So the iPhone is officially here in Malaysia courtesy of Maxis. Is there anything to be excited about? Yes, there is! But look at the plans, are you excited now?
What ticks me of writing this entry is Maxis. They’ve asked, AKA paid, a few famous bloggers to blog about the iPhone in Malaysia thingy but these bloggers know nuts about the iPhone!!!
Please Maxis, if you want to degrade yourself asking these bloggers to act like they know a thing or two about the iPhone, DO NOT FREAKING PULL APPLE IN AND DEGRADE THEM!!!!
If you want to get people to write an advertorial, ask someone who KNOWS about the iPhone, not some fuckers who’ve used it for a few months making calls and stuff and gets awed by the multi touch capabilities. These people knows nuts about the technology behind the iPhone!!! Do they know it’s a capacitive screen instead of a “I’m happy I don’t have to use a pen to write anymore” screen, or a screen that “i can’t use my fingernails on, but never mind because Maxis paid me so I got accustomed to it already”? Do they know how much RND has been done on just the multi touch screen alone? Do they know how much effort an App developer put in to develop the “oh I use this to call my girlfriend and it’s so fun” application in the AppStore? NO THEY DO NOT FUCKING KNOW!!! All they freaking know is that Maxis paid them money to write it!
The worst part is, there were a few saying that “wow for only RM375 a month for 24 months I can get a free iPhone!” FUCK THE HELL OFF!!! That’s supposed to be a “wow” factor?? RM9,000 for an iPhone with about 83 minutes of calls and 100MB of data a day is a wow factor??? Unless you are a freaking business man who makes A LOT OF local calls and tether your iPhone to use it as a modem, YOU CAN NEVER USE THAT MUCH!!! Even if you do, why the hell do you want an iPhone? Tethering is not easy on the iPhone and battery sucks so you won’t be able to make so many calls. Do these bloggers know all these things? FUCKING HELL NO!!! So why pay RM9,000 for something you don’t use? Do not argue with me the warranty part! Apple’s QC is one of the best in the world and I’ve not found anyone in the Apple community that has a DOA iPhone but do these bloggers know that? NO!!!
Yes I am talking like an Apple fanboy but this really angers me!
To all the other bloggers, IF YOU DO NOT KNOW ABOUT A PRODUCT, DO NOT FUCKING WRITE AN ADVERTORIAL ON IT LIKE YOU KNOW EVERYTHING THAT IT DOES!!! HAVE A BIT OF INTEGRITY PLEASE!!!
P.S. This is an angry entry and I appologise for my use of vulgarity here but this really pisses me off.
P.P.S. I don’t mind reading advertorials written by these bloggers, even though they didn’t really use it, but this is just too much for me to handle.
P.P.P.S. I have to kau-tau to advertisers in my work as well and after this entry, I don’t think Maxis will advertise with my magazine, as if they are. Before you judge, I know my stuff when I write for the magazine, not like these fuckers who are so “excited” at the iPhone.
CHIP Malaysia
myMacBUZZ
chill dude, not worth it.
kakaka…if Maxis want iPhone specialists call me I know a whole bunch of them which can march in with little notice….kakaka
Aiyo *patpatpatpatpat*
Yeah, the iPhone advertorials made my eyes roll. “Look ma, so pwetty!”
What to dolah, they paid to make it look awesomelah.
thumbs up
Take a deep breath and chant “Ommm…….”.
Oh by the way, my iPhone survived a tiled-floor-5-feet-drop test yesterday.
That’s the kind of quality control we are talking about. Impressive ha?
Wait a minute! Paying bloggers who know nuts about the subject to write? Someone is pocketing monies somewhere in the middle. I can smell seafood in the wok.
i so love ur entryyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
u know wut’s worst? people actually BELIEVING these bloggers about the stuffs they write! it’s an ad for god’s sake! of course they make everything sound good..n these people go and believe! ptui!!!
damn it. why didn’t maxis look for me to write an advertorial! grrrr
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haha yeah that is why i didnt get my iphone from maxis or any of our service provider