Iphone 3g price in the philippines?

Question

ok i was just wondering why the iphones in the philippines are sold more than twice as much as iphones in the u.s. i checked the apple website it was only 200 dollars; in power mac at megamall cyberzone it was 37,000 pesos? what's with the huge price difference???

Answer 1

No doubt, always like that even notebooks and pc.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The $200 you saw on the Apple website is the price you have to pay once you get a 2-year contract with AT&T (in the US) or in their respective networks (in other countries). POSTPAID in other words. It is much expensive if you buy just the phone or PREPAID kit. Source: The terms and conditions found on the Apple website plus I spoke with a sales person in AT&T Florida over the phone last month to inquire.

With Globe, you can even get the 8G iphone for free, if you subscribe to the the postpaid Plan 4999 with a 2-year lock-up.

Also, the exchange rate between the USD and the PHP made the slight difference between the prices.

Answer 4

other than the tariff of importing that iPhone 3G to the Philippines, the catch of the $199 iPhone 3G in the US is of paying 2 years worth of postpaid AT&T subscription fees so one pretty much ends up with Php50000+ (converted to pesos) in the long run. it's nothing but a marketing strategy that targets those who are desperate to have it.

Globe Telecom has a promo of giving an iPhone 3G for free as long as a subscriber commits to the Php4999 line plan for 2 years.