iPhone 3G Price and August 22 Globe release

A BIG No-No!!!

hi to everyone remind me everyday what is the update of this YUGATECH

yes, i would definitely want one.

Ive had the Iphone 1st gen. I sold it last June to a cousin. Yes it a nice device, but it not that nice anymore once you used it for sometime. Yes its a novelty coz not everyone has it. But so are new phones. Now with the pricing of the 3g Iphone, I am definitely not going to buy it. Id rather buy a nice UMPC or Ultra Portable (however you may call it) with that price. As for a handphone, Im waiting for the SE X1 or the HTC Touch Pro. I believe its coming out sometime this year. To those who will get the Iphone 3g, Cheers!!

Talk about overrated. Why, the prepaid prices will buy you a decent VW Bug! Sure, you’ll look (marginally) cooler with this in your hand, but only for a few months, until a new fad comes out.

i could always wait for 3 more months ;-)

ridiculous. i’d rather buy something off ebay.

that’s too much. “taga” yan.

I wonder – what will smart do to compete with the upcoming 3G of Globe? It’s going to be one tough cookie to crack. Hahaha. Is smart going to release Xperia or something in the same competing linessuch as IPhone 3G’s?

I’d rather buy four PSPs!!!

I don’t get what people are complaining about. They’d buy an N95 2 years ago for 43k and a Dopod for almost the same price but not the iPhone. Are you all trying to bring the price down? Because I doubt Apple or Globe would do that. I will wait for the Nano version myself but if you have the dough 3 years ago for a pocket PC then obviously you’ll have the money for this. They are not selling this to the masses and I don;t recommend regular employees to save up for one, especially since the secondhand market wouldn’t be so good when there are 10 million of these circulating around the world and most likely a better version next year.

I’d get the SE Xperia instead. I wonder how Globe will fare with these offerings. This would only boost the local black market for unlocking iPhones sent over by friends and family from overseas.

and oh, What happened to the 199$ by Apple? Globe should have subsidized plan.

The pricing is really absurd.

@BrianB, people are complaining about the price because its supposed to be a CHEAP phone as Steve Jobs wanted. That’s why he offered the iPhone 3G for only $199.

As i pointed out in my post here: http://www.migsmobile.net/2008/08/07/globe-offers-iphone-3g/

excess siya ng about $700 from the amount that mr. jobs announced.

There’s a case in Canada na nag overprice yung telco sa iPhone 3G and is now a big issue there. its also in my post.

i want to be cool…hehe

are the g-flex plans not affordable?…i think the 800 one is good enough…any comments on the plans?…thanks

unlock iphones would just be too much of a hassle hiding from police and stuff…:P

You can import an Iphone 3G unit for cheaper and unlock it for free

“@BrianB, people are complaining about the price because its supposed to be a CHEAP phone as Steve Jobs wanted. That’s why he offered the iPhone 3G for only $199.”

The real iphone price (without contract) is a lot more than this and closer to the Globe prepaid price. The iPhone price is SUBSIDIZED for 199 US. SUBSIDIZED by the carrier. Globe’s plans is actually unique because it offers the iPhone for free with the 4999 plan.

Mga pare at mare, ito yung UNLOCKED price nang iPhone 3G sa UK:

http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/apple/orange-names-unlocked-iphone-price-155276

grabe! madami na akong mapapakain na mahihirap nyan sa halaga ng isang cellphone! hello!

Its an Ipod Touch with phone features. Buy na ng a touch around 8K astig na din! Kung alam nyo lang kung gaano kahirap mag TXT sa IPhone?! I got mine from Greenhills. Parang di sya bagay sa user habits ng mga Pinoy na lumaki sa TXT. The phone is great for a while pro nakakasawa din eh. No support here in the Philippines to Hype its features. Overrated with noypis innocente Minds,Opps!

If the price is too steep for you, don’t waste your time whining about it. It’s time to move out from the apple side. In my opinion, the iPhone 3G is a bit outdated nowadays huh? Remember when Nokia released the N7600 way back in late 2003?

Now it’s time for the others to come in – Nokia tube, XPERIA…and others..=)

or if you want to ride on the iPhone mania..just rather buy an iTouch – at least it does look and we could make it similar to the iPhone and as BrianB said..

Peace =)

hahaha magtitiis na lang ako sa SE Cybhershot C902 5 mp cam yahey! 20php lang

Very good but brief comparison by Allan of PMP Today:

http://www.pmptoday.com/2008/08/07/august-22-d-day-for-iphone-in-20-countries/#more-5689

yep it’s way too high…and to top it off…if you wanna get one but your line is still under lock up..say for 1 year more..u have only 2 options..get the prepaid at 40++k or get a new line..

they should have offered something like a plan/contract extension for existing locked-up subscribers..that would bump up the subscription numbers and the years of lock up…that’s one simple marketing strategy which they forgot to think of..or just plainly never considered…

ok na sana yung gflex plans like the 800 if they thought of the extension thing ..but to get a new line on top of your existing just to get a better price for the iphone 3g is too much on the pocket

Id rather use my current phone then buy nlng ako ng iPod Touch.. Pareho lng features naman nun eh.. iPod Touch 8G is just 12K Php average. Sobrang mahal ung sa Globe.

what people don’t realize is the minimum at&t plan you can get with the iphone3g in the US will cost around $75 (call+text) which comes out equivalent to Globe’s 3299 plan where you can get the 8GB unit for P12300 ($280). so if you think about it, subtract phil gov’t tax, presumably smaller volume commitment compared to at&t – hence lower subsidized cost, and other distribution/importation costs and the price actually makes sense

I made a reservation on globe’s website but am not so sure if I’ll push through with it. It definitely is expensive … my other alternative is Sony Ericsson’s Xperia. *sigh*

….i thought with the price in the US, it would mean virtually everybody in this country would have one. ngyon bka mamatay nga ako sa maling akala.
….hopefully yung lalabas na samsung f480 or samsung omnia would be much affordable. yun na lng bibilin ko kesa dito ang mhal na, qwerty pa. sa samsung may choice na qwerty or regular celphone keypad.

Guys, I just called Globe’s Customer Service Hotline (211), I asked some details on their iPhone 3G. Then she suddenly, told me that I have a loyalty reward and i could have a rebate on the iphone, since i was been a globe plan user ever since, the operator say i could get the iphone 8gb for only 10,600.00 Pesos, but will retain the Gflex 1200 Plan for another two years. so i ended up reserving an iphone. You guys should try it, well if you guys have the globe plans already.

I’ve been waiting for the iPhone for a long time. It’s now here but price is a little bit high.

if you’re going to think of it… It is affordable… There is a 12 months 0 percent interest offer you know…

And in regards to the one who posted that Globe did not allow him to avail of the Iphone because he still has pending 2-year lock, it’s actually true for new subscribers… But if you have been subscribed for a couple of years already, they will allow you to cancel whatever promos you applied that caused the 2-year lock, to give way to IPhone promo.

When I saw it just now, I was like “WTH? I thought it’s just 199 USD?”. I guess I’ll just stick with my good old 838pro

wag na magcompare ng US price kasi wala naman tau sa US! LOL.

got my first G iPhone from US, nakalusot lang kasi naka Cingular (now AT&T) din ako tas pumapayag pa sila noon na lumabas ng apple store na hindi nagactivate. ngaun inde ka na makakalabas ng store without activating the phone so ung $199 mo madadagdagan pa ng para sa iphone plan.

kung hindi ka matyaga mag mod ng gadgets sinasabi ko nang inde ka mageenjoy sa iphone – walang pang forward ng sms, mms, etc (inde ko lang alam kung kaya na ng firmware 2.0).

bilin nyo nalang ung akin, fully customized at unlocked 8GB first G iphone. LOL!

how much nio bbn ta iphone nio im interested hehe

Zwiggy – with that price i’m seriously interested,

email me at noel_****@****.***

mga sir, pag ung iphone ba na us version pwede ba gamitin dito?

Ang iPhone ba gumagana na parang cellphone, yung ikaw na mismo ang magloload o talagang kelangan ng plan WHATSOEVER?! and kapag bumili ka ba ng iPhone sa ibang bansa, magagamit mo rin ba yan dito sa pilipinas?

there’s a plan need to iphone to have a load? or just go to store buy a load>?????here in philippines???????plsss replay>>>>>

email me @ paul_domin****@****.*** for your replay….thxn a lot…