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LG Netbooks We’ll Never Get to See

When we visited the Pyung-Taek Factory the other day, we saw a number of laptops and netbooks made by LG and being sold in Korea. Been wondering why LG didn’t brought these units to sell in the Philippines and now I think I know why.

Basically, the reason I think these netbooks won’t be released in the Philippines because they are just more expensive than usual.

Let’s take for example this LG XNote X300 — the 11.6″ super-slim, SSD and Intel Z530 powered netbook (think Sony Vaio X) has a retail price of â‚©1,640,000 (or Php65,900USD 1,123INR 95,199EUR 1,070CNY 8,178).

This 10-inch netbook (XNote X130) which has a fairly standard Intel Atom configuration is priced at â‚©680,000 (or Php27,325USD 466INR 39,474EUR 443CNY 3,391). There’s one with a 3.5G (HSPA) modem in it but didn’t have the SRP.

They also got this tablet-netbook but couldn’t figure out what model and specs it had.

LG is known for a lot of electronic products in the Philippines but the laptop and netbook category is not yet one of them. So, introducing these models might be a little late in the game considering we have like over 2 dozen netbooks in the local market already.

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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.

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11 Comments

symbiandreamsdotcom says:

15 years ago

Waah! Xnote was fantastic..and it can beat others…the size and design was astonishing.
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ryan ang says:

15 years ago

yung XNote X300 ba yung may commercial na parang spoof ng MacBook Air? yup yun nga :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch#playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos=Lqw_gsOGlBg&v=5Ilr8cgzfc0
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daddy joey says:

15 years ago

the looks are almost the same as sony/hp laptops. :)
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jan says:

15 years ago

have you guys seen the rumored N98?
http://images.google.com.ph/imgres?imgurl=http://www.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Nokia_N98_leak_rumor-540×299.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.slashgear.com/nokia-n98-qwerty-style-slider-leaked-1173717/&usg=__O15J-7YyoXSObBM9tk92cu5wBuE=&h=299&w=540&sz=32&hl=tl&start=16&itbs=1&tbnid=g4087Ov-V4MCDM:&tbnh=73&tbnw=132&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnokia%2Bleaked%26hl%3Dtl%26sa%3DG%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1
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Web Design Butuan says:

15 years ago

IMO, mas maganda pa rin tingnan ang Sony Vaio series.
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Abiel Online says:

15 years ago

these are really good design and specs… but considering the cost of the unit and considering the budget conscious mind of pinoy… these will be like premium net books. :-)

http://abielonline.blogspot.com
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Abiel Online says:

15 years ago

these are really good design and specs… but considering the cost of the unit and considering the budget conscious mind of pinoy… these will be like premium net books. :-)
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kevinn says:

15 years ago

*points to Samsung laptops and netbooks as well*
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Angelo says:

15 years ago

Halu,

I bought an x130 last nov. for 500 SGD, really good, sturdy and reliable. audio volume is just low, but everything else is great considering the price. by the way, the price includes xp home.
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