Last week on Thursday night, Maxis launched the latest iPhone 4 at midnight 24th September.
They are the first to launch sales to customers at midnight!

I knew i’d be going for the event,
but i didn’t think an estimated 3,000 people were planning to turn up as well!

Throughout the day, people were talking about going for it,
so i was thinking, “Eh, i thought this is a media event… not some party!”
People were talking about it like it was a party,
and even Clem wanted to go because his friends were all going. 

I was more excited about actually seeing more of the iPhone 4 and not the party (technology over drinks!)
cos when i was in UK during summer, Yishyene was the first friend i know to have got it.
Even RyanSoosay (her bf and my buddy) got mighty jealous cos the package in UK goes something along the lines of 1 iPhone per customer on the waiting list or something like that.
What i remember is that Ryan REALLY wanted the new phone,
and Yishyene decided to keep hers for herself cos it was too leet hahaha.

Watching her play with her new toy,
i did look on in subdued envy cos it IS beautiful.
And sleek.
And sexy.
And fashionable.
And i turned away cos i didn’t need a new phone.

I had two phones which worked perfectly fine and i wasn’t going to indulge in unnecessary spending (which i’m very talented in).
But since one of my two phones have been acting up on me since i got back (which some of you might have seen me tweet about in frustration, i’ve sent it to repair twice in one month and it hung on me again last week again making me have a heart attack), i thought this would be a perfectly plausible reason to replace it.

And what better than with the newest thing right.
So i went just to look…

It was crazy crowded.

I couldn’t even see the new phone in the VIP area when i arrived.
All i could see were a lot of bodies and heads.

People were crowding around the bar,
and other counters where they were registering for the iPhone 4.

The turnout was MAD.

I went outside to consider going downstairs to the media room,
so i could get a better idea of what was going on other than the party.

Bumped into DoraemonKenny who’d just got off the plane.
He flew in just for the launch!

Kenny and i

i’m wearing >
shirt; ralph lauren
pants; zara
weave shoes; absolute vintage
bag; aldo

Also bumped into YiuLin outside,
asking me where was the bowl for the lucky draw to win a new iPhone 4.

On the way down the escalator,
i balked at the number of customers queuing up to apply for the new iPhone!

I heard people were lining up for hours!

Managed to find the other bloggers downstairs!
FourFeetNineAud, me, ChengLeong, DoraemonKenny

Again, i saw lots of heads…

Someone was so short her boyfriend had to lift her up so she could see. 

Actually, i’m too short to see anything too,
but my boyfriend was too busy drinking with his friends upstairs. 

We were ushered outside for the press conference after the anticipated countdown,
and again, i couldn’t see anything 
(Darn you short legs of mine!)

I took a picture of the backdrop, and Kenny helped me take the pic below since he’s taller!

Maxis CEO Sandip Das

After it was over, i went to join the rest who were well in party mode in the VIP area upstairs.

Serena C who hosted the launch, told me afterward that about 280 members of the media attended the event,
to the point where not everyone could get into the ballroom even!

CRAZY LAAAAA!!

Still, i was a happy clappy fairy cos i have myself a new toy 

Was showing it off to my mom,
and she was like, “Oh! This is the new iPhone 4 issit.”
I’m thinking, “Whoa. My MOM knows this?! My mom doesn’t usually care about what new tech stuff is out… “

She then told me how she tried to go to the market on Sunday,
couldn’t get a parking spot cos everyone was trying to buy the new iPhone 4,
and saw heaps of people lining up outside Maxis.

So actually… all she wanted was to go to the market la.
While the others were going mad over the iPhone 4 so she had no choice but to see WHAT THE FUSS WAS ABOUT.

To know what all the fuss is about, check out the Maxis rates for iPhone 4 *here*

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