Motorola Xoom to go for $800

One of the more anticipated tablets that came out at CES 2011 was the Motorola Xoom — it was a crowd favorite and will be out on February 24.

The pre-order page on Best Buy indicates the suggested retail price will not be cheap — $799 for the 3G version (and a rumored $599 for the WiFi-only model).

That translates to Php34,600. That doesn’t factor in some import fees and VAT so expect it to be much more expensive when it hits the Philippines (I’d say Php40k).

See more about the Motorola Xoom here.

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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39 Comments

mary says:

14 years ago

:(

mahal.
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wilde says:

14 years ago

once tablets go past 25k, for me, it’s overpriced already.

that’s why i own an Archos (250gb).
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camhiliciouz says:

14 years ago

indeed..

i think tablets should be light/portable and cheap…

or if they are priced that way, i’d rather buy a net book. with that price, that’s one heck of a netbook.

on a personal note, the battle is still between Apple Ipad and Samsung Galaxy Tab(s)..
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21 says:

14 years ago

I can have a laptop running intel core i3. oh common,

Is apple ipad, the same with what you can do on a mac? excluding, editing sftware and flsh.

ANDROID is for mobiles.
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3xcalibur says:

14 years ago

diba dapat Android should be more cheaper because its opensource?
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cosmic says:

14 years ago

PASS.
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john says:

14 years ago

i believe na yung ipad 2, perehas lang ng price ng current ipad.. meaning less than 25k ang pinakamababang model..

ipad 2 > android tablets.. bakit ka pa pupunta sa android 40k php tablet, kung mas mura ang original, at siguradong mas functional since masmaraming apps? takenote, wala pa atang apps na pang tablet sa android.
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SolidHosting.PH says:

14 years ago

If I have the money to buy. I go with Apple iPad. :D
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riki says:

14 years ago

Will wait for IPAD 2, Samsung Galaxy 10.1 and LG Tablet before deciding.
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jun says:

14 years ago

nah.. thats why they cant beat apple ipad.. mas mura paren.. they should lower it… much better pa na bumili ka ng i5 or i3 laptop.. mas marami ka pang magagawa… kesa dito na napaka mahal
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