After announcing its price range for the iPhone 3G a couple of weeks ago at around $1000 for the prepaid units, Globe Telecoms decided to bring down the price tag to around $853 (8GB model) a few days before the August 22 launch of the iPhone 3G in the Philippines. The iPhone 3G was launched on August 22 amidst Filipino spectators and Apple fans who waited jubilantly till the stroke of midnight before they could finally lay their hands on the iPhone 3G. Reports had it that Globe Telecoms was available to activate 600 iPhone 3G units in a couple of hours.

The following day, after reading various reports, I trooped to the nearest Globe Telecoms distribution center to check out the iPhone 3G. Find out what happened after the break.

As soon as it was announced that the iPhone 3G is coming over to some other countries on Aug. 22, a local mobile distributor in the Philippines, Globe Telecom, put up its official product site. It was pretty exciting to learn that we Filipino Apple fans are finally getting the iPhone in a legit way, having been skipped during last year’s first generation iPhone launch. Unfortunately, Filipinos will have to pay too much to get themselves an iPhone unit as soon as it comes out. How much? A whooping $1,000 plus for the plan-free 16GB iPhone unit. That amount was computed based on a US dollar-Philippine peso exchange rate of $1=P44.3.

Details after the break.