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Pre-paid Stored-value SIM in Hong Kong

December 24, 2010 Hong Kong

People overseas have asked if I can recommend a stored-value SIM package for them during their stay in Hong Kong, so instead of repeating my answer over an over I’ve decided to create a post. Before reading this post one needs to understand one thing about the mobile market in Hong Kong. It is very [...]

Hong Kong Mobile Carrier iPhone 4 Tariff Plans

July 29, 2010 iPhone

Yesterday I reported Smartone-Vodafone’s (SMV) tariff plans for the soon to release iPhone 4. Not long after my post was published the other competitors in Hong Kong also release their respective tariff plans for the iPhone 4. With the help of @abc1230 (on Twitter) I have created an English version of the spreadsheet (http://bit.ly/iphone4hkplans) comparing [...]

Hong Kong iPhone Tariff Plans Battle Begins

July 22, 2010 iPhone

As the pending arrival of the iPhone 4 next week (July 30th) and the re-availability of iPhone 3GS 8GB in Hong Kong, the Apple mobile carrier partners, 3 HK and Smartone-Vodafone (SMV) have began to compete in tariff plans.

A Reader’s 3 HK Troubles

July 20, 2010 iPhone

Several months ago a reader (Kit) told me about his ordeal with 3 HK; one of the 7 mobile carriers in Hong Kong. From my non-scientific analysis, 3 HK is disliked by many of its subscribers, many of them are friends of mine. Some of them even created Facebook groups, 聲討 3HK iphone 服務奇差 !!!, [...]

3 Hong Kong Began Accepting iPhone 4 Registrations

June 23, 2010 iPhone

Like Smartone-Vodafone (SMV) last week, 3 HK also begins to accept registrations for the iPhone 4. Unlike SMV, 3 HK has the foresight to ask for more details from the potential iPhone purchaser. Like, colour and capacity of the iPhone 4 they intend to purchase.

Micro-SIM Availability in Hong Kong

June 21, 2010 iPad

Recently you may have just purchased one of Apple’s latest gadgets, the iPad WiFi+3G, from the 9 countries officially selling them, or plans to get one of the iPhone 4 from either Canada, France and UK. This is because all iPad WiFi+3G (except the ones sold in Japan) and iPhone 4 sold in Canada, France, UK and Hong [...]

Choosing a 3G Tariff Plan in Hong Kong for iPad

May 25, 2010 iPad

With the pending iPad official release by Apple Hong Kong some time in July, mobile carriers in Hong Kong have begin to release tariff plans designed specifically to target iPad owners. Among them only 3 HK currently has a data plan that comes with either a regular mini-SIM or the new micro-SIM. The rest of [...]

Smartone-Vodafone HSDPA Network Test Results

October 15, 2009 iPhone

As most readers know I conducted a joint test of Smartone-Vodafone’s HSDPA network last week; which I now found out it cost me HKD60.00 in data charges, as I had detailed in my post, Smartone-Vodafone HSDPA Network Speed Tested. At the time Smartone-Vodafone technicians did not have the data correlated until today. These results are [...]

Smartone-Vodafone HSDPA Network Speed Tested

October 6, 2009 iPhone

The people at Smartone-Vodafone took notice of my post, iPhones on Two Different 3G Networks Compared, and wanted to get to the bottom of the cause of the slow down in their HSDPA network; especially compared to 3 HK (another Hong Kong mobile carrier). They began by acknowledging my claims, although they did not do [...]

iPhones on Two Different 3G Networks Compared

September 9, 2009 iPhone

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Today a reader, Stephen C., sent me a video of a test he and his friend conducted (“un-scientifically) with two iPhone 3GS’s connected to two different 3G networks on two (3 HK and Smartone-Vodafone) of six mobile carriers in Hong Kong. The result are a bit surprising, especially for customers of Smartone-Vodafone. The video had [...]

3 HK Underhanded Tactics & Ridiculous Info to Customers

July 19, 2009 Advice

In the past several days I had been trying to trouble shoot why a follower (“Ms. iPhone”) on Twitter cannot get to iTunes Store from her iPhone. This was the iPhone 3G model on the 3 HK, Apple’s carrier partner in Hong Kong, network. Ms. iPhone finally complaint to 3 HK Customer Service, and today [...]

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