Which phone will get your hard-earned money this December?

December is fast approaching and it’s usually the month of the year when people have saved up for that handset purchase of the year. This season, 3 flagship handsets will vie for your hard-earned money — the Galaxy Note 2, Lumia 920 and the iPhone 5.

All three flagship smartphones happen to represent the best each mobile operating system can offer — Android, iOS and Windows Phone. We hope all three will land in the Philippines this December.

Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Announced in Berlin, Germany during IFA, the Galaxy Note 2 follows the same upgrade path as the Galaxy S3.

The Galaxy Note 2 boasts of a 5.5-inches Super AMOLED display with 720p resolution, quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, 64GB capacity, NFC, LTE and a 3100mAh battery. The Note 2 will run the latest Android OS which is Jellybean. Samsung is definitely banking on their superb hardware specs couple with Google’s Android ecosystem.

Estimated retail price — Php33k to Php36k (price based on SRP of Galaxy S3 and the SRP of Galaxy Note when it was launched in the Philippines).

Nokia Lumia 920. The Lumia 90 is Nokia’s first flagship smartphone running Windows Phone 8.

The Lumia 920 sports a 4.5-inch 720p HD display, dual-core Krait processor, 1GB RAM, 32GB storage, NFC, and LTE. This will be the first time we will see Windows Phone 8 on a more updated set of hardware. There’s also the PureView technology which we’ve seen on the Nokia 808 to be very impressive (it’s not exactly the same as the 808 though so we’ll have to test it again).

Estimated retail price — Php28k to Php30k (price is based on the SRP of the Lumia 900 when it was released in the Philippines).

Apple iPhone 5. Announced last week, the iPhone 5 added some incremental upgrades to the iPhone 4S.

This is the first time the iPhone got bigger, from 3.5-inch to 4.0 inches. It’s runs on an A6 chip, has 1GB RAM, 64GB storage and LTE. Apple is banking on its solid design and tight ecosystem to sell the iPhone 5.

Estimated retail price — Php34k to 38k (price is based on the prepaid kit price of Smart and Globe when they released the iPhone 4S last year).

Again, we hope that all three of these flagship devices will be released in the Philippines on or before the holiday season.

So, which one of these handset will take your hard-earned money? Go hit the comments to cast your votes.

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

155 Comments

john says:

13 years ago

Iphone 5
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Arthur says:

13 years ago

LG Optimus G ftw!
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garz says:

13 years ago

I doubt that. So far, LG’s been all about pre-revelation hype. Their products don’t come out as outstanding as their teasers and advertisements.
carl says:

13 years ago

Optimus G. is surely the winner for almost all categories.
great job LG!

Boy Butet says:

13 years ago

IP 5
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margaux says:

13 years ago

definitely the iPhone5..
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John says:

13 years ago

None. I’ll wait for the Next Nexus.
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Mark says:

13 years ago

NBA 2k13
Metal Gear Social Ops
Real Racing 3

with apple apps, you will never get bored!
games and apps are always better on the iPhone!

so..

iPhone 5 FTW!
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basura ka says:

13 years ago

Go buy a PS3 itard
Mark says:

13 years ago

yeah sure, dalhin mo ang ps3 kahit saan -_-

wag kayong bitter kung wala kayong games sa gusto nyong phone.
garz says:

13 years ago

Haven’t heard of the PSP? You’re going to spend 30K+ just to play mobile games?
Mark says:

13 years ago

Ang hirap talaga kausapin ang mga haters..

Malamang im looking for an all in one device. Hindi lang games. Sheesh

Ralph says:

13 years ago

iPhone 5!
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Bryan says:

13 years ago

You know if Nokia will just be more innovative with their phones I think they will reclaim their formal glory. Iphone? their going flat line with this one. Galaxy? Now thats a smart phone.
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iPhone says:

13 years ago

it a no brainer!

-pang porma
-better quality
-great support
-better apps

and pre orders are sold out!
http://www.phonearena.com/news/iPhone-5-sold-out-shipping-date-pushed-back_id34493

iPhone 5!
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Mikko says:

13 years ago

i will say iphone 5 cause i dont think, i buy all apple crap like a zombie.

/kidding off
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