Well if you're gonna get the non-3g kind, might as well wait for people to release a hack for the 3g and get your 3g phone from HK or SG. Kasi the non3g locks itself to its original network whenever you try to update the firmware, ganun din magiging drama ng 3g phone. Getting the latest firmware is the only thing you're paying for when you'll get your iphone from Globe. And Globe's iphone costs double
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i don't think most mac users buy their stuff abroad. 10 out of my 10 friends who are mac users buy their stuff here. for practicality's sake. think about it, the pamasahe you buy and the effort you go through to buy something abroad is equal or even more than what you pay in the end. this is what irks me because people think of it as just the sticker price of a product. think about all the COSTS incurred to buy that product. BASIC FINANCE.
being from globe before, i used to work with the designing of plans. you don't understand the business of it that's why you think it's expensive. that said, the iphone isn't for everybody just yet. i think we forgt that mac products are priced at a premium for a certain target audience. it's basic marketing. and believe me, i'm not defending globe. i'm defending common sense.
AND we forget how the 199 pricing of AT&T works. check out the plans that go with it and the fees. it turns out to be the same price. or even more expensive.
If you check out philmug, a lot of people get it from Longbeard (http://feedback.longbeard.info/) who gets it from HK. It's much much cheaper even with his P6,000 na patong for the imac.
there's no such thing as 3G GPRS...it's either GPRS, EDGE, 3G and HSDPA, with HSDPA being the fastest. Globe has all of these connections, depending on your location. But by default almost every place in the country has GPRS (although GPRS speed is really poor). 3G and HSDPA are found in many places in metro manila. you can check Globe locations here: betterthan3G.com
you pay nothing if you're using your home's wireless routed-broadband.
hmmm.. 5 pesos for 15 minutes is not bad... i mean, that's just in times of emergency or the sudden need to connect online.. otherwise, both office and home have wireless internet so no need of GPRS connection for most of the time... :D
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being from globe before, i used to work with the designing of plans. you don't understand the business of it that's why you think it's expensive. that said, the iphone isn't for everybody just yet. i think we forgt that mac products are priced at a premium for a certain target audience. it's basic marketing. and believe me, i'm not defending globe. i'm defending common sense.
AND we forget how the 199 pricing of AT&T works. check out the plans that go with it and the fees. it turns out to be the same price. or even more expensive.
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so globe's pricing is at par as any iphone 3g telco ready worldwide?
mac as in mac na make up! chowz.
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baka something will come up after a couple of months. ahhaha.
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you pay nothing if you're using your home's wireless routed-broadband.
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thanks for that! :)
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if its Globe GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSDPA connection you still have to pay P5 for 15 minutes, just text TIME to 1111.
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