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iPhone 3GS vs. N97, KM900, i8910 and Magic

We’ve got a bunch of high-end touchscreen phones locally available. If you think the iPhone 3GS is out of your budget, I’ve rounded up a number of them here — Samsung i8910 HD, LG KM900, Nokia N97 and HTC Magic — and compared them to the iPhone 3GS.

iPhone 3GS vs. Nokia N97 vs. LG KM900 Arena vs. Samsung i8910 HD vs. HTC Magic

phone round up

The iPhone 3GS is yet to be released on July 31 and the Samsung i8910 also this month (no set date). The iPhone is locked with Globe while the HTC Magic is exclusive to Smart.

It’s a tight match, IMO, although it seems LG takes the price category and Samsung tops the hard-core specs.

So, if you had Php40k to spend for a phone, which one of these will you get?

Notes:
iPhone 3GS price indicated is for 16GB.
Samsung i8910 HD price indicated is for 8GB (16GB version has Php36,000 SRP as indicated by Samsung PH)
A dash (-) means the specs are unknown.
microSD card sold separately
* All prices are SRP so they could all be cheaper, esp. in grey market.

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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.

57 Responses

  1. Avatar for Vicky Vicky says:

    Thank Yuga, what store will it be in next week in Manila?

  2. Avatar for ampanet ampanet says:

    hahaha, my bad.

    just checked the samsung mobile ph site.

    the i8910 hd is now in the products list

  3. Avatar for ampanet ampanet says:

    suhweet!

    thanks for the prompt reply sir.

    i’ve been tracking the i8910 hd for a couple of months now… and so far, none of the samsung sites have given a peep about a ph or even a sea region release date.

    *giddy, in anticipation*

  4. Avatar for Milton Milton says:

    Thanks for the reply yuga. do you know where i could get the omnia next week?

  5. Avatar for Seth Seth says:

    Ayus! Mas mauuna pa yata diyan sa pinas ang release ng i8910 kesa dito sa Dubai!

    The best talaga ang OmniaHD i8910! Value-for-money talaga dahil sa hi-specs! The best pa din SYMBIAN OS! Kung out-of-date na ang Symbian, why would NOKIA(market leader) still use it? Why would Samsung and SE use it with their flagship units(OmniaHD and Satio respectively). I read in some forums that WinMo can only support 65K colors display. True?

    OmniaHD’s closest rivals :

    iPHONE 3GS — still a hype-phone
    N97 — still 5mp camera and only 434Mhz processor?

    Just my opinion….

  6. Avatar for Mark Jason Mark Jason says:

    For me, Omnia HD, then I’ll have the LG Arena as my 2nd pick. HTC Magic’s price is imba with it’s specs. iPhone 3GS nangunguna lang naman sa Apps eh, di ba sila naisip na gawan ng memory card slot ang 3GS? Nokia, i dunno pero parang nalilipasan na ng panahon with it’s Symbian OS interface, kacombo pa ng hindi pagiging touchscreen.

  7. Avatar for ampanet ampanet says:

    does anybody have ph release info on the i8910hd?

    i read that it’s malaysian release got pushed back to august.

  8. Avatar for Carl Carl says:

    THE OMNIA HD!

  9. Avatar for Carl Carl says:

    WHERE CAN I BUY THIS IN MANILA!

  10. Avatar for Ochie Ochie says:

    “Samsung tops the hard-core specs”

    I’ll definitely go with the Omnia :)

  11. Avatar for mon mon says:

    and everyone thought the iphone was ridiculously expensive =)

  12. Avatar for Niel Niel says:

    I go for iphone 3GS because of UI and app store

  13. Avatar for Roy Roy says:

    for the OMnia HD

  14. Avatar for Roy Roy says:

    Any word on suppliers in Manila? Or a date of arrival this month?

  15. Avatar for jondeng jondeng says:

    so ? hindi maganda ang n97 ?

  16. Avatar for chris chris says:

    i’d go for the slide qwerty phone… i like the iphone but its more of a multimedia device for me sayang Symbian OS gamit ng N97

  17. Avatar for bengtotpogi bengtotpogi says:

    Any of em will do, except the fruit phone! I won’t fall for the hype! Omnia HD or N97 on top of my list.

  18. Avatar for Roy Roy says:

    Thanks for the chart! Anyone know where the Omnia HD is available in Manila? (If it is in stores)

  19. Avatar for Mike Mike says:

    Whew. Those things sure are heavy on the pocket. I’ll wait for second-hand units, or perhaps a sale somewhere.

  20. Avatar for Art Samaniego Art Samaniego says:

    I go for iPhone 3GS, HTC Magic and Nokia N97. I have been using these phones and I like them in that order :).

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