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iPad Philippines release could go past July

There have been a lot of Apple iPads being sold locally but all thru the gray market with prices going beyond Php50,000 a pop. Others are waiting for the Philippine release but that has not been revealed by Apple yet.

Due to the huge demand and low supply, Apple has been forced to delay release of units in the US affecting the dates for release in other countries.

Apple today announced that the iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK on May 28, 2010.

This will be followed by a scheduled release in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore in July. See official release by Apple on the list on countries.

The Philippines is still nowhere in sight so that means we won’t be seeing it in local Apple Retailers before August of 2010. So for those asking and hoping, that’s at least 3 months more of waiting. I’ve been asking telco execs about the release and this could be what they meant when they said “you’d be disappointed with the expected release dates“.

It’s still unknown what the local pricing will be but if we based it on the price difference (SRP) of the iPod Touch sold in the US and in the Philippines, it’s about 31.2% more. That makes the entry-level iPad WiFi ($499) in the range of Php28,800.

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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.

45 Responses

  1. Avatar for Samantha @ New Mexico 4G Wireless Samantha @ New Mexico 4G Wireless says:

    Hi, just doing some browsing for my New Mexico 4g site. Truly more information that you can imagine on the web. Wasn’t exactly what I was looking for, but interesting page. Cya later.

  2. Avatar for Lemvin Lemvin says:

    Hi, I’m using globe prepaid Internet, how do I know if my internet is already disconnected? I was wondering if it’s still connected even I’m not using it.

  3. Avatar for nelsonkrx nelsonkrx says:

    ON HAND: Brand new Sealed iPad 32gb 3G + wifi. selling it for 42k only. send me a message at FB if you’re interested.

  4. Avatar for Efren Sy Efren Sy says:

    I got my order of two(2) iPad 3G units last Friday
    June 11, 2010 4PM in the afternoon.

    After that we went to Greenhilla Theater Mall to buy case and screen protector

    we then proceeded to starbucks to have coffee and start with the project.

    activate the 3G service on the Smart Sims
    then cut the mini sim into micro sims using the micro sim from at&t included in the iPad units

    then put in into the device and it works brilliantly after I input the settings for the APN

    unlisurf50 also works

    we will try to sample the smartbro sim prepaid first,sold only for 45 pesos

    if you are a heavy 3G user might as well go for the postpaid sim unlimited for 999 a month

  5. Avatar for patrick patrick says:

    @efren sy

    whoa! WTF is that, good thing i didnt place any orders, my cousin will arrive from the US on August, ngpasabay na lang ako sa kanya. Goodluck dude, hope they deliver it na.

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