November 22, 2012

Telkomsel, Indosat and XL Ready for iPhone 5


As Apple's partners in Indonesia, mobile operator Telkomsel, Indosat and XL Axiata, welcomed the presence of the iPhone 5. When are they going to launch, and is there a price drop for the previous generation iPhone?Telkomsel as the first operator to work with Apple's latest phone predicts it will start bundling them are marketed at the end of 2012.

"Normally so down, following the price of his Apple. Concerning the price and supply, Apple is very strict control from upstream to downstream. This is the legacy of (policy) Steve Jobs," said Gideon.

"I think Indonesia this December, as well as Vodacom. Normally we supply 25 thousand to 50 thousand units," said Vice President of Channel Management Telkomsel Gideon Edie Purnomo told detikINET, Friday (09/13/2012).

He himself was not sure what the price will be marketed later although Apple has released a list price for the handset without being bound to the packet data service with the lowest prices USD 649

Even so the price of the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 are also marketed Telkomsel, Gideon claimed to have got the picture though certainly the price will automatically adjust the price down market.

While Director & Chief Commercial Officer of Indosat Erik Meijer, admitted enthusiastically welcomed the arrival of the iPhone 5. But unfortunately, these Dutch man could not give much information Indosat and cooperation related to bundling Apple's latest smartphone.

"Indosat's spirit, so if given the opportunity so we are ready to support the launch of the Apple iPhone 5 when its products there," said Erik to ITGazine on different occasions.

Erik does not know what price will be marketed Indosat including the launch schedule. "There is absolutely no information about the iPhone 5's," he said.

Related decline in the price of iPhone 4S recently sold Indosat, husband of Maudy Koesnadi also did not speculate. According to him, for the time being there is no reduction in price.

"I can not gamble on this, sorry," he said. So for a while there has been no change in the price? "No," he said.

Similarly, Telkomsel and Indosat, XL also has not received updated information from Apple. "But certainly, XL will forge a partnership with Apple since the partnership was needed to support the focus XL in developing business data services," said Manager of Corporate Communication XL, Henry Wijayanto. N Ahmad R   – detikinet. Jakarta