After it was launched nearly two years ago, Chromecast is now officially available in Singapore (since 19th March 2015).
What is Chromecast you may ask? Well, Chromecast is a thumb-sized media streaming device that plugs into the HDMI port on your TV. Simply use an Android phone, tablet, iPhone, iPad, Mac or Windows laptop, or Chromebook to cast your favorite entertainment and apps right to your television.
In Singapore, Chromecast is brought in by Singtel and only available in Singtel retail shops. The recommended retail price of Chromecast in Singapore is S$65.
I think the price is pretty reasonable especially with the stronger US$ these days. On Amazon, Chromecast is selling for ~US$33 (S$46) but it doesn’t ship to Singapore directly. Hence you need to ship it through a freight forwarder like HopShopGo and it will cost you an additional about US$20 (S$28).
Li Xiang and I love our Chromecast. We are using it everyday, either to cast Plex shows, Netflix shows or YouTube videos.
Source: Google Singapore’s Google+ Post
thank you… but Singtel hasn’t give any comment about the price difference
Any why do they need to give a comment about the price difference?
You wanna share Plex shows with me ? :p
Thanks Lester for sharing. I hear that the chromecast sold by Singtel is “customized” for Singapore market, I wonder does that mean the device has been tweaked so that one cannot stream via Netflix, Hulu etc. Any knowledge sharing from you will be great. I am interested to buy but am concerned that it will be different from US -imported device and hence cannot stream Netflix.
As far as I know there is no difference between the Chromecast sold by Singtel and the Chromecast sold by Google.
Note that for overseas content like Netflix/Hulu, they block IPs outside of US from accessing it. You need a VPN to access those sites.
My article https://lesterchan.net/blog/2014/08/01/watching-netflix-in-singapore-with-unotelly-smartdns/ will be useful for you =)
Chromecast uses it’s own DNS, bypassing your router, You can read it here https://lesterchan.net/blog/2014/08/01/watching-netflix-in-singapore-with-unotelly-smartdns/ (under the Chromecast section)