There's no other way to call this recent and drastic price increases of smartphones in the Philippines. Fuel prices skyrocketed and shipment costs increased. Smartphone prices have jumped to unprecedented levels. [table id=2246 /] Trends / Observations From 2023 to 2025, there was very little or insignificant difference in the suggested retail prices of smartphone models. The exception would be Apple when it increase the price of iPhones between Php6,000 to Php7,000 from 2023 to 2024 (iPhone 13 vs. The vivo V70 logged an Php11,000 hike and completed the record 5-digit price increase of the entire catalog. Again, these are "price increases" from previous generation. Majority of the models in the catalog recorded a median of Php6,000 to Php9,000 in price increases. Read more in our articles including "Expensive Phones: This is the result of the "RAM crisis"" and "Round-up: Top 10 Flagship Smartphones".
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Mar 8, 2026There's no other way to call this recent and drastic price increases of smartphones in the Philippines. Fuel prices skyrocketed and shipment costs increased.
Smartphone prices have jumped to unprecedented levels. [table id=2246 /] Trends / Observations From 2023 to 2025, there was very little or insignificant difference in the suggested retail prices of smartphone models. The exception would be Apple when it increase the price of iPhones between Php6,000 to Php7,000 from 2023 to 2024 (iPhone 13 vs.
Our coverage of smartphone price increase includes: "Expensive Phones: This is the result of the "RAM crisis""; "Round-up: Top 10 Flagship Smartphones"; "Looking beyond SPEED; is PH internet any better?". Each article provides unique insights and information.