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Poll: What’s your smartphone budget like?

Been talking to a number of phone manufacturers lately regarding the smartphone market and how price-sensitive FIlipinos are. I threw out some numbers and wanted to get some more feedback from my readers here and see if I’m within the ballpark figure.

I’m putting it out as a poll on the right side navigation column but feel free to leave a comment to qualify your answer.

Our poll for this week — what’s your smartphone budget like?

a) I can only afford smartphones under Php10k.
b) Between Php10k to Php15k is my preferred budget.
c) I can go up to Php20k but that’s it.
d) I’ll spend as much as Php25k for a smartphone.
e) It’s Php30k tops for me.
f) Even if it’s above Php30k, I’ll go for it as long as it’s really good.

Best way to figure out what your answer would be is to check what’s the most expensive smartphone you bought int he last 12 months and start from there (that means if you own an iPhone, you should be picking e or f).

I’m sure everyone wants uber-cheap smarpthones but we know that’s not gonna happen. Go hit the comments and share your thoughts.

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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97 Comments

Mich says:

14 years ago

A, B, C and D. lol â˜º
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deuts says:

14 years ago

I got myself an iPhone 4 so I guess it would be (e)!
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jonas says:

14 years ago

I’ll go for b.beyond that i’d rather have a netbook
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mike says:

14 years ago

a to c
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pisig.ORG says:

14 years ago

I’ll go for “F”.
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nixmanabat says:

14 years ago

C! , thats all i can
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Angel says:

14 years ago

My Answer is letter F
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Hihey says:

14 years ago

Any price range, as long as its cost effective and does what it should do as a smart phone for a fair price.
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garnet_girl says:

14 years ago

Well since I have an iPhone 4, it’s ‘e’ for me. But that’s the extreme. I’d be in ‘c’ if not for the iPhone 4.
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jill says:

14 years ago

“Iâ€™m sure everyone wants uber-cheap smarpthones but we know thatâ€™s not gonna happen”.

Why would it be so impossible to happen? Has the industry reached a dead end? Remember when a basic LCD TV cost 65K (at least), and how much are they now?
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Abe Olandres says:

14 years ago

@jill – price positioning. If smartphones would sell for Php5k a pop, then the mid range and entry levels would have to sell for under Php1k. There’s not much money to make off sub-1k handsets.

My guess is that the price range will remain the same but the specs and features will continuously improve.