iPhone 3GS vs. N97, KM900, i8910 and Magic

We’ve got a bunch of high-end touchscreen phones locally available. If you think the iPhone 3GS is out of your budget, I’ve rounded up a number of them here — Samsung i8910 HD, LG KM900, Nokia N97 and HTC Magic — and compared them to the iPhone 3GS.

iPhone 3GS vs. Nokia N97 vs. LG KM900 Arena vs. Samsung i8910 HD vs. HTC Magic

phone round up

The iPhone 3GS is yet to be released on July 31 and the Samsung i8910 also this month (no set date). The iPhone is locked with Globe while the HTC Magic is exclusive to Smart.

It’s a tight match, IMO, although it seems LG takes the price category and Samsung tops the hard-core specs.

So, if you had Php40k to spend for a phone, which one of these will you get?

Notes:
iPhone 3GS price indicated is for 16GB.
Samsung i8910 HD price indicated is for 8GB (16GB version has Php36,000USD 613INR 52,006EUR 584CNY 4,468 SRP as indicated by Samsung PH)
A dash (-) means the specs are unknown.
microSD card sold separately
* All prices are SRP so they could all be cheaper, esp. in grey market.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

57 Comments

william says:

16 years ago

i guess each phone has it’s own specialty for different needs of the users.
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Pedro says:

16 years ago

it seems samsung i8910 could match iphone, with the memory card and 8mp camera spex…

but it is more practical to spend on a “good” laptop than for a mobile phone… atleast for me who have a monthly minimum wage…hehehe…
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eithanÂ® says:

16 years ago

i’ll go with samsung i8910 HD.
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Ian says:

16 years ago

i go with the iPhone 3GS. Go with this site, it’s cheap http://www.digital-deals.co.uk where i will order for the 16gb iphone 3GS for $460 free shipping.
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minnie me says:

16 years ago

definitely in terms of price point and specs superiority i would go with samsung i8910 HD.
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badbadtzmaru says:

16 years ago

Thanks for the comparison table.
This is very helpful.
One question, though:
what are the row headings for Qualcom & ARM and the MHz?
thanks again!
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SmartGilas.com says:

16 years ago

thanks yuga!

=)
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PinoyPSP says:

16 years ago

nice comparison chart! =)seems like n97 is the only one with qwerty…
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arlan says:

16 years ago

Yuga, why are HTC phones that expensive? they don’t even have those high specs.
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Nil A. says:

16 years ago

Samsung i8910 HD 16GB without second thoughts, if they lower the PhP36K SRP. :D
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