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Due to popular demand, Globe Telecom has announced it has dropped the prepaid price of the iPhone 3G to Php37,599 for 8GB and Php43,799 for 16GB. There are more freebies that come with the postpaid plans as well. See details of the new plans after the jump.
The prepaid plans come with Php1,000 load spread over 5 months; that’s P200 per month. Also, the first 1,000 phonekit purchase will get Php1,000 additional off (discount) on Apple iPhone 3G price.
iPhone 3G 8GB Plans (Initial Fees)
Plan 1599: Php15,100
Plan 2199: Php12,600
Plan 3299: Php10,100
Plan 3999: Php2,500
Plan 4999: FREE
iPhone 3G 16GB Plans (Initial Fees)
Plan 1599: Php20,600
Plan 2199: Php18,100
Plan 3299: Php15,500
Plan 3999: Php8,000
Plan 4999: Php2,900
Now compare that to the original pricing here.
GPlan & GFlex Offerings:
G-Text: Php29,000 for 8GB / Php34,300 for 16GB
G-Mix 800: Php25,000 for 8GB / Php30,500 for 16GB
G-Talk 1200: Php22,900 for 8GB / Php28,400 for 16GB
G-Talk 1800: Php20,900 for 8GB / Php26,400 for 16GB
G-Match 2500: Php18,700 for 8GB / Php24,200 for 16GB
G-Max 3500: Php16,400 for 8GB / Php21,900 for 16GB
Platinum 5000: FREE for 8GB / Php2,900 for 16GB
Platinum 7000: FREE for 8GB / Php1,200 for 16GB
Platinum 10000: FREE for 8GB / FREE for 16GB
Thanks to Ms. Menchie of Globe Telecom for the tip.
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Good News! Still expensive but good news still!
If you bought it at the higher original price, I think you can get a refund.
Nobody drops prices if the demand is already popular. Globe must have realized iPhone fans know how to compute, calculate, and discern that the original price was a RIPOFF.
Don’t prepaid iPhones go for $600 only in the States? That’s only around P27,000. If the unlock guys manage to make the apps feature functional, perhaps it would be way cheaper to buy imported and then unlock.
I think there’s still a lot of room there in the P37,599. The postpaid plans are fair enough. It’s the prepaid kit that really don’t make sense, at least for the consumer.
Right you are Sir Jedd! Still too pricey for me. I can wait a little longer.
I will still buy 4 PSPs with that amount.
and we have to thankful this small adjustment?
I’ll get the Gmix Plan 800 Php30,500 for 16GB.
1/4 lang ng sweldo ko.hehehe
still pricey… I’ll still hope that the price drop…
I’ll wait a little longer…..
Saw your interview 3 minutes ago in Bandila. P 1.4 million a year in hosting alone?
still expensive, hmm will Apple store locally be able to sell iPhones too hehe…
In us even some franchise supermarket will be able to sell iPhones. syampre mas mura pa rin sa us. hehe
good news! can’t wait for friday. thanks yuga!
I totally agree with sir jedd, if it’s really that popular, why would they drop the price. Maybe no one is making any reservation.
May countdown pa sila e wala naman pumapansin kasi sobra sila buwaya sa profit…
Pag mataas ang demand, mas tataas ang presyo, pag konti ang demand, mas bababa ang presyo kasi madami sila unit na kelangan ibenta..
Good that Globe has listened to consumers. Still, we want more price cuts!
Haha, tama yung malaki ang demand sa product. Kaso ang conversion rate nila ay mababa sa expected.
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@jedd & frenzypyro – i stand by my belief that there’s a huge demand for iPhone 3G. The problem is that the demand isn’t met with affordable rates.
i think 15k for 8gb and 20 – 25k for the 16gb would be fair for prepaid kits of globe. coz’ 37k and 43k isn’t very fair at all. what do you think guys??? btw, thanks yuga for all the updates coz’ i’m really an apple fan i’ve been really waiting for the iphone 3g for a long time, and quite frankly i’m so disappointed with globe’s overpricing of the iphone.
@Yuga your right there is a great demand but the problem was people want an iphone but people are not willing to buy it at the original price… So the probable result will be lower iphone sales. To be able to generated more sales and more profit on the part of globe they decided to lower the prices.
Mataas pa price….
Surely get one, too!
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magmumura din yan!!!!! 2lad din ng N70 ko,, orig. price nung lumitaw 35k nung 2005 25knung 2006 18k nung 2007 hayhay
libre din ung wifi wow