Will the iPhone sell in the Philippines?
八月 19, 2008
The launch of the Apple iPhone in the Philippines is just a few days away (on August 22, to be exact) but an analyst thinks the timing of the launch may just not be right.
According to an analyst of XMG Asia Pacific, the roll-out of the iPhone in the Philippines “came at a very bad time.”
He cited inflation and the rising costs of food and oil as current deterrents for Filipinos to buy high-end luxury items such as the iPhone.
This despite price cutbacks by Globe Telecom on the iPhone. Last week, Globe announced it would sell iPhone 3G prepaid kits starting at P37,599 (8Gb) and P43,799 (16 GB).
The iPhone 3G is also available via postpaid subscriptions ranging from P1,599 to P4,999 in monthly fees.
Globe’s prepaid plans come with P1,000 in load credits spread over five months, or P200 per month. The first 1,000 phonekit purchases will also get an additional P1,000 discount off the purchase price, according to Globe.
At these prices and benefits, are you still willing to get an iPhone?
九月 14th, 2008 at %I:%M%p
id rather buy an i-touch than an i-phone. almost the same features except the phone and text services plus the 2MP camera(in America, an 8MP camera phone will be launch this last quarter or early next year)… its much cheaper at 11K in greenhills.. :)
一月 28th, 2009 at %I:%M%p
affordable na ba ang iphones in the philippines? i’m shocked to find out how inflated the prices are over there. i think even your calling plans might be more expensive. grabe! maybe only a handful of wealthy people can really afford those prices. well…such is life. but really…the iphone kicks butt :P i am never going back to a just a plain telephone! it’s costly, but it lives up to all my expectations. verrryyy cooool! my at&t monthly calling plan here is $150.00 + about $10-15 in state fees and taxes. that’s for two iphones, with 700 anytime minutes,unlimited nights & weekends, rollover minutes, and 200 txt msgs a month p/iphone. we paid $199 for each of the iphones.
二月 12th, 2009 at %I:%M%p
My iPhone 3G 16GB it’s not a prepaid phone but can use prepaid sim, I bought my iPhone $480 without contract, $299 (iPhone 3G 16GB) with at&t 2yr contract plus one time activation fee. I switched to “go phone” (prepaid) cause i don’t use my monthly minutes much and it’s so expensive. I got my go phone sim from at&t, and activated it as go phone service and i’m using my iPhone with it.
七月 4th, 2009 at %I:%M%p
I used to have an HTC smartphone and was happy with it until i changed it to I phone 3GS 32GB. It is so great, panis ang HTC. Even if i have to pay $70/month but it has 300 free calls and 300 free text! It has so many applications, games, GPS, emails,etc. I would recommend it to my friends.
八月 27th, 2009 at %I:%M%p
it’s so un-practical to buy Iphone. I’d rather stick to a 3310 worth P500 =D than buying an Iphone.