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Globe iPhone 3G Post-Paid Plans Unveiled?

Updates:

Got an email tipping us of the possible Globe Telecom Post-Paid Plans for the new iPhone 3G coming this September in the Philippines. These postpaid plans are not final and may change but more or less close to what you’ll expect when it comes out.

The starting price of $199 for the 8GB iPhone 3G model will come in a 2-year lock-in period with Globe Telecom. Here are the supposedly postpaid plans for new Globe subscribers:

G-Max 3500 iPhone 3G
Initial Fee: Php9,995
Monthly Fee: Php3,500
Free Text: 650
Free Calls: 750 mins.
Globe to Globe: Php3.50/minute
Globe to Non-Globe: Php4.50/minute
Excess SMS Rates: Php0.50/text

Globe Platinum 5000 iPhone 3G
Initial Fee: FREE
Monthly Fee: Php5,000
Free Text: 650
Free Calls: 1,100 mins.
Globe to Globe: Php3.50/minute
Globe to Non-Globe: Php4.50/minute
Excess SMS Rates: Php0.50/text

Optional: Additional Php2,000/month for Unlimited 3G Plans (Globe Visibility). Plans have 2-year lock-in period with Globe.

PrePaid Plans have not been finalized yet (due to Forex rates) but it will be in the range of Php20,000 to Php25,000.

Note that these plans have not been verified but based on the existing mobile subscriptions currently offered by Globe, they seem to fit and make sense. The discounted 3G Globe Visibility plans is supposed to be the sweet deal.

Apple may not be making profits out of the 50% cut on the iPhone 3G but they may be getting some revenue-sharing from post-paid plans from the telco. That’s the only logical reason why Apple was able to reduce the one-off price down to $199.

Update: In the US, people may get the new iPhone 3G for $199 + $39.99 * 24 months from AT&T for a total of $1,158.76 after 2 years.

Update 2: Unlocked iPhone 1.0 sells for Php29,500 in the black market.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

63 Responses

  1. Avatar for o c o c'mon! says:

    WHAT THE. . . ?! with the current forex, $199 is only about P9k. the greed! GRABE!

  2. Avatar for Mike Mike says:

    This is not a bad deal at all, we use Smart Infinity and GLobe Platinum lines at our office and they are about P5,000 per month. (not exactly sure as I don’t pay bills). And unlimited data for 2,000 is not bad because my data charge is more than that right now because we don’t have unlimited data on our plans. But this plan definately isn’t for everyone, if you don’t want to spend that much, go buy one from apple.com (if you can get it here) or go to greenhills, unlock it and slap your sim in there. Or you can just wait for the prepaid version which is coming out soon. Yes, it’s expensive but I’m a firm believer of “you get what you pay for”.

  3. Avatar for munch munch munch munch says:

    ampota!!!

    5,000 a month TAPOS WALA PANG DATA PLAN!?!?!

    2,000 a month for the data plan?!?!

    eh yun ang kagandahan ng iPhone eh! yung para syang internet anywhere na mini computer!!

  4. Avatar for prince prince says:

    its wiser to buy the iphone somewhere else…
    there’s no unlocking code needed, just a “release notice” from the telco to apple…
    hopefully, once this is released, iphone1.0’s price will plummet down… at any rate, apple will release the updated software 2.0 for current 1.0 users as well

  5. Avatar for Haroh Haroh says:

    There are ways to unlock this phone. you can buy a unit in US for 199 then use a dummy sim to emulate an ATT sim.

    ym:hackersbox26

  6. Avatar for Phone Envy Phone Envy says:

    Hi Yuga, first time i came across your page. I think it’s pretty cool to actually have a pinoy perspective on tech stuff. Gives me a more realistic view on things like the iPhone and what not.

    Seriously very frustrating to find that you have to pay this much for the iPhone — sure it offers a whole new experience and excellent display with a ginormous screen for easy browsing and video watching… but for me this still does not justify the price. Just really ridiculous. I was looking forward to this then got really turned off and seriously thinking of just dropping the option of buying this trinket for good. Thanks for sheding some light.

  7. Avatar for kd kd says:

    ei guys. a friend of a friend is in the black market business (for iphone 3G ONLY ha).. although i don’t think (and really don’t know) if its called black market coz they got the units directly from apple.. with apple care pa nga, and authorized sila (weird nga eh).. selling like pancakes tlga.. they got their iphones for $600 = more or less P27,000 (8GB) and $750 = more or less P33750 (16GB).. i have one right now (one of the 10 units na dinala hre).. =) they would start selling it na pag dating ng other units, all reserved na.. bulk buyers lahat.. just email me to order.. unlocked na, 8GB is 27K and 16GB 30K.. discounts for bulk orders.. mwah

  8. Avatar for kd kd says:

    ei guys. a friend of a friend is in the black market business (for iphone 3G ONLY ha).. although i don’t think (and really don’t know) if its called black market coz they got the units directly from apple.. with apple care pa nga, and authorized sila (weird nga eh).. selling like pancakes tlga.. they got their iphones for $600 = more or less P27,000 (8GB) and $750 = more or less P33750 (16GB).. i have one right now (one of the 10 units na dinala hre).. =) they would start selling it na pag dating ng other units, all reserved na.. bulk buyers lahat.. just email me to order.. unlocked na, 8GB is 26K and 16GB 28K.. discounts for bulk orders.. mwah

  9. Avatar for brian brian says:

    Actually, the lowest iPhone plan here in the US is $69.99 per month which comes with 450 minutes and unlimited data pero.. wala pang text yun, +$5 pa yun for 200 messages. So the grand total would be $74.99 di ko pa alam kung may tax pa.

    I was really considering buying a 3G iPhone pero wala e, i just think it’s too much since I only spend $25 a month for text/calls.

    I think the globe plans are crazy. Even if you are a yuppie how could you afford the 3500 plan plus another 2000 for unlimited data so 5500 a month??? Pang mayaman lang talaga yan :)

  10. Avatar for melanie melanie says:

    i cant wait for september, is their any place where i can buy a genuine iphone?

  11. Avatar for mike mike says:

    ang mahal naman. i think not many will avail the plan since 3500 will be too much. 3500 is in the range of business people and the iphone are supposed to be for kids/yuppies since its more inclined to multimedia/music? right? if it goes to the level of 1800 and the downpayment is at 9,000 then the lock-in period is at 36 months… i’d get the plan.

  12. Avatar for Kronik Kronik says:

    wat da…!!! too excited to get an iphone, kakadismaya lang. i thought there was a price drop? should only cost around 15,000. 20-25k? no effing way!!!

  13. Avatar for haiku haiku says:

    It doesn’t make sense. With these unverified prices, everyone will do better to go prepaid instead of going on a plan:p

  14. Avatar for Eric Eric says:

    The Iphone 3G should be sold in Europe (France at least) for about 600 euros, unlocked. That’s almost 40,000 Php. This is almost the most expensive you will find worldwide. Knowing that the price of the Ipod are the cheapest in HK, it might be interesting to buy the Iphone there if it is the same as for the Ipod.

  15. Avatar for paul vincent paul vincent says:

    i agree, sobra ung 3,500 and 5k a month. Nang-gagago sila nun. Sakim masyado globe. Ung plan ko na 1,800/mo. minsan di ko nga na susulit, im a busy person too, i always call not text coz i find it slow kaya call nalang in order to get or pass informations efficiently. Pero di ko parin maubos minsan ung 1,800.00. Since plan sya miski less than 1,800 ang talagang bill ko 1,800 parin ang binabayaran. Kung 3,500 o 5k thats to much na.

  16. Avatar for MV MV says:

    lol JQ, the 8gb will sell for $199 and $299 for th 16gb in the US.

    Juan Magdaraog is right. The 199 and 299 price tags are HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED price tags by the telcos, that’s why they’re putting in the plans at those prices.

    The only (legit) way you can get a $199 iphone 3g from the states is to have someone buy it, sign a 2 year contract with AT&T for $39.99(3g data) + voice plans. Then he’ll get a locked iphone, which he can give to you and use his AT&T sim with another phone. you think he’s still gonna sell it for $199? maybe if he’s your mum/dad and doesnt mind getting stuck with a $39.99 a month tab for a 3g data plan for 2 years.

    So for those who were thinking of getting an Iphone 3g for $199/$299 with NO STRINGS ATTACHED, [for lack of a better term] dream on..

  17. Avatar for pinay pinay says:

    I thought the exact price of that “iPhone 3G” is really $199 (less than 10 thou if converted into peso).. So expensive naman pala..

  18. Avatar for FM Arbiter FM Arbiter says:

    Lolz, at first nung nakita ko WTF! New i-Phone 3g for $199, nung inisip ko papatak ng $300 kasama na shiping from us to here, pero abe is right.

    Hindi ko naisip yung plan fees, I’ll stick to my O2 nlng haha, hintayin ko bumaba presyo ng i-Phone

  19. Avatar for JQ JQ says:

    It’s not subsidized in anyway. Globe shouldn’t and probably won’t charge extra. If anything it should be available with their lowest plans (plus the $199 cash). Steve Jobs specifically said that the iphone will be sold for a “maximum” of $199. You might want to watch the keynote again.

    Apple plans to make a profit off the content providers (software, game developers & record labels) and people who are willing to buy the contents. The business model that seems to be a fad nowadays is get alot of people on to your boat and you’ll find several ways to sail away with their cash (pun intended). Take a look at facebook, digg & myspace (to name a few) these are all billion dollar companies but how they make money isn’t very obvious right? They’ve never made money off of you stalking your crush.. at least you think they haven’t.

  20. Avatar for Juan Magdaraog Juan Magdaraog says:

    I don’t think getting a black market iPhone 3G will be as easy as the first gen iPhone. As far as I know, you can’t buy iPhones in the U.S. without a plan. You need to buy it from an Apple Store or AT&T store. You’ll need to sign-up when you purchase. Unlike before that you can sign-up via iTunes. That’s not the case now.

    The $199 price tag is subsidized. So It’s not really cheap. It just means you’re actually paying for the rest via “installment” through your plan.

    I agree though that the plan Globe is offering seems ridiculously high. I’d rather pay for the prepaid at 25k. That sounds reasonable.

    The iPhone might sound expensive at that price but hey, people were willing to pay 40k for the P990i before. That’s a totally crappy phone compared to the iPhone. So 25k is reasonable considering what the iPhone can do.

    I think plan 1500 to 2000 should be reasonable.

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