Name me one thing that Apple fans look forward to every year and have to wait in long lines just to get it.
That’s right, it’s the iPhone. There’s no doubt that many are fans of the iPhone and it’s now that time of the year where the new iPhone, specifically the iPhone 14, is out for the public to purchase.
For those interested in the iPhone 14, you can expect quite a few new upgrades to the phone which makes it better than the iPhone 13. But if there’s one thing you can’t avoid is that to own the new iPhone 14 Pro Max, it starts at RM6,299!
But what if we told you that you can purchase the iPhone for a low price?
Malaysian buys iPhone 14 Pro Max at RM883.30!
In a community Facebook group, Facebook user Ng shared a screenshot of how he grabbed the iPhone for only RM883.30. This was possible as he had exchanged 893,590 points for RM5,415.70 of purchasing credit via Grab when purchasing the phone on the Machines online store.
“My GrabPay points were still a little short to exchange for a free iPhone 14 Pro Max and I got to keep working hard” he said in his post.
At the time of writing the article, the post had gone viral with 2.7K shares across Facebook and thousands of netizens flooding the comments asking on how he was able to get that much Grab points.
Here’s some of the comments:
“I think I need to start collecting points (grab points) . . . iPhone 15 next year will depend on it . . .”
“Sin Yap : Want to buy then buy lo . . . why showing everywhere?”
“Leslie Jy : S***i nowadays people very afraid that others does not know how rich they are but we can’t care too much about it”
But how can one get that many points on Grab?
According to Ng who’s in his 30s, he spends around RM10,000 on GrabPay every month. But before you jump to conclusions, no he doesn’t spend it on himself but for his entire family.
For those who don’t know, GrabPay has a spending limit of RM10,000 a month. The trick behind why he has gained so many points was due to him avoiding the temptation to use the points the entire year.
Another way for you to gain more points is to top up the GrabPay Wallet with a Maybank credit card. This will enable users to gain give times the points and by opting to pay with GrabPay, you’ll gain three times the reward points.
With this method, users can gain a total of 6.5x more Grab points. Maybank2u states that the credit card is meant to reward users with 5x GrabRewards for every RM1 transaction spent on Grab and 2x GrabRewards for every RM1 transaction spent overseas, cross-border and on e-commerce platforms.
How long will it take most Malaysians to get an iPhone 14 Pro if they were interested in it?
Now if we benchmark the 128GB model, Malaysians will need to roughly work for 29.9 days to afford the iPhone 14 Pro as seen by a reddit post in r/Malaysia.
In fact, for the last 5 years, this is considered the lowest number of days for Malaysians to afford an iPhone. It’s said that the average wage for a citizen in Malaysia is approximately RM3,810 net, but to afford the phone means that Malaysians will need to save all the money earned if they would like to purchase it.
Well, looks like it’s time for us to save up our Grab points for next years phone release or for other things we want! What are your thoughts on this? Let us know in the comments.
*Sources: Visual and Reference Credits to Social Media, Maybank2u, TRP, Reddit & various cross references for context.
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