Someone once told me that in order to determine if a person is a potential iPhone 3G buyer, you’ll have to check what phone they’re currently using and how much did they get it for. That way, you’ll have an idea if they are predisposed to buy such high-end phones. Though I know it makes sense, I’d like to test that theory here.
Before the time of Apple’s iPhone, there were several high-end phones that were as or more expensive. Let’s look at some of them:
Nokia 8800 – Php48,000
Palm Treo 750 – Php37,000
Nokia N95 – Php35,000
HTC Touch Dual – Php36,000
Nokia E90 – Php45,000
How much did the Nokia N73 cost when it first came out? How about the HP iPaq series? If any of you remembered how much the other phones cost when they first came out, please do leave a comment.
Or how about the newer ones that are released this year?
HTC Touch Diamond – Php41,000
Samsung Omnia i900 – Php34,000
Sony-Ericsson Xperia X1 – TBA (~$1,500)
So let me go back to my question, what’s your phone now and how much did you get it for? Mine’s a Nokia E71 for 22k. The most expensive I ever bought was the Samsung Blackjack at 24k. I think my threshold tops at 25k.
..nokia n95..binigay nila
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I have an iPhone 3G, Apple gave it to me. I jailbreak it so as to work in the Philippines…
n95, got it 35k
E90 around 750usd last 6months
bought a SE w960i for 20k around 2 weeks ago. Loving it so far…
samsung sgh-e250 for 3T 2nd hand from my brother…thanks kuya
A black N82 for 18,500 and I waited for a year for the price to go down that level. Previous was a 6630 phone that I had bought for around 30k, the market price of which plummeted to 26k three weeks after my purchase. Learned my lesson.
blackberry for P1,200. yup. its just 1,200.
N6300 w/ 512gb microSD at Php7,800. bought it last june.
So far i’m still using a razr; and now its my third.
Why? Its because its mike-speaker length is approximately the same as the mouth-ear distance, so its audibly better even in crowded places.
BTW, bought the first when its price got 14K.
SEP990i – 13k
I’m planning to buy another phone, maybe a Nokia 2600, will use for texting coz my phone’s keypad is possessed and won’t work. I’m currently stuck on using damn qwerty keypads which is too small for my fingers.
3 phones in a row.
1. SE P1i the most expensive that I bought so far. It cost me 27k when it 1st came out late last year. Traded it with a P900i when I gave it to my wife coz she didnt like it.
2. A month after, Globe gave me a Dopod 838 Pro for free, 3 years corporate contract with the company I work with. Currently my only phone.
3. A few weeks after the Dopod, I bought the first gen Iphone for 25k already opened and unlocked. Sold it for 15k after six months.
Currently waiting for the SE X1.
Nokia 3110 Classic for Php 5,300.
n80i bought it last year for 21k
i recently bought another cellphone
HTC KYnII aka at&t TILT for $350 only
i saw it yesterday at Trinoma and they sell it for 44K wow! huge difference! and they don’t have the model for it..they only use a plastic replica..
dunno why..no regrets for choosing this over the iphone :)