Talk N Text Panalo Phone at Php499

Probably the cheapest phone in the market so far — Talk N Text’s today launched a co-branded mobile handset they aptly called Panalo Phone.

The handsets are simple candybar phones which were co-branded with Cherry Mobile and ZTE. The phones are also locked to the TNT network and it’s highly likely the telco is subsidizing for the cost of the handset.

The one in the photo is one of two cellphones in the Panalo Phone line-up (a Cherry Mobile B1). Single-SIM and very light, they only cost a mere Php499USD 9INR 721EUR 8CNY 62.

I am told they won’t be normally sold in stores but will be targeted to markets in the provinces with a direct-to-home sales approach. So if you’re in the rural areas, expect a knock on the door with one of them sales people peddling Php500USD 9INR 722EUR 8CNY 62 phones to your entire family.

The move should increase cellphone penetration outside the cities and hopefully increase the average monthly usage of prepaid users.

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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34 Comments

Paul says:

14 years ago

If Charlie Sheen has #winning, Talk N Text has #panalo :D
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fritz says:

14 years ago

nice information. so this phone is just for TNT subscribers only?
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Harley Son says:

14 years ago

good for my yaya again! she gave the that i gave her to her daughter!
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Erik Gatmaitan says:

14 years ago

yuga is the best!
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Jhay says:

14 years ago

Just goes to show that despite all the rage in smartphones, there’s still a huge market for basic phones in the countryside.

Will Globe hit back through it’s TM brand?
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Benchmark33 says:

14 years ago

They are doing what U.S. are doing today…providing “disposable” phones to others.

Nice move for TnT.

For sure Globe and Sun will do the same… :-D
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Vatch says:

14 years ago

Yes.
connected na lahat.
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adam says:

14 years ago

Ok na yung ganyan phone ngayun kasi delikado sa hold up yung mga expensive. Meron me phone yung lumang Nokia 6610 at yun ang nilalabas ko pag nasa jeep.
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YOPINTECH says:

14 years ago

PANALO YAN WALANG PROBLEMA KAHIT SA JEEP SA BUS O KAHIT SAAN PWEDE MAG TEXT AT TAWAG PANALO KA TALK N TEXT.
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curiousGirl says:

14 years ago

Hopefully, nacheck ng TNT kung may signal ang province na binebentahan nila bago sila kumatok
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roiji says:

14 years ago

sana better ang battery ng B1… i got the cherry mobile P1 and the battery is terrible :(
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gumz says:

14 years ago

Ok na yan… hindi prone sa magnanakaw…
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csseyah says:

14 years ago

Panalo talaga ang magkakaroon ng phone na yan…
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ngergrer says:

14 years ago

i’d rather get the ZTE phone. meron ding SMART branded na phone kit 999 may kasamang huawei na colored phone, at least yun pwedeng palitan yung sim, etong panalo phone hinde. :(
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Pam says:

14 years ago

ano na nangyari sa
Smart Netphone?
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akoto says:

14 years ago

Nice move TnT! Bring it to the masses!
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Jam says:

14 years ago

Snatcher sa yo na tong #panalo phone ko.
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alt-tab boy says:

14 years ago

bought this yesterday on a smart wireless center and was real disappointed. the keypad of this phone will surely make your thumbs sore…the rubber keypad is just so hard to press. maybe i’ll just plan to give this to my little brother.
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Kathleen says:

14 years ago

I thought this will be available march 21 and only by door to door sales of smart. How come you bought one already?
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alt-tab boy says:

14 years ago

@Kathleen
i bought it at a smart wireless center here in sta. lucia grand east. i don’t know why they carrying these phones so early there. out of my sheer curiosity, i just bought it really disappointed with the phone, you see..
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tes says:

14 years ago

wish tnt knock in our door…wish ko lang!!!
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Katleen says:

14 years ago

I checked with SMART and they still have no stocks and I was advised that it will not be sole in Smart Centers.

@alt-tab- maybe you got a diff phone?
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otepsphere says:

14 years ago

Hmmm… Bakit sa rural areas lang..gusto ko din ma try yan hehe… darating panahon lahat ng tao naka cellphone na..maski bata..hi-tech! :D
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marivic yap says:

14 years ago

thanks..at least,no need to have a thousand to own a cp. i will grab one for family use at home. so affordable…
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everhard says:

13 years ago

I Want to change the sim of this phone…
can any body help?? may nagdidisplay kasi na Sim Unlock Code eh wala naman akong Nilagay na SimCode
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nap says:

13 years ago

bumili ako nung saturday peru nung inuwi ko na eh limited services naman na palagi? pwede ba palitang ng ibang talk n txt sim kasi nakatalk n text naman ung mga kasama ko sa bahay at ok naman signal. ito lang ung may problema. pati dito sa baguio kung saan ako bumili eh naglilimited service din
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ainman says:

13 years ago

bobo
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benjie says:

13 years ago

disapointed wih the products of cherry,ilang beses naq bumili, xayang lang pera q, kawawa aman aq,;(
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CHA says:

13 years ago

what is the default phone code of this phone ??? thanx .. hop sum1 culd help me.
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jed says:

13 years ago

ano ba naman yang panalo phone, mura nga kaso madalas namang naka display ang no sim card at di ako maka tanggap ng calls.
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joheedz says:

13 years ago

panu po maactivate ung sim ko pra mkaavail ako nung mga bagong promo?
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me says:

12 years ago

parang di naman nakakatulong to…lugi…hindi sulit… pangit naman ng fon nato…kala ko big help,,,h
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romy pereyra says:

11 years ago

anu pa ung code ko sa tnt ito ung num ko 090928***** anung code yan???
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