First iPhone Sightings in the Manila!

I earlier wrote about the scarcity of IT news in the Philippines. Now, here’s a really good example: First iPhone in the Philippines?.

Apple iPhone

This iPhone was spotted in the hands of Jayvee Fernandez. He was supposed to be writing a review for it (I guess).

But, and here’s the clincher, the review was pulled down and the link is gone as well as the picture. Super secret? NDA? I got a screenshot of the RSS feed though.

So, see, that’s supposed to be tech news already! Too many questions abound — where did he got it, how much, who gave it to him, how did it reached his hand, why just now, does it work with local telcos, where’s the SIM, can you activate it in iTunes?

I’m sure he got the iPhone way earlier than the June 29 public release. He blogged about it here. I guess he had to wait after the June 29 6PM release because of NDA.

[tags]iPhone Philippines, Apple iPhone[/tags]

Update: Turns out my theory was wrong. Jayvee denies having an iPhone. The picture above was an iPhone by another Filipino in the US. You can just read the whole story about Pinoys in the US buying the iPhone.

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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.

32 Responses

  1. Avatar for kim kim says:

    can we use i phone 4 here in manila?
    as i do check its specs…it has micro sim in it…

  2. Avatar for carolyn carolyn says:

    that iphone thats on that picture is the first generation because the iphone 3g doesn’t come with a dock, the power cord is different, and it looks thicker than the 3g, sure he has a iphone but its the 1.1.4 generation like the people here in the states got “LAST JUNE 29,2007”. this thing is posted on june 30,2008.

  3. Avatar for bigsaabs bigsaabs says:

    pangit

  4. Avatar for pooh pooh says:

    GI JOE, saan u bumili nan IPHONE..US IPHONE is exclusive only in US diba…..its not easy to Unlock daw…

  5. Avatar for pooh pooh says:

    totoo ba meron SIM an Iphone? an alam ko, walang SIM and just activite lang….

  6. Avatar for Cassiopeia RN,RM Cassiopeia RN,RM says:

    elo, i just went for a dinner party and I notice almost everybody at the FORT is using I-phones, i even have a friend (who is 5 years of age) knows how to use the gadget. I was wondering where do they sell this advance technological creation and for how much. I sure appreciate it if you will give a few notes like can I still use my smart sim ( naka line) or whatever with it? As of the moment im locked in a 2 year plan but after the term im planning to get the I-phone…

  7. Avatar for GI JOE oman GI JOE oman says:

    all iphone from different countries ok lang sa pinas ang importante jailbreak na sya walang problema ang unlock iphone sa itune pareho pa rin im using iphone during my vacation their in pinas for 2 months ok naman walang problema lahat pwede kaya mga thong easy lang kayo

  8. Avatar for martin martin says:

    i read in some blogs that unlocked iphones wont be able to transfer songs and videos from itunes.. is that true? and what other setbacks will i experience when i use an unlocked iphone here in pinas?

  9. Avatar for cykie cykie says:

    pano po pala magpaopen sa iphone!?dba pag galing ng ibang bansa di gagana d2?!

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