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After the post regarding iPhone: Singapore and Hong Kong offer cheapest iPhone 4, now we looking for Apple iPhone 4 is coming soon in Malaysia and offered by Maxis and DiGi. Both telcos put up their iPhone 4 register of interest page at July 20, 2010. Both campany will official press announcement with pricing information in the coming months.

DiGi iPhone 4 register of interest page
DiGi made a step ahead Maxis to first announce the iPhone 4 register of interest page. Maxis iPhone 4 register of interest page is online after a couple hours, in the same afternoon.

Maxis iPhone 4 register of interest page

Maxis page asks for a lot more information, such as the iPhone 4 model you are interested in, contact information, as well as IC/Passport number. All fields are mandatory. On DiGi page, all it takes is only your email address.

Both telcos have not revealed iPhone 4 price and release date. But Digi will make an official press announcement with pricing information in the coming months, which state at FAQ.

Please note that “register of interest” only notify you when iPhone 4 is available. It is not “pre-order” that allow you to reserve iPhone 4. So, we still need to wait for pre-order to launch, and pricing announcement?

After the user complaint about the iPhone 4 antenna, Apple has a section on its website to demonstrate the three smartphones currently in the market that show the same problem as the iPhone 4.

From the website:

Understanding attenuation and signal loss.
The opposite of amplification, attenuation happens whenever a signal is obstructed. All antennas — including television, radio, GPS, and cellular antennas — can experience attenuation. And with most antennas, the density and composition of the human hand can cause attenuation to a greater degree than some other materials. On a mobile phone, signal loss typically occurs when your hand attenuates the most sensitive part of the antenna. In the photos and videos below, we demonstrate how different grips cause attenuation on many popular smartphones — including iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS.

To watch the demonstrate video, visit apple attenna performance!

In any case, Apple is using a tried and tested PR tactic to deviate attention from the real issue by putting forth an argument that the iPhone 4 is not the only phone with such a problem.

It will be interesting to see if Samsung, HTC and BlackBerry will respond to this.

By the way, if you missed the press connference earlier, here’s a link to the official video. Enjoy.

Digi always come with suprise, but this suprise is expected as the arrival of the iPhone 4 is near and carriers overseas have done the same price slash as well. What we concern now is when will pre-orders for iPhone 4 be announced and what is the price for iPhone 4?

DiGi has slashed its iPhone 3GS prices by RM200 and also reduced its monthly iPhone plans as well. Its iDiGi 88, 138 and 238 have been slashed to RM60, RM90 and RM160 monthly respectively. Not forgetting also is that a new 8GB iPhone 3GS will be coming as the lowest entry phone and it may be priced ever lower than current offerings. Click here to check the old price. This is good news to those like the iPhone 3GS design want a cheaper iPhone.

New iDiGi Plans

More details at DiGi Official website.

Just after the post regarding iPhone 4: You’re Holding It Wrong…The right way to hold iPhone 4, now, we share with you the video where dropping calls when you held your iPhone 4 left-hand.
I guess this answers the question whether to buy, or not to buy. Apparently, touching the bottom left corner of the iPhone 4 lowers the “bars” and drops your calls. If you recall from the WWDC 10 keynote, that’s where the Bluetooth / WiFi / GPS antenna meets its GSM / UMTS counterpart.

The iPhone 4 may be one of those handsets that world anxiously waits for and clamors for in throngs of crowds to get a hold of but it’s far from perfect. What always makes for a funny after launch story is taking into account the user experiences and various bugs that pop up. This time, people were having issues reception and, you’re going to love this if you haven’t heard already, the reason Mr. Jobs has provided, is because you’re probably holding it wrong. Tell me that didn’t put a smile on your face and I won’t believe you. You obviously know by now that the metal strip running around the iPhone 4 doubles up as the antenna and it seems that the receptors are placed at the bottom so if your grip just happens to be wrong, you’re not going to get the best reception. Now what would have been handy would have been a mention of the same in the user manual, preferably in diagram form.

As explanations go, this is one of the funniest I’ve heard – ‘You’re holding it wrong.’ What makes it even funnier is that Steve Jobs actually replied to a new user via email saying just this – (picture below).

After this greatest answer from Steve Jobs: “Just avoid holding it in that way.” Great job, Steve, you’re famous now.