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Thursday, August 7, 2008

Philippines: iPhone Price will start at P41,899($962) - Globe Telecom



Globe Telecom will offer Apple’s iPhone 3G prepaid kits in the country for more than P40,000($916) and with free “text” loads, the company said during its investors’ briefing Wednesday.

The prepaid kit of the 8-Gb version of the much-anticipated phone is priced at P41,899($962), while the 16-Gb version costs P48,899($1,122). Both units, to be sold locally beginning August 22, come with free short messaging service load of P200 for five months.

The iPhone 3G will also be sold under postpaid monthly plans from P1,599 to P4,999 inclusive of free wi-fi connectivity hours.

The Apple iPhone 3G, which operates on the third-generation (3G) mobile network, will also come with a built-in global positioning system (GPS) for location-based mobile services.

The iPhone 2.0 software includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, apart from hundreds of third-party applications built with the recently released iPhone software development kit.

Globe Telecom has more than 21 million mobile subscribers to date.


Additional information: It’s finally confirmed. Globe has made their 3G iPhone plans available and are now accepting reservations for its debut on August 22.

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