I earlier wrote about the scarcity of IT news in the Philippines. Now, here’s a really good example: First iPhone in the Philippines?.
This iPhone was spotted in the hands of Jayvee Fernandez. He was supposed to be writing a review for it (I guess).
But, and here’s the clincher, the review was pulled down and the link is gone as well as the picture. Super secret? NDA? I got a screenshot of the RSS feed though.
So, see, that’s supposed to be tech news already! Too many questions abound — where did he got it, how much, who gave it to him, how did it reached his hand, why just now, does it work with local telcos, where’s the SIM, can you activate it in iTunes?
I’m sure he got the iPhone way earlier than the June 29 public release. He blogged about it here. I guess he had to wait after the June 29 6PM release because of NDA.
[tags]iPhone Philippines, Apple iPhone[/tags]
Update: Turns out my theory was wrong. Jayvee denies having an iPhone. The picture above was an iPhone by another Filipino in the US. You can just read the whole story about Pinoys in the US buying the iPhone.
totoo ba meron SIM an Iphone? an alam ko, walang SIM and just activite lang….
GI JOE, saan u bumili nan IPHONE..US IPHONE is exclusive only in US diba…..its not easy to Unlock daw…
pangit
that iphone thats on that picture is the first generation because the iphone 3g doesn’t come with a dock, the power cord is different, and it looks thicker than the 3g, sure he has a iphone but its the 1.1.4 generation like the people here in the states got “LAST JUNE 29,2007″. this thing is posted on june 30,2008.
Caitlin…
this is why i always pick my nose….
Pedro…
an interesting take on a fun topic….
can we use i phone 4 here in manila?
as i do check its specs…it has micro sim in it…