. Singapore is one of the first markets in which Xiaomi is targeting for its full fledged operations, as a part of its expansion to South East Asia. Hugo Barra was appointed as the company’s VP of global operations and it seems like his work is now in full swing. Xiaomi’s top executives were recently in Taiwan for a fan gathering, addressing their huge fan base with quizzes, oversized T-Shirts and even a performance from Hugo Barra, who sang and danced to a popular Taiwanese song!

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HTC One Max vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Photo Gallery

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We previously brought to you the unboxing of the HTC One Max. Now here is the photo gallery comparing the phablet to it’s closest rival, the Galaxy Note 3.

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Google shipping Nexus 7 India orders from Singapore

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The Nexus 7 16GB WiFi version is the first device to be sold officially by Google in India. We brought you the news of the launch yesterday and we have some interesting info to share . The device will be shipped by April 5th 2013 from Singapore ! One of our readers sent us this order receipt which indicates the same. Google has tied up with Fedex and Aramex to handle the logistics including the delivery of the device to your door. Continue reading “Google shipping Nexus 7 India orders from Singapore”

HTC Butterfly Photo Gallery

The HTC Butterfly is the international variant of the J Butterfly (Japan) and the DROID DNA (USA) variants. We have got our hands on one and this gallery is first among the articles we plan to cover on this phone.

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Apple iPhone 5 Singapore Prices are Revealed , starts from S$948

Singapore is one of the few countries getting the iPhone 5 on launch day September 21 and Singapore is one of those markets where Apple directly sells unlocked iPhones on it’s online store to consumers.  The 16GB iPhone 5 is expected to cost 948 SGD (Singapore Dollars).  Apple will start taking Pre-orders on September 14.

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Nokia N9 is Sexy – Photo Gallery

We hope you have seen Michael’s (@MichaelxHell)Swipetastic review of the Nokia N9. Now, we let the Nokia N9 do the talking through this photo gallery of the device. Continue reading “Nokia N9 is Sexy – Photo Gallery”

Apple iPhone 4S Singapore Prices Out

Looks like Apple is all set to launch the iPhone 4S in more countries on October 28th. The pre-order pages for the countries part of the Oct 28 launch went up few hours ago. Amongst those countries , the only country in Asia is Singapore where Apple products are normally priced similar to the United States. Here we have news of the Singapore prices of the iPhone 4S. Prices start from 948 SGD for the 16GB version , 1088 SGD for the 32GB version and 1238 SGD for the 64GB version.This works out to about Rs.38000 approx for the 16GB version , Rs.42500 approx for the 32GB version and Rs.48400 approx for the top-end 64GB variant.  you might also have to pay GST or a Sales Tax in addition to the above price.  From the pricing , one can assume that the device is sold unlocked  but we don’t have confirmation of that.But the product family page  mentions the word unlocked.The part number for the basic version is MD235ZA/A. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 4S Singapore Prices Out”

Nokia N9 Ninjas Hit the Streets of Singapore

Nokia has organised shows in Singapore to highlight the release of the Nokia N9. It’s called N9 Ninjas and it is basically a competition in which you could win a Nokia N9.

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Google Nexus Prime Shows Up on Singapore Online Store

The Google Nexus Prime, the first Android Ice Cream Sandwich device that will be manufactured by Samsung has been spotted on a Singaporean online store.

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