Updates:
- iPhone 3G Review
- Globe drops iPhone 3G Prices!
- Globe iPhone 3G: Exclusive Photos and First Impressions
- August 22 Globe iPhone 3G Launch at Makati Stock Exchange
This just out. Globe is officially releasing the iPhone 3G this August 22, 2008. Interested buyers may contact Globe to get early reservations on a unit.
You can call (632) 730.1000, 211 via toll-free mobile or if you’re on a Platinum account, 188.
Globe will be offering special post paid plans that will allow consumers to experience the exciting features of iPhone 3G. These special plans will come with free local mobile internet hours and free Wi-Fi browsing hours (in areas covered by Globe Wireless Internet Zones). iPhone 3G will also be available on existing Globe tariff plans. (source: Globe PR)
The pricing is as follows for the 2-year locked prepaid kits:
Php41,889 for 8GB iPhone 3G
Php48,889 for 16GB iPhone 3G
* Comes with 50 hours of free mobile internet. Includes Php200 free load per month for 5 months. The Php5 per 15 minutes 3G charging also applies.
For Globe Postpaid Plans:
Plan 1599: Php1,599/month (Php16,800 for 8GB and Php22,300 for 16GB)
Plan 2199: Php2,199/month (Php14,600 for 8GB and Php20,000 for 16GB)
Plan 3299: Php3,299/month (Php12,300 for 8GB and Php17,800 for 16GB)
Plan 3999: Php3,999/month (Php5,600 for 8GB and Php11,000 for 16GB)
Plan 4999: Php4,999/month (FREE for 8GB and Php5,000 for 16GB)
* Plan 3299 to 4999 will get unlimited WiFi from Globe WiZ, nationwide as well as 100 hours of free monthly 3G usage. Plan 1599 and 2199 will have 40 and 60 hours per month respectively. Excess hours is billed at Php0.50/minute.
GFlex and GPlan offerings:
- GText: Php500 MSF + Php29,000/Php34,000 one-time (8GB/16GB)
- GMix: Php800 MSF + Php25,700/Php31,100 one-time (8GB/16GB)
- GTalk: Php1,200 MSF + Php23,800/Php29,300 one-time (8GB/16GB)
- GTalk Plus: Php1,800 MSF + Php22,000/Php27,500 one-time (8GB/16GB)
- GMatch: Php2,500 MSF + Php20,000/Php25,500 one-time (8GB/16GB)
- GMax: Php3,500 MSF + Php18,000/Php23,400 one-time (8GB/16GB)
- GPlan 5000: Php5,000 MSF + FREE/Php6,500 one-time (8GB/16GB)
- GPlan 7000: Php7,000 MSF + FREE/Php5,000 one-time (8GB/16GB)
- GPlan 10000: Php10,000 MSF + FREE/Php3,300 one-time (8GB/16GB)
All rates above are inclusive of CERA (foreign exchange rates) and the 12% VAT.
Anybody still wants an iPhone 3G?
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!
guys any thougths on the g-flex plans?…with the 2 year lock out…
grabe! madami na akong mapapakain na mahihirap nyan sa halaga ng isang cellphone! hello!
The pricing is too much. I agree that only the *very* rich with money to burn and flaunt will get this phone. From the other reviews I’ve seen on the web the battery lasts 8 hours and the phone itself is made of plastic and not of the same build quality as the 1st gen iPhone.
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
Vance pano naging good price yun eh 99 USD is about 4400 pesos a month. So, ang sa globe for 4999 pesos free ang iPhone. Mas maganda ang Globe.
Pero mas sulit siguro bumili ka nalang nang iPod Touch, sinc magkakaroon na tayo nang iTunes at iPhone 2.0 software para sa iPod Touch.
“@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.
200 USD in us plus 99?? att plan.. thats a good price pero 40K for prepaid! its better to buy a underground iPhone for 10 to 15k.. you can buy 2-3 iPhones for 40K
You can import an Iphone 3G unit for cheaper and unlock it for free
i want to be cool…hehe
are the g-flex plans not any good?…i like the 800 one…any comment on that?…
and unlock iphone 3gs would be too much of a hassle hiding from the police and stuff…:P
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
kausap ko ung friend ko sa accenture sa tate max na benta ng iphone 3G is 450usd…sa kanya n lang ako papabili..prob lang is pano sya unlocked?
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 $700 from the amount that mr. jobs announced.
There’s a case in Canada na nag overprice yung telco sa iPhone 3G and is now a big issue there. its also in my post.
That would just be the beginning prices and the rich will get to use these phones first. If Globe decides to reach to more customers and offer newer iPhone versions, they could just offer this phone at lower prices.
and oh, What happened to the 199$ by Apple? Globe should have subsidized plan.
di practical sa 16gb na almost 50k….
bibili n lang ako ng bagong laptop…or ps3!
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.
Lol i could buy 2 40GB PS3 in that price.
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.
if i were Smart, what would I do?
NOTHING.
hehe. i’d leave Globe in this madness.
50k for a phone? h#ll NO!