Been talking to a number of phone manufacturers lately regarding the smartphone market and how price-sensitive FIlipinos are. I threw out some numbers and wanted to get some more feedback from my readers here and see if I’m within the ballpark figure.
I’m putting it out as a poll on the right side navigation column but feel free to leave a comment to qualify your answer.
Our poll for this week — what’s your smartphone budget like?
a) I can only afford smartphones under Php10k.
b) Between Php10k to Php15k is my preferred budget.
c) I can go up to Php20k but that’s it.
d) I’ll spend as much as Php25k for a smartphone.
e) It’s Php30k tops for me.
f) Even if it’s above Php30k, I’ll go for it as long as it’s really good.
Best way to figure out what your answer would be is to check what’s the most expensive smartphone you bought int he last 12 months and start from there (that means if you own an iPhone, you should be picking e or f).
I’m sure everyone wants uber-cheap smarpthones but we know that’s not gonna happen. Go hit the comments and share your thoughts.
‘F’
30k tops for me, (E)
Pwede ba all of the above? :) A to F. Pero mas okay kung libre ang phone like it comes FREE with a plan or GIFT from a loved one ;)
A
ako b or c nalang pero mas prefer ko ang B
normally i would say c but if it truly appeals to my taste it would be d
Since I got an iPhone before, I answered E but in reality, I’d rather depend on the free smartphones offered by telcos under a plan that would suit my mobile consumption. Medyo magastos ako sa IDD at NDD e pati on-the-go net access. Kung ganun din naman kasi ginagastos mo buwan buwan ba’t ka pa bibili ng phone kung libre na sya at that plan? Yun nga lang kung sa Globe ka, pahihintayin ka pa ng matagal bago mo makuha yung phone mo. (Humihirit pa rin LOL!)
I’m an e to f.. depends..
I think most of us traversed all the options already (a-f). We all had phones from each segment before and we can say that Filipinos will always be where the global technology is.. ika nga “Kung anong uso.. makikiuso ang pinoy”
“To each his own” ha.. baka may mga trolls at haters na naman dyan.
I’m an e to f.. depends.. from nokia
I think most of us traversed all the options already (a-f). We all had phones from each segment before and we can say that Filipinos will always be where the global technology is.. ika nga “Kung anong uso.. makikiuso ang pinoy”
“To each his own” ha.. baka may mga trolls at haters na naman dyan.
ignore that “from nokia”.. hehe.. owns an iP4, HTC DHD and hopefully the effin SGS2 gets delivered this week..
b) Between Php10k to Php15k is my preferred budget. – but i can go over a little 15k.. like my old wildfire.. bought it for 16k..
“I’m sure everyone wants uber-cheap smarpthones but we know that’s not gonna happen”.
Why would it be so impossible to happen? Has the industry reached a dead end? Remember when a basic LCD TV cost 65K (at least), and how much are they now?
@jill – price positioning. If smartphones would sell for Php5k a pop, then the mid range and entry levels would have to sell for under Php1k. There’s not much money to make off sub-1k handsets.
My guess is that the price range will remain the same but the specs and features will continuously improve.
Well since I have an iPhone 4, it’s ‘e’ for me. But that’s the extreme. I’d be in ‘c’ if not for the iPhone 4.
Any price range, as long as its cost effective and does what it should do as a smart phone for a fair price.
My Answer is letter F
C! , thats all i can
I’ll go for “F”.
a to c
I’ll go for b.beyond that i’d rather have a netbook
I got myself an iPhone 4 so I guess it would be (e)!
A, B, C and D. lol ☺