Though it is a working day today, there is a already huge turnout at Sitex in the morning. The 4-day consumer IT exhibition is held at the Singapore EXPO Halls 5 and 6 from 26 to 29 November 2009 beween 11am and 9pm daily.a
When arrived at 11.10am in the morning, the car parks a Halls 5 and 6 are already full and he had to make a detour to park further away at Hall 7.
Sitex has lined up exclusive product launches, special offers, lucky draws and other goodies answering to every gadget need. There are about 150 exhibitors with big names like Samsung, Sony, Sharp, LG, Canon, Acer, Lenovo and Toshiba taking part.
Though this year’s show is taking up less space – 21,000 sq m, against last year’s 21,300 sq m, the organizers SingExhibition is confident of surpassing last year’s $45 million in receipts and 826,000 visitors.
The halls are packed with Singaporeans and foreigners alike from all walks of life looking for a cheap bargain. The Starhub booth, which offers notebooks as gifts for its broadband, has the longest queue.
The prices are on average $200 to $300 below the market price. For those looking to purchase a desktop or laptop, there are plenty of choices available.
The lowest price for a Netbook is the LG X130 which fetches a price of only $499 with an external DVD drive as a gift. On the high end, one can get a Lenovo laptop with a Intel Core Duo 2 Processor of 2.53GHz and a DDR3 RAM of 2GB at only $1099.
For digital cameras, Sony Cybershot is going for as low as $349 for its latest 12.1 megapixel series while JVC offers a HD Camrecorder (GZ-HM 200) at only $899.
To those of you who are driving to the EXPO over the long weekend, you are advised to arrive here at least one hour before the opening time to secure a parking slot. If you are going in the evenings, it is more convenient to take the MRT and drop off directly at the EXPO station.
Will be compiling a series of good buys at the Sitex in due course, so stay tuned.
When arrived at 11.10am in the morning, the car parks a Halls 5 and 6 are already full and he had to make a detour to park further away at Hall 7.
Sitex has lined up exclusive product launches, special offers, lucky draws and other goodies answering to every gadget need. There are about 150 exhibitors with big names like Samsung, Sony, Sharp, LG, Canon, Acer, Lenovo and Toshiba taking part.
Though this year’s show is taking up less space – 21,000 sq m, against last year’s 21,300 sq m, the organizers SingExhibition is confident of surpassing last year’s $45 million in receipts and 826,000 visitors.
The halls are packed with Singaporeans and foreigners alike from all walks of life looking for a cheap bargain. The Starhub booth, which offers notebooks as gifts for its broadband, has the longest queue.
The prices are on average $200 to $300 below the market price. For those looking to purchase a desktop or laptop, there are plenty of choices available.
The lowest price for a Netbook is the LG X130 which fetches a price of only $499 with an external DVD drive as a gift. On the high end, one can get a Lenovo laptop with a Intel Core Duo 2 Processor of 2.53GHz and a DDR3 RAM of 2GB at only $1099.
For digital cameras, Sony Cybershot is going for as low as $349 for its latest 12.1 megapixel series while JVC offers a HD Camrecorder (GZ-HM 200) at only $899.
To those of you who are driving to the EXPO over the long weekend, you are advised to arrive here at least one hour before the opening time to secure a parking slot. If you are going in the evenings, it is more convenient to take the MRT and drop off directly at the EXPO station.
Will be compiling a series of good buys at the Sitex in due course, so stay tuned.
