Ladies and gentlemen, it looks like deciding between the Samsung Omnia i900 and the Globe Apple 3G iPhone will be a little bit harder. Globe announced through a press release that they’re cutting down the prices of the prepaid 3G iPhones by around P4,000. Originally the 8GB model was priced at P41,899 and the 16GB model at P48,899. The new price for the 8GB iPhone is now at P37,599 and the 16GB model at P43,799. Note that the prepaid phones already come with P1,000 load spread over 5 months (P200/month). They also have a running promo that the first 1,000 buyers will get an additional P1,000 discount.
Read more after the jump.
The most important question now is if the P4,000 price cut is enough to convince a lot of the mobile phone users here in the country to drop their current phones and buy the 3G iPhone? I’m sure that Globe is really banking on this to grab significant market share from SMART. The 3G iPhone has a lot of potential, but the steep price will really prevent Globe from getting a reasonable ROI. If there’s one thing you have to appreciate about this is that the executives of Globe are listening. They could have stuck with the price that they released but instead they went back to the negotiation table with Apple to cut the price down, even by just a little.
By the way, please note that I have a running poll on what 3G Phone the readers of Waukster prefer. Check it out at the upper right hand corner of the blog. 
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xave on August 15, 2008
mahal pa din haha
Wauks on August 15, 2008
Yun nga sabi ko eh :heh: Sana kung mga 30k noh?
h0shizaki on August 15, 2008
sana ibaba pa price…n_n
S P Y on August 15, 2008
ggana ba yung mga application nang iphone d2?
meron bang satellite navigation d2?
sir lagay nyo nman sa blog nyo mga phone na aPOORdable hehe
yung mga 10k pababa pro maganda features
Ian of Devastators on August 15, 2008
papabili na lang ako ng iphone sa US then ipapa try kong ipayari sa greenhills… mas makakamura pa un…
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valk on August 16, 2008
meron bang iphone user d2?
handy ba xa ? madaling bang mag text?
coz meron me itouch and nahihirapan ako mag type sa keypad kc mejo malaki ung daliri ko at sobrang sensitive ng screen =))
CheSter on August 16, 2008
nakuh…. mahal pa dn eh… still contented with my N73 =) sA HIrap ba naman ng buhay ngaun ~.~ dami pa bugs yan…
kuting on August 16, 2008
nyek? grabe naman mahal nyan. akala ko ba sabi ni steve jobs $199 lang dapat ang isang iPhone? ok granted na prepaid kit yan pero di ba parang false advertising yun? tapos ala naman atang magbebenta ng single unit only dito sa pinas kahit sa mga mac/apple shops/dealers.
The Angel-Killer on August 20, 2008
still EXPENSIVE *puts tongue out in disgust* >_<
Steve on September 28, 2008
So tell me how much will the upcoming Nokia N96 and Sony Ericsson X1 handsets cost when they come out?(yes i know N96 is available in some places, not been fully released here yet) I bet they won’t be any lower than the initial price for the 8GB iPhone at prepaid price. In the UK a prepaid 8GB iPhone costs £350 to purchase, while a sim free Nokia N96 is retailing for over £500. I don’t know what Globe are prepared to offer prepaid iPhone customers but here, o2 are offering 12 months free unlimited data browsing and free Wi-Fi access at any one of 10,000 hotspots all over the country.
I know a lot of people complain about the cost of an iPhone, well it was never intended for the low end of the consumer market but the high end. Same with their Apple products, they are expensive but far superior to anything else in the market, the iPod, need i say anything more? Steve Jobs never intended for the iPhone to be a mass product, he only wanted projected sales of 10 million handsets in an 18 month period from the launch, where Nokia’s handset sales for last year alone totaled over 130 million units sold. If Steve Jobs wanted to sell more and aim for all corners of the consumer market, he would’ve done, but to sell a cheaper iPhone just wouldn’t be as good as they are now.
Japoy on October 7, 2008
OO na steve… tama ka na… kaya kami e maglalaway nalang sa iPhone nyo at maghihintay na lang bumaba ung price ng nokia phone… abangers o_O
john on October 27, 2009
byaaaaan.wla bang tig 20k na orig.hahaha
gusto ko na mag ka i phone T_T
kung meron text me 09151158493
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