on a scale of 1-10,
to what extent are you satisfied
with your current phone?
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10/10
i am perfectly satisfied with
my 9 month old Huawei P10 Plus that
i can’t wait to get my hand
on a P20 Pro
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so i have been following
related update from
rumor, launch, review
and most importantly,
the price
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the retail price at 3299 MYR
kinda fits my expectation
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and soon it’s all over major
online shopping platforms
looks like it wasn’t price war
that they are fighting this time round
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but more about the gifts offered
one of the retailers even offered
a premium gift package where
you top up another 59 MYR or so
to get a JBL earphone etc..
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well i don’t really care that much
about the gifts really and
i don’t really care about twilight color
as all i want is an all black
which i will eventually cover up
with another all black silicone cover
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but more concerned about the price
because i set a price ceiling of
3000 MYR for myself
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also, to prevent myself from
ditching my poor P10 Plus
so so soon
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and i am planning to hand it down
to my 12 year old niece
after she finishes her exams
in September
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then it came to a point that
my dad’s phone is spoilt
so he needs a replacement phone
real soon
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my initial plan was to
get him a P20 which is
roughly the same price
as iPhone 7 which i first had in mind
as he isn’t an Android user
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so that we get to go around
with a pair of matching
P20 and P20 Plus
after i get mine
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but he rejected it and said
he is okay with using my P10 Plus
and i should probably get
my niece a new phone instead
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so it’s set
my purchase timeline has been cut short
from September to immediate purchase
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then his phone seemed okay again
so it wans’t that urgent still
but i readjusted my timeline to
getting one before my Tokyo trip in July
or as soon as his phone dies
which ever happens first
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and two days ago
i booked flight tickets to Yunnan
in June during Ramadhan holiday
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i.e. instead of July
i will get our phones replaced
before our trip in mid June
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and this afternoon
was discussing with my sister
she is the one in our family
who really needs a phone badly
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but i can’t see why
she isn’t buying one
Note 5, lagging like hell
and by the way
she has the strongest
financial supports too
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so i casually opened
11 Street to check the price of
Samsung S9
almost the same as P20 Pro
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and i so happened to see
an electric appliance retailer
is giving away store discount coupon
up to 250 MYR
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and they happened to be
selling the phone
at 3299 MYR
with the standard gift package
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which is rare because
as far as i know
their retail price for mobile phone
is usually higher
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but not in this case because
this is the recommended retail price
in the first place since day 1
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so what am i waiting for
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so i immediately ordered one
and here you go
everything done within
10 minutes or so
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yes
i did see the actual phone in-store
at least twice
and it looks gorgeous
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so it’s just a matter of time of
when to get one
it’s a balance between
price and urgency
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price:
as the longer i wait
the cheaper it is
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urgency:
as soon as my dad phone dies
before a major trip
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so i would say
it’s all about the timing
right time, right price
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