It’s now official — the Dell has landed in the Philippines. A per a media advisory shared with me, the launching of its consumer brand will be on April 10, 2008.
See snippet of the release below.
The long wait is finally over! Dell will officially welcome the arrival of its award winning consumer brands here in the Philippines. And we want you to be part of this momentous event.We will celebrate the arrival of these products with a night of colors, action and entertainment on April 10, 2008 at the Prince of Jaipur at the Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. Registration starts at 7:00pm.
Dell has been recognized as a global leader popular for producing a range of notebooks and desktops targeted to the corporate market. The announcement of its entry of its consumer brands in the local market is just an indication that Dell indeed listens to its customers.
The launch of Dell’s consumer range of products will be a visual feast of entertainment personifying the characteristics of these Dell brands.
It was only in late January this year when Dell announced its intention to enter the PC retail market in the country. Only indicates that they think the Philippines is still a growing PC market.
HP, Lenovo and Acer are already here. A new player is always welcome — cheaper laptops, bigger LCD monitors and bargain sales. *w00t*
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woohoo that means cheap high powered laptops with warranty!
Interested to see how much they end up costing here
That’s good. But i wonder when i could buy a Dell product. I’m satisfied with my IBM.
Now that is the news I have been waiting for, for the last three months I’ve been salivating over their online inventory, finally I can order one locally… Been a fan of them in the US…
My favorite laptop brand I can finally service my 700m.
Dell makes the best multimedia laptop money can buy.
This is good news, after reading about Intel’s plan to vacate the country. O_O
New investments for the tech industry in the Philippines, yay!
So there is no rumors about Dell Call Centers closing down. Because that what I heard.. hehe
hmmm…career ops?
interesting…
Definitely great news! Not only because of the new jobs (tech support, repair, etc), but also because now we can buy high quality computers locally.
Well it’s about time. I wish they did it earlier when I was still in the Philippines. I would’ve gotten a Dell then.
Is there a fee for the registration? How much! Thanks!
woohhh..i’m reall interested with DELL. The long wait is finally over. Hopefully, I can buy one their notebooks! =)
EPP? Everyone!? Nice!!!
Any job offer?
I look forward to it…
Finally….I’ve been waiting for this for ages. Now that EPP sounds so much more enticing. The old setup with Accent Micro was just nots. Can you say XPS?!?!?!?
Welcome DELL!!
More competition the better for us!
For me, it will further drive Lenovo prices down :p then I’ll grab 3 Lenovos hehehe :p
Does this equate to a local service center that will recognize the international warranties of our laptops?
Dell call centers will not close down.. they are being sold to Teletech and Accenture…
wow atlast i can work at my own country…. =D
Where can I find their showroom? I need an XPS 630 fast!!
Yes this is great news for the Philippines. I live in the UK and would like to know when and where can you purchase the computer. Please let me know and how much thank you.
Sir, were is the Dell Service Center located in manila.. my laptop dell model is in need of service. thanks
Bernie
bernzb@yahoo.com
i just purchased 5 days ago a dell vostro 1310 (13″, 2 kilos at 1 inch thickness, core2duo-CENTRINO 1.8GHz, 1gb ddr2, built in cam 2.0 and mic, wifi—a,b,g,+++ N!!! + bluetooth all integrated, 4 usb, 1 firewire 1394, 160 Gb HD with anti vibration tech—same with IBM/Lenovo thinkpad, intel gma 975 mobility graphics. encased in magnesium plate for added sturdiness minus the the added weight + 10 years warranty (maybe to service), 3 years to it’s parts with a portable mouse and originall dell bag free! does it sound cool?! i got it for BD289 (P 28,000-30,000). much lesser compared to a ibm/lenovo thinkpad series, ayt? good thing i saw this when i was about to purchase a ibm/lenovo thinkpad r60 or r61 or later models. i had some doubts to the warranty for i thought there isn’t a local center in the philippines til i stumble here and heard the news! i was so happy knowing this, thanks to yuga tech for your very informative and helpful site. wish you more power!
ps: i place the specs of my new dellie to let the readers know how dell laptops/notebooks fare with the other competition in terms of speed, mobility and of course stability without reaching deeper in to their pockets. with this specs mentioned above in today’s time believe me you’ll need at least 65,000 to 89,000 or probabably more to achieve what my dellie lappie has…
noob,
chris
(lime_shake08@yahoo.com.ph)
DELL Store is now open @ the SM Cyberzone, The Northwing, SM City Cebu
Would like to ask if you repair dell laptop also?
where could we buy DELL laptops in Manila?…is there any store in Manila which is a sole distributor of DELL notebooks?..please email me..les_trek@yahoo.com
can you please tell me where to buy dell laptop dual core/windows vista? and how much is the ranging price? am here in manila… thanks!
I am not sure the level of presence of DELL here, but to this date, if you look at the country in their web site, the Philippines is not yet listed.
And if the local stores here will be the one to screen for my complaints and problems with hardware, well, I’d still get my DELL from the USA. I have had excellent service from their chat and mainland. Sent my busted battery, and now a dvd-writer back to them and the replacement was sent even before they got my busted items. Do you think we can get these stores to give this type of service? I doubt it.
Also, the prices, based on a newspaper full spread ad I saw a month ago is outrageous! I hope they have changed that because that is not the same dollar-to-peso price I get if I buy it from the USA.
As long as DELL has this price structure here, and the support is not similar in the USA or some parts of Asia, I’ll continue buying my DELL from the USA, not locally. If my motherboard conks out, if under warranty, DELL will replace it if I got that from the USA. Over here, they’ll likely ask me to pay. Same with the LCD, etc. These stores will likely give us the run-around. With DELL USA, I go to chat, tell them my problems, they try to trouble shoot it. IF it cannot be fixed, I remove the faulty item and send it to them.
Yes, the price of shipping might cost me a bit. If it’s just a busted dvd-writer or a HD, fine, I could buy it here and its’ probably cheaper and faster. But when a board or LCD goes, a battery goes bad, your screwed. The DELL USA has pretty good service. I have a 1505 inspiron and have a 2 year warranty that they honor.
And the local price is enough to scare me in buying here. At their rates here, I’d rather buy from abroad. Risk the savings, I get from the USA DELL and if conks out, use the savings for shipping. So far, I just latch from my friends going back and forth in the usa so I have saved already.
FYI, I got my dell for P72k almost 2 years ago. Had I bought it here, that would have been priced at P150k. So, I can always pay for shipping on busted parts and still come out ahead.
I think the local presence of DELL here is not a full commitment at all.
there is still a need for DELL to improve the warranty of the computers here in the Phil. in the US, you have the option to have an ON SITE TECH or send it to the depot, while here , you have to send the computer to their shop.
i have been to their shop in sm north wing, and their systems are not the same compared to the US websites.
hope they can come up fast for a DELL Philippine website
I have purchased Dell Laptop Latitude D-500 on 2004 in the Middle East, I have no problem with this computer until recently the battery seems dead already. I have to replace with new one, please tell me the contact no. where can I order for the battery replacement.