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Got an email tipping us of the possible Globe Telecom Post-Paid Plans for the new iPhone 3G coming this September in the Philippines. These postpaid plans are not final and may change but more or less close to what you’ll expect when it comes out.
The starting price of $199 for the 8GB iPhone 3G model will come in a 2-year lock-in period with Globe Telecom. Here are the supposedly postpaid plans for new Globe subscribers:
G-Max 3500 iPhone 3G
Initial Fee: Php9,995
Monthly Fee: Php3,500
Free Text: 650
Free Calls: 750 mins.
Globe to Globe: Php3.50/minute
Globe to Non-Globe: Php4.50/minute
Excess SMS Rates: Php0.50/text
Globe Platinum 5000 iPhone 3G
Initial Fee: FREE
Monthly Fee: Php5,000
Free Text: 650
Free Calls: 1,100 mins.
Globe to Globe: Php3.50/minute
Globe to Non-Globe: Php4.50/minute
Excess SMS Rates: Php0.50/text
Optional: Additional Php2,000/month for Unlimited 3G Plans (Globe Visibility). Plans have 2-year lock-in period with Globe.
PrePaid Plans have not been finalized yet (due to Forex rates) but it will be in the range of Php20,000 to Php25,000.
Note that these plans have not been verified but based on the existing mobile subscriptions currently offered by Globe, they seem to fit and make sense. The discounted 3G Globe Visibility plans is supposed to be the sweet deal.
Apple may not be making profits out of the 50% cut on the iPhone 3G but they may be getting some revenue-sharing from post-paid plans from the telco. That’s the only logical reason why Apple was able to reduce the one-off price down to $199.
Update: In the US, people may get the new iPhone 3G for $199 + $39.99 * 24 months from AT&T for a total of $1,158.76 after 2 years.
Update 2: Unlocked iPhone 1.0 sells for Php29,500 in the black market.
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noemi says:
My Globe phone bill only reaches to 1200 a month. Too much for me to get the iphone with such a plan. Might as well buy the iphone separately.
aczafra says:
Hah!
5,000 x 24 = 120,000 – how much Globe wants you to pay to get an iPhone
120,000 – 10,000 = 110,000 that’s how much worth of mobile services that Globe wants you to use to get the iphone.
$199 – that’s how much the iPhone would cost in the US.
P15-20,000 – that’s probably how much the iPhone would cost in the black market
which one would you choose?
maui says:
I rather wait for a 3G open line iPhone than to avail it under Globe. I’m not stupid to buy iPhone directly to them hehehe.
Abe’s earlier computation is more realistic than this. From $199 plus all the taxes and tariffs, iPhone should costs at around P13,500 to P15,000 only.
So why spend P20,000 or more for a Globe iPhone prepaid if I can buy genuine iPhone here or abroad. I don’t care it is open line. At least it has 2.0 version hehehe
Abe Olandres says:
My earlier computation of $199 + taxes + tariffs did not factor in that the $199 “must” come with a 2-year contract.
That means if you buy it in the States, you will have to sign-up with AT&T, buy the iPhone for $199 and pay $39.99 for 24 months. That’s a total of $1,158.76
Andre says:
ya but you can get an Iphone for less and unlock it, there are ways, thats how they first iphone got here. Its a bad move to put the Iphone on the 5000 plan
Abe Olandres says:
Globe will also offer it for PrePaid subscribers. No monthly fees, just one-time sale of around Php25,000. Of course, it will be locked to the Globe network.
sylv3rblade says:
Prepaid FTW.
Although if it hits 25K then no. I’m better off with an 18-200 mm VR Nikkor Lens. ^_^
pinkposhandplush says:
That’s sooo killing me..
blozoom! says:
people that i know who go beyond the 3500.00 per month bill are business execs, sales people, med reps, etc. more biz people. considering that iphone is NOT a business phone, doesn’t make sense. doesnt fit the market.
ay ewan sa globe, basta ako naka-treo. :-)
btw, yuga sent you a mail re won t-shirt. thanks in advance. sent you my info.
j4s0n says:
k, thanks, oh shit nvm, i’ll get one somewhere else.