Beginning August 22, the so-called "Jesus phone," the iPhone 3G is to be officially released in the Philippines by the no. 2 Philippine telco, Globe Telecoms. And Globe is making sure it will profit from its business with Apple, the makers of the iPhone. Globe is to release the iPhone 3G via prepaid and postpaid plans. The prepaid kit of the 8-Gb version of the much-anticipated phone is priced at P41,899, while the 16-Gb version costs P48,899. Both units 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. For further details on the pricing, pls. see the attached photo.
In the US, Apple announced that a prepaid iPhone 3G is available for $499 for the 8gb iPhone and $599 for the 16gb iPhone. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, announced earlier that the iPhone 3G to be priced at $199, turned out in the end that that price should ahve came with a *** disclaimer..
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