
Chunghwa Telecom announced the first sale event of the new iPhone 18 Pro series and opened online registration for a lottery to all Taiwanese Apple fans in advance. The biggest prize will be an iPhone 18 Pro Max 1TB.
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Chunghwa Telecom announced that it will hold the first sale of the new iPhone 18 Pro series at the Taipei East District Service Center and provide online registration and lottery draws.
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro series will officially go on sale next Friday, September 18. Chunghwa Telecom announced that it will hold the "iPhone 18 Pro series new machine first sale event" at the Taipei East District Service Center. In addition to the on-site first sale event, online registration for all Taiwanese fruit fans will also be opened in advance. The biggest prize will go directly to the iPhone 18 Pro Max 1TB.
The online registration time is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on September 14. Fruit fans can choose to participate in two ways: "Online registration double draw" and "Taipei first sale on-site plus draw".
Among them, a total of 360 lucky people will be drawn out of the event, and they will receive 3,600 yuan worth of new iPhone 18 shopping credits, including a 2,000 yuan purchase discount and 1,600 Hami Points. 280 people were drawn from the "Online Registration Double Draw" and 80 people were drawn from the "Taipei First Sale On-site Plus Draw".
Not only that, 16 people can get 18,000 Hami Points, and 2 people can take home an iPhone 18 Pro Max 1TB. These parts will be drawn at the Taipei first sale event, and everyone who participates in the online registration event has a chance to win.
If you choose to participate in the "Taipei First Sale On-site Lottery" and successfully qualify for the lottery after registering online, you can complete the registration on-site on September 18 and participate in the on-site lottery draw. In other words, you can have up to three chances of winning at once.
However, it should be noted that this time the prize is not directly claimed by the lottery. The winner must go to a Chunghwa Telecom store to purchase any new iPhone 18 Pro series or iPhone Duo before November 30. Regardless of new application, portability or renewal of the excellent 5G purchase rate plan for any lease period, you can redeem the new iPhone 18 for 3,600 yuan in shopping credits; 18,000 Hami Points and iPhone 18 Pro Max will also be drawn. Those who wish to receive gifts such as 1TB will be contacted by a dedicated person to claim their prizes after completing the above application conditions before the end of November.
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