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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Samsung Galaxy Note Impression

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Celcom Samsung Galaxy Note bundled pricing revealed

Celcom Samsung Galaxy Note bundled pricing revealed:

UPDATE: Celcom’s Samsung Galaxy Note plan detail is now live on their website.

The Samsung Galaxy Note will be on sale in Malaysia tomorrow with telco tie up on Celcom and DiGi. Sold at RM2,299 outright, those that want it cheaper would normally opt for a postpaid contract.

Finally Celcom’s bundling plans have been revealed and it is offered as low as RM1,368 with 18 months contract of Celcom Exec 250. There’s a shorter 12 month period and other lower commitment postpaid options as well. If you don’t intend to stay on contract for long, the Galaxy Note can be yours for RM1,818 on 12 months contact of Celcom Exec 50 with 1GB of data.

Looking at the highest plan option, Celcom is subsidising as much as RM931 for the device. This is RM30 more than their Samsung Galaxy S II bundling plan where they subsidised RM901.

Remember, the event is happening at Pavilion KL, Jusco Aeon Tebrau JB and Queensbay Mall Penang from 10AM onwards tomorrow.

So next question is how much is DiGi offering it? For the Samsung Galaxy S II, DiGi offered a RM700 subsidy. If it is the same for the Note, we could expect RM1,599 for 24 months contract on DG Smart Plan.

For those that want to get it outright, Samsung Facebook page has posted a list of participating Elite Partners that will carry the device.

Motorola RAZR comes bundled on Celcom

Motorola RAZR comes bundled on Celcom:

UPDATE: Celcom states Droid RAZR which is the 4G LTE version. Is Celcom LTE ready?

The sharp looking RM1,999 Motorola RAZR will go on sale in Malaysia on 11.11.11. During the launch event, no telco plans have been officially announced until now. Celcom has finally revealed on their website that they are carrying the RAZR from as low as RM1308 on contract on the highest commitment Celcom Exec 250 plan with 18 months duration.

If you notice the header above, it mentions as low as RM1,138 but it is no where to be found on Celcom website. Perhaps, that’s for Celcom BIZ which isn’t available yet.

Note:Another interesting discovery made by heeman is that the model is written as “Droid RAZR”. The Droid RAZR is a 4G LTE device while the Motorola RAZR is the 3G GSM version for the rest of the world. Whichever it is, lets hope Celcom is bundling the right version that will work on their network.

For more information, head over to Celcom’s Motorola RAZR page.

Thanks to @keithwoo for giving us a heads up!

Celcom offers HTC Sensation XE from RM1,248

Celcom offers HTC Sensation XE from RM1,248:

If the Motorola RAZR and Samsung Galaxy Note is not your cup of tea, Celcom is offering another alternative. The music focused HTC Sensation XE is now offered on Celcom for contract bundling.

Outright, the dual-core 1.5GHz android smart phone with Beats headphones is priced at RM1,999. You can read more about the smart phone in our previous introductory post.

With 18 months contract of Celcom Exec 250, it can be yours for only RM1,248. On the very bare minimum commitment and contract tenure, it goes for RM1,588 with 12 months contract of Celcom Exec 50 + Broadband mBasic.

For more information, head over to Celcom’s smart phone page.

Need help deciding which smart phone to get? Check out our smart phone comparison post.

[Insider] Celcom Motorola RAZR, as low as RM1138

[Insider] Celcom Motorola RAZR, as low as RM1138:

Celcom will be offering the new Motorola RAZR in Malaysia starting this Friday.

The new, rebooted Motorola RAZR has a 4.3 inch qHD Super AMOLED Advanced capacitive touchscreen (540×960 pixel resolution) display and runs on Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) operating system which is upgradable to Ice Cream Sandwich. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 CPU, TI OMAP 4430 chipset, has 16GB of internal memory and 1GB of RAM. It is also one of the thinnest phones at just 7.1mm(against Galaxy Nexus’s 8.9mm and iPhone 4S’s 9.3mm thickness).

Our insider told us that Celcom Axiata would sell the Motorola RAZR at the RRP price of 1999, it will also be available via Brightstar on the same day, at the same price. With a 18-months contract, the new RAZR can be purchased for as low as RM1138 from Celcom.

Just like Celcom, Maxis & DiGi would offer the Motorola RAZR as well. However we wasn’t able to confirm the date of availability or the pricing.

Stay tuned to MalaysianWireless for the latest update on Motorola RAZR.