<P> On March 20, 2009, Telkomsel became the first telecommunications company in Indonesia to offer the iPhone 3G with customizable plans for all Telkomsel customers . In the same month, Maxis of Malaysia and DiGi both launched the iPhone 3G . </P> <P> On October 2011, StarHub launched the iPhone in Singapore . Smart Communications followed suit in December 2011 by launching the iPhone 4S in the Philippines . Smart Communications was the last telecommunications company to carry Apple's iPhone in Southeast Asia . </P> <P> The iPhone 3G was released in Australia on July 11, 2008 . </P> <P> The very first iPhone 3G model released on July 11, 2008 was sold in Auckland, New Zealand to 22 - year - old student Jonny Gladwell at 12: 01 am NZST . The iPhone 3G was only available to customers on the Vodafone network . There was criticism from some New Zealand customers when Vodafone announced pricing for the iPhone 3G, as Vodafone was the only network to offer this generation of iPhone . </P>

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