Netphone 501 shows up in Smart Online Store

The second Netphone from Smart has finally arrived and it went straight to the Smart Online Store. Following the success of the Netphone 701, the Netphone 501 is beinf offered free at Smart Plan 349 or straight on prepaid at Php3,900USD 66INR 5,634EUR 63CNY 484.

Back in March, we wrote a story that the next Smart Netphone could be a Huawei handset and predicted it will be sold under Php4,000USD 68INR 5,778EUR 65CNY 496.

Well, it looks like our prediction hit a bull’s eye with the Netphone 501.

The handset was announced and released by Smart around last week of May and we only noticed it when we came back from Computex that it’s already being sold in the Smart Online Store.

The Netphone 501 uses what could be a Huawei U8180 handset which was originally announced in May 2011.

Smart Netphone 501 (Huawei U8180) specs:
2.8-inch TFT display @ 240×320 pixels (~143ppi)
Qualcomm MSM7225 528MHz processor
256MB RAM
512MB ROM
up to 32GB via microSD
HSDPA 7.2Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1
3.15MP rear camera
FM Radio tuner
GPS w/ aGPS support
Android 2.2 Froyo
Li-Ion battery 1200mAh
104 x 56 x 13mm (dimensions)
100 grams (weight)

The Netphone 501 is available in the Smart Online Store for Php3,900USD 66INR 5,634EUR 63CNY 484 or you can subscribe to Plan 349 and get it free.

Abe Olandres

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.

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8 Comments

Karen Bernarte says:

13 years ago

Pwede na. Ilang mos kaya ung 349:)
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Iyan Sommerset says:

13 years ago

Old tech is old. Still, entry-level. But Galaxy Ys are now near that price point.
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aj says:

13 years ago

Phone looks nice. Sabi ng friend ko, yan daw ang may deep Netphone customization talaga. Sir yuga, review please?
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Pinoy Android says:

13 years ago

I hope Smart will update it atleast to Gingerbread.
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Charlie Begino says:

12 years ago

Just got the netphone 501 349 plan last friday… its a company issued phone… they did not inform us of the coverage of the plan… i thought it has an unlimited call, but we verified to smart that its on unlimited text only… is it possible to cancel the account or can be transferred to another which has unlimited call regardless of the plan 349? or possible to cut the line and change to another plan?
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mookie says:

12 years ago

do they sell it ba on Smart Stores sa mga mall ng 3,999??
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jayar says:

12 years ago

ano bran bayan net phone 501 at gustokolang inform saan ba na store from zambonga na nag bebenta ng unit na NetPhone 501 ????
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