Monday, March 16, 2009

Indonesia to get iPhones from Mar 20


Indonesian mobile operator Telkomsel will be selling iPhones from March 20 at Pacific Place in South Jakarta. It will available at other distributors in Jakarta from March 23. Telkomsel will also be expanding the distribution to the rest of Indonesia from March 28.

Based on the post-paid plan you subscribe to, an 8GB iPhone will cost between Rp2,622,000 (US$218.50) and Rp4,455,000 (US$371.25). A 16 GB iPhone will cost between Rp5,912,000 (US$492.66) and Rp4,079,000 (US$339.91).

The press release notes that there are currently already a few Indonesian/Jakarta specific apps on the App Store, namely:
  • TransJakarta (Jakarta bus guide)
  • Aphrodite (world sport schedule)
  • Jakarta Globe (daily English news)
  • BuUuk (Jakara restaurant guide)
  • Foyage (Jakarta services guide)
  • Detikcom (news)
  • Angklung (music)
  • SCTV (national TV)
  • Kapanlagi.com (lifestyle and entertaiment site)
  • Macetlagi.com (traffic monitoring portal and content streaming) and 
  • Kompas (daily Indonesian news).
Click here for the full press release in Bahasa Indonesia and English.

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