iPhone Unlocked. Any Chance of Seeing it in the Philippine Market?
Posted Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 4:15 am by J. Angelo Racoma
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Engadget recently reports that the iPhone has been unlocked by a six-man team who had been working since launch for an unlocking solution. So will this mean we’ll be seeing the iPhone in the Philippine market anytime soon (the grey market, at least)?
Well, probably, yes. Again, most likely in the grey market. But for all intents and purposes, I think the iPhone would be good just for eye candy for now, and not so much for the rich data features and functionalities that it’s supposed to have revolutionized mobile telephony with. For one, it’s slow, in terms of data transfer. EDGE? Come on–even a PhP 6,000 LG phone supports 3G speeds. Secondly, networks here won’t support the iPhone-specific features that AT&T has, such as visual voicemail and YouTube out-of-the-box.
Still, for me the most important thing the iPhone has contributed to mobile telephony is the user interface, which is worlds apart from how we use our phones today. So the SIM-unlocking and a possible availability in the country are just the first steps. I’m waiting for iPhone version 2, or other manufacturers coming out with iPhone wannabes. Maybe then we’ll see a really big difference.
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kaylan po ba talaga ilalabas iyung iphone na yan ang tagal sinu po ba nag makakasagot sa aking niya iyung hindi made in china na iyung orig dapat na iphone
Hi All, Newbie here from the States. Has anybody checked out the Taiwanese Cect P168 which is basically iPhone clone, seems to offer much more versatility such as dual sim cards, unlocked, external battery. I believe the only thing it won’t do is sync with ITunes, but it does MP3, MPEG4, and so on. Just curios if anybody is using this phone in the PI.
[...] afficionados have been itching to have one, be it shipped from some Pinoys overseas or not and hacked to work with the local mobile networks. It seems that almost everyone wants to have an iPhone. Do [...]
just got an unlocked iphone, could not wait
for its availability next year, anyways, the
chosen carrier will require you to get a higher
plan or even a separate data or internet plan. I have no intention of adding to the Billions
of profits of Smart or Globe… their profit is
even way way bigger than the Phil largest Co.- San Miguel!
Paramihin pa yung unlocked iPhones!
Ask your relatives in the US to buy iPhones
for you and also one of the unlocking softwares like iphonesimfree.com @ $60.00
Wala naman problema yung sa akin, huwag
matakot.
I just saw the iPhone today at greenhills being sold at Php28,000. They were still all in the box, so I didn’t have an idea if they were purchased from AT&T and are already unlocked. However, there were multiply stalls selling them.
I also saw a woman in Trinoma using hers too.
So I guess it means that it already has invaded the Philippine market, considering that no major telephone company endorsing it yet.
if anyone who’s interested in buying iphone. please check out my ebay i have 8gb and 4gb available..Iphones are going for 580. check it out limited time offer… any question email me at talk2me_1@yahoo.com iphone is unlocked and good to go will work for globe and smart… free bonuses if you buy now…
http://myworld.ebay.com/mr_kemikal/
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