iPhone 5S, 5C could land in the Philippines mid-November

Based on several sources and the current calendar of releases across the globe, the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C might get an official release in the Philippines earlier than expected. Initial estimates put the local release around 2nd week of December.

October 25: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, French West Indies, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Reunion Island, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and Thailand.

November 1: Albania, Armenia, Bahrain, Colombia, El Salvador, Guam, Guatemala, India, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and UAE.

That’s two more dates left for the other countries. Here are our best guesstimate.

November 8, 15, 22: Philippines (?)

This coincides with the tip we got from an insider that told us the iPhone will be released earlier than the expected December date. Both Globe and Smart will be offering the iPhones under the usual postpaid plans.

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Apple announces iPhone 5C!

Apple today announced the iPhone 5C which comes in a variety of 5 new colors and made of polycarbonate materials. That’s almost same specs as the iPhone 5, only now they come in colored plastic.

The iPhone 5C will be available in blue, white, red, yellow, green colors.

Apple iPhone 5C specs:
4.0-inch IPS LCD display @ 640×1136 pixels, 326ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass 2
Apple A6 1.2GHz dual-core processor
PowerVR SGX543MP3 (triple-core)
16GB, 32GB internal storage
1GB RAM
DC-HSDPA 42Mbps, LTE 100Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band
Bluetooth 4.0
8MP iSight camera, LED flash
1080p video recording
1.2MP HD front-facing camera, 720p @ 30fps
GPS w/ aGPS support, GLONASS
iOS 7
132 grams (weight)
124.4 mm x 59.2 mm x 8.97 mm (dimensions)

The iPhone 5C will be ready for pre-order on September 13 and release date is set on September 20 in Singapore and Hong Kong. iPhone 5C release date in the Philippines is December 2013.

As for the iPhone 5C price, here’s the postpaid contract as indicated by Apple:

iPhone 5C 16GB — $99 cash-out on 24-month postpaid plan
iPhone 5C 32GB — $199 cash-out on 24-month postpaid plan

No prepaid price kit indicated yet.

Apple also announced the iPhone 5S here.

Updated: As per the Hong Kong Apple Online Store, here are the prices of the iPhone 5C:

iPhone 5C 16GB – HK$4688 or Php26,500
iPhone 5C 32GB – HK$5688 or Php32,000

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