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iPhone 3G priced at $199 Worldwide

The WWDC 2008 has finally concluded (slept thru it last night after a boring start) and Apple has finally announced a brand new iPhone 3G with GPS. New features are expected but Steve Jobs realized they can’t sell more until they cut the price in half — so now it’s just $199 (with 2-year contract!), worldwide, including the Philippines.

Coming out this July 2008, the iPhone 3G has GPS, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, and EDGE capability.

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The new iPhone 3G will come in two colors and two storage models — black, white, 8GB and 16GB. Still with just 2MP camera and there seems to be no front panel video camera for making 3G calls.

According to the Globe Telecom press release, the Apple iPhone 3G will be available to all post-paid and pre-paid subscribers. It could be as early as July or maybe as late as September of this year.

At $199, give or take 50% on taxes and tariffs, it will end up somewhere around Php13,500 a pop. Not bad, eh? The 16GB model goes for $299.

My guess is that Globe Telecom will offer iPhone 3G Post-Paid Plan that will include unlimited Globe Visibility service for an additional Php1,500 to Php2,000 a month. It will be a sweet deal.

Again, does that come with iTunes in the Philippines? What’s definite though is that the App Store will be available in the Philippines.

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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.

46 Responses

  1. Avatar for Mark Chanady Mark Chanady says:

    10463-6349

  2. Avatar for angelo angelo says:

    where can i buy brand new iphone 3gs?
    no plans in globe either smart

  3. Avatar for ronald ronald says:

    may samsung Jet ako..pero ayaw magkonak sa internet bulok yata itong JET SAMSUNG…iphone killer daw e….the only thing that it kills e is “ITSELF”………………!!! THIS PHONE SUCKS…in browsing the internet di man lang makapasok kahit isang split segundo BULOOOOOOOK

  4. Avatar for Marvin Marvin says:

    san po mkabili ng iPhone ???? ASAP padala na ung ans kse buy na ko as soon as possible …

  5. Avatar for TanongPO TanongPO says:

    Saan po ba mabibili and iphone?? my Wi-FI ba ang samsong omania at mabilis???

  6. Avatar for Johnmark Johnmark says:

    how much the price now iphone 3G 8g and where i can purchase? im here now in davao.thank u

  7. Avatar for mamamamam mamamamam says:

    TO:ADELENTADO..
    para di ka maloko kuhanin mo contact no. nila ang name ng mayari.. e di pagnaloko ka.. pagtanongtanong mO.. ganun ang ginagawa namin.. hehehe..tsaka wala namang problem sa kanilang tinda..

  8. Avatar for adelantado adelantado says:

    Sobrang mapagsamantala talaga mga pinoy,ang lagi mag patong ng presyo.mga taga greenhills mga manloloko lang yan,pag kumuha ka sakanila ng phone for sure mahal na defective pa!ganyan sila sobrang manloloko at every week nagpapalit sila ng location ng pwesto nila para di mo na malalaman kung san mo binili yun ksi pag bumalik ka wla na sila sa dati nilang pwesto!!!

  9. Avatar for Monette Monette says:

    maganda talaga ang omnia..kaya lang biglang nagtaas sila ng price..imagine 3thou? parang hindi na worth para lang sa phone diba?

  10. Avatar for gian gian says:

    SAMSUNG OMNIA rocks!

    ampanget ng iphone3G kumpara don!

    pangalan lang binabayaran jan..

    pero yung features di hamak ang lamang ng samsung omnia!!!!

    wahahaha!

  11. Avatar for let let says:

    hi… can the iphone 3g jailbreak be used in the philippines?

  12. Avatar for Geogetski666 Geogetski666 says:

    yup got an samsung i900 omnia was waiting for the iphone 3g but after i saw globes plan and the price of the iphone 3g overkill damn grabe presyo nila hehe para kang tinutukan ng baril hehe and i’m loving my samsung omnia even more saved more than 10k and has more features and software availability than iphone’s overated 3g phone hehe pag ako sa inyo mag samsung omnia na kayo mas mura na 5 megapixel pa camera at mas marami features :)

  13. Avatar for katcher katcher says:

    mag-samsung omnia nalang kyo, masmaganda pa sa iphone 3G. available na ito sa samsung SM north edsa.

  14. Avatar for makulet makulet says:

    to albert..mangarap ka man ng dilat wala pa sa kalahati yang 15k mo para makabili ng iphone 3g dito sa pinas

  15. Avatar for makulet makulet says:

    you can’t just get the selling price of iphone3g in the US converted in Philippine Peso. the price offered which is $199 is with contract at At&t. just buy from globe but its too expensive. read my post and go to globe’s website all the infos are there.

  16. Avatar for junie junie says:

    for example sa US bibili nung iphone 3g magkano yung total na babayaran and may naka-unlock na ba nun sa pinas?

  17. Avatar for makulet makulet says:

    it’s already released. visit the globe telecom homepage. they got all the information there. btw, the 8g costs near P42k … too expensive.

  18. Avatar for cezk cezk says:

    WTH,just get the phone release and let’s rock ‘n roll!LOL

  19. Avatar for Pinoy Gamers Pinoy Gamers says:

    Sana magkaroon sa smart. Pero wala nga siyang camera for doing 3G calls no. Paano kaya yun?

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