In a recent discussion with one of the top mobile phone retailers in the country, we talked a bit about Motorola and how they just quietly faded away in the Philippine market for a couple of years now.
If some of you might have noticed, Motorola stores in malls have been closed for a couple of years now and no new handsets have been introduced (despite introducing several new units in the US).
According to my source, it looks like Motorola is planning a comeback to the Philippines and along with it, probably the Android-powered Motorola Milestone (the Droid), among others.
Motorola Milestone
3.7 inches @ 480×854 pixels
ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz
PowerVR SGX530 graphics
133 MB storage, 256 MB RAM
up to 32GB via microSD (8GB included in the box)
HSDPA 10.2 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.1 w/ A2DP
5MP autofocus camera w/ dual-LED flash
GPS w/ aGPS support
We’re not sure when this will be but we will eventually know once the Milestone has arrived. Some handsets that are sold in Hong Kong are reported to be selling at around Php27,000 so hopefully, the official release would be around that figure.
hello. can anyone tell me if the motorola droid a588 without a simcard board could be replace with sim card board?
@7 bought it at memoexpress, 19990Php, meron din sa wellcom, pero 28K yata don
@gaschamber warranty? don’t worry about that, madaming service center ang moto dito :) minsan pa nga magkakasama ng service center ang moto, sony, and nokia.
@leemar initial release of froyo for milestone here in the philippines is on Q1 of 2011 (that can be january, february, or march)
you can check this site for more moto updates
https://supportforums.motorola.com/community/manager/softwareupgrades
kelan ba ang release ng froyo dito sa pinas?
if Motorola closed their shops here, how will you get after market parts say, when the phone breaks yet still under warranty? No question it’s specs rocks but i’m worried ’bout that basic query..
I prefer motorola more than other brand…pero nung nag close yung factory nila dito…mahirap nang mag avail ng moto units. Kung meron man, mas mahal. I hope nga talaga Motorla will build a newer factory dito sa Pinas para mabilis and mura ang price nila….plus I agree, matibay at tumatagal talaga ang Motorola…the last Moto phone I use is Motorola Rokr E6 (what I know is the very first touch screen phone released).
got my new HTC desire phone and a friend of my is using a motorola milestone we both played asphalt 3d game. HTC desire has a faster processor but asphalt game is not as smooth in motorola milestone because of its own GPU unit
Camera of Milestone is superb even without a flash and can get the finest details even with low light from the surroundings. Not over saturated compared to other phones
Screen quality, my HTC desire screen brightness is set to zero, the same with Motorola but the display of Motorola Milestone is superb even with the screen brightness set to zero
Gorilla glass of milestone is really strong, we tried to scratch it with a screw driver but no scrathes at all but im not crazy to do that with my HTC desire
I love my HTC desire but im more comfortable using the motorola milestone because of its superb build quality, looking forward to purchase this phone
The only consequences that my friend encounters is the low battery life and no updates yet with froyo but i think they release it on 2011 1st quarter
N900 doesnt stand up with the motorola milestone. i have an N900 but decided to gave it to my sister after 3 days of use
Visit your nearest MemoExpress branch. It’s on sale for as low as… Php 19,990.00 for cash payments.
Visit your nearest MemoExpress brach. It’s on sale for as low as… Php 19,990.00 for cash payments.
@Kriz
Where’d you get your milestone?@@
Got the milestone din! Loving it, so far. It’s way better than my lost Spica. Modded it to CyanogenMod 6 (with GOT 2.2.1) although I might flash it again to Cronos because I’ve heard good stuff about its battery.
Cons:
Battery life. Pfft.
It DOES heat up – tremendously.
Got the milestone din! Loving it, so far. It’s way better than my lost Spica. Modded it to CyanogenMod 6 (with GOT 2.2.1) although I might flash it again to Cronos… :O
Cons:
Battery life. Pfft.
It DOES heat up – tremendously.
@eikei where’d you buy it?
like the resolution, ang linaw, no match dito yung iphone 3 at ipod touch 4…
like the camera, fast browsing, metal chassis, long battery life (kung ndi ka laging nakaconnect sa 3G internet)
cons:
mabagal yung orig GUI nya kaya download prolauncher..
like the resolution, ang linaw, no match dito yung iphone 3 at ipod touch 4…
like the camera, fast browsing, metal chassis, long battery life (kung ndi ka laging nakaconnect sa 3G internet)
cons:
mabagal yung orig GUI nya kaya download prolauncher
@Eiki,
What do you like most about the phone? At ano po yung mga ayaw nyo?
got a milestone, 19990Php!! This phone is splendid!!
i wonder if they will bring droid x here??
meron pa kayo alam na ibang telecom shops na nagbebenta ng milestone? kasi sa memoxpress ang mahal @32,500.00
please inform me. yun telecom shop lang kasi mahirap bumili sa walang pwesto, baka mamaya my defect.
Motorola lang tumatagal na phone sakin. I’ve had 3 Motorola phones, all three lasting at least 2 years. When my last Moto phone died, i looked for a new one. It’s unfortunate that WX395 is the only model I found. I bought it, though.
ITS AVAILABLE AT MEMO EXPRESS FOR P32,500.00 12MONTHS INSTALLMENT.
ILL WAIT A I LITTLE MORE UNTIL OCTOBER SANA BUMABABA NG KONTI ANG PRICE KAHIT HANGANG 26,000.00