Apple iPhone for M1
In November 2007, Neil Montefiore, M1 CEO said it was in discussion with Apple to bring the iPhone to Singapore. While Singapore law prevents vendor lock-in, meaning that such a deal would only be for at most 6 months before the other mobile phone telcos get their Apple iPhones, the revolutionary iPhone on Singapore shores would catapult Apple into the mainstream ever further.
Although Macs are not very common in Singapore, the Mac community is a rapidly growing one and their followers are a passionate lot. Where mobile phone penetration is 99%, a sizeable bulk of iPhone purchases will definitely come from Mac users. But an increasing number of non-Mac users have ordered unlocked iPhones the past year from the US to get the greatest and the latest in mobile phone crazy Singapore.
I think that Apple should no longer look at Singapore as a small insignificant market. The take up of iPhones could spur non-Mac users towards the Mac and that would make Macs become more relevant in Singapore’s technological infrastructure. Macs in the homes and workplace could also improve our government as more and more government websites just fail to work on non-IE browsers due to our government’s over-reliance to Microsoft platforms.
While my view may be a little too optimistic, one cannot deny that the iPhone in Singapore, regardless of carrier, would gravitate virgin owners to the Mac, and thus make the Apple cult here a much more visible community.
i shall just retype what i said in multiply lah kay. Steve Jobs have understood the meaning of sexy. ahhh. iNak.