Here are the unboxing photos of my Nokia N900. I’m currently preparing the unboxing video so stay tuned for it.
I recently I blogged about this phone’s availability in the Philippines. Unfortunately, only Infomaxx has this phone in their stocks for Php 48,000.00 each. That’s too expensive for a phone. That’s more than Php 23,000.00 if based on its US retail price. However, if you are going to buy one from the states, be sure to ask your relatives to just include your unit in their balikbayan box/boxes so that it won’t be subjected to tax. My experience served as lesson for me – it’s wiser to ask some one buy it for you and have them delivered to you through someone they trust or through balikbayan boxes.
Before I got my unit, I had to pay Php 5,000+ as payment for the Customs Duties and Taxes. That’s too expensive for a tax. The worse thing is that when i received the Remittance slip from FedEx, i realized that Bureau of Customs did not itemize the total Taxes they imposed. (Darn!) I will show you on my next blog a scanned copy of the remittance slip. Still, if I sum up all I spent for this lovely beast, mine is still cheaper for 10 grand (N900 phone + 16 gb MiniSDHC).
Anyway, enough of this, enjoy looking at the pictures below! And check on the related posts as well.
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I'm really interested with the battery life, hope you'll be able to know late this week.
I'm really interested with the battery life. Hopefully we'll know by the end of the week? Try switching to GSM only network.
Hi Ale! I will give an update within this week. I will update my N900 to the latest firmware to 1.2009.44.1 from 1.200.42.11.
Quick info, it only lasted for 12 hours with heavy usage – dual mode, always online with occasional media playback and with 2 active widgets on the dashboard. Thanks for dropping by.
My battery has increased as well after the the 42-11 update last night. Using GSM only, I had my N900 94% charged this morning. I used the FM radio while riding the LRT, played a little SuperTux during work breaks, plenty of SMS and calls, an hour of wifi connection during lunch break and at 8pm, my battery level was already at 15%. That's 79% off my battery after a day of medium use. Still pretty cool for me.
thanks! appreciate it