The WWDC 2008 has finally concluded (slept thru it last night after a boring start) and Apple has finally announced a brand new iPhone 3G with GPS. New features are expected but Steve Jobs realized they can’t sell more until they cut the price in half — so now it’s just $199 (with 2-year contract!), worldwide, including the Philippines.
Coming out this July 2008, the iPhone 3G has GPS, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, and EDGE capability.
The new iPhone 3G will come in two colors and two storage models — black, white, 8GB and 16GB. Still with just 2MP camera and there seems to be no front panel video camera for making 3G calls.
According to the Globe Telecom press release, the Apple iPhone 3G will be available to all post-paid and pre-paid subscribers. It could be as early as July or maybe as late as September of this year.
At $199, give or take 50% on taxes and tariffs, it will end up somewhere around Php13,500 a pop. Not bad, eh? The 16GB model goes for $299.
My guess is that Globe Telecom will offer iPhone 3G Post-Paid Plan that will include unlimited Globe Visibility service for an additional Php1,500 to Php2,000 a month. It will be a sweet deal.
Again, does that come with iTunes in the Philippines? What’s definite though is that the App Store will be available in the Philippines.
[...] Jobs announced today that the new iPhone 3G will be available in the Philippines this July of 2008. Globe Telecom will be the exclusive [...]
[...] iPhone 3G will be available in the Philippines this July 2008, according to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Globe [...]
Twitter: ramfree17
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nice, but can it be used as a 3G modem? if it can be, i might consider this model as my next phone (whenever my K618i croaks its final adieu).
ciao!
sir abe san po ako makabili nyan kung sakali
andito na sa ph
I watched the keynote of Steve Jobs about this iPhone 3G a while ago at CNN. I’m very excited to have this phone!
[...] after the WWDC 2008 where Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed the new 3G iPhone 2.0, Globe Telecom released news that it will be offering the new iPhone to the [...]
@Erin, i think App developers can create an application that will make the iPhone 3G a hotspot so you can share net connection via Wifi.
@ralph, Globe Telecom will exclusively sell the new iPhone 2.0
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The price is so seductive… (Sorry for the shortage of words in my vocabulary
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@Pinoy Apostolic — yeah, actually I think it’s the cheap price that really made the news for the new iPhone.
no, im happy with the first iphone, whats 3g lakas lang kumain ng load nyan wifi is more faster and i dont believe na below 10k lang ang price dito nyan maybe around 20k plus all the taxes ipapatong dyan.
iPhone 3G priced at $199 Worldwide | YugaTech…
The WWDC 2008 has finally concluded (slept thru it last night after a boring start) and Apple has finally announced a brand new iPhone 3G with GPS. New features are expected but Steve Jobs realized they can’t sell more until they cut the price in half …
Twitter: sylv3rblade
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@kuya ric
3G is more flexible in terms of mobile devices (w/c is why it’s there instead of laptops). With this price, I just stopped considering a new Lens for my DSLR.
Steve Jobs just made my day.
whoaaaa…ammura na nga ng iphone…mas affordable kumpara date
Twitter: kjalcordo
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Time to replace my 6 year old 3310
I’m interested in buying one. but i’m concerned about the monopoly of globe on the phone. I’m planning to go back to US with this phone and i want to use it with my US number too (but i’m sure they had it simlocked.) Does anybody know how to address this?
I’m interested in buying one. I live in the Phils. but i’m really concerned about the monopoly of globe telecom on the phone. I’m planning to go back to US with this phone and i want to use it with my US number too (but i’m sure they had it simlocked.) Does anybody know how to address this?
so. mgkano po ung price nia?.. as in 35,000 tlgah?
is the price in us dollars?
actually sa us they sell 199 coz may monthly na dagdag sa payment nila na 10 dollars
dati monthly nila 60 dollars after paying 499
pero ngayun 70 dollars na babayaran after bilhin ung iphone ng 199. so times 24 kc 24 months or two years contract. kaya may ptong na 240 dollars kaya magiging 439 dollars for 8gb and 539 for 16gb.. ganun dn
this is great!
I have a feeling that everyone would be owning and iPhone in the Philippines by the time it hits the stores. Now, that’s a downer.
OMG…I’M GONNA WAIT FOR THAT PHONE TO BE RELEASEED HERE IN THE RP AND I’LL BUY ONE ASAP!!!! LOVELY CREATION!
Nice.. Hope this will be released ASAP
san poba makakabili ng iphone 3g?? merun ako 15.000 allawance ko lng po yon eh… san po ba….??