iPhone 5 in Thailand on Nov 2

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Published: 26 Oct 2012 at 11.27
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The Apple's iPhone5 will be available in Thailand on Nov 2 from three mobile operators and at Apple's authorised resellers, an industry source said on Friday.

Advanced Info Service (AIS) is open for pre-orders today, Oct 26, but Dtac and TrueMove have yet to confirm.

Apple's policy allows mobile operators to announce the product's availability one week before the product enters the market.

According to the source, Apple sees the Thai market as a priority based on the country's high sales record. But due to import procedures, iPhone5 is still going on sale here later than the United States, Hong Kong and Japan.

Thailand is one of 100 countries across the globe were the iPhone 5 is on sale.

According to the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), prices of iPhone 5 should be close to iPhone 4s prices at 22,000 baht for 16 gigabytes, 26,000 baht for 32gb and 30,000 baht for 64gb.

The iPhone 5 is on display after its introduction during Apple Inc's iPhone media event in San Francisco, California Sept 12, 2012. (Reuters photo)

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Discussion 2 : 30 Oct 2012 at 20.422
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I own a Samsung S3 but I'll be the first to admire how beautifully made all Apple products are and the 5 is no exception - my S3 has a comically flimsy case - I'm just shocked that Apple are continuing their policy of charging so much more just for extra internal storage. A 64GB microSD card for my S3 was only 2,500baht taking it to 80Gb. I also find it useful how my S3 can run anything up to a 500GB external HD drive, connect with bluetooth mice, keyboards and controllers and can run anything without having to go through itunes. Apple is increasingly playing catch-up - why should users need to jailbreak their iphone in order to use these thi
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eric

Discussion 1 : 26 Oct 2012 at 22.501
There will be some iPhone 5's here soon but u would pay a premium to get one of these. I still think you should wait to buy from apple.com
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