Hi Jimmy, I completely sympathize with you, my girl-friend is from the Philippines and she and her family of 5 people have to get buy in one month on what a normal person in North America and most European countries earn in 1 or 2 days. People here often have no clue how well they are off, even those who by our standards are considered less well off.
However, as unfair as it may seem, you can't necessarily compare the price of a $99 app or even a $9.99 app with the standards of a third world country like the Philippines or many African countries. Even yourself, if you live in South Vietnam and own an iPhone, you are not one of the least fortunate people. I actually thought that maybe I could buy an iPhone in the Philippines the last time I was there, but I discovered that an unlocked iPhone there actually costs well over $1,000 which is more than here in Canada. Over there something like an iPhone is very much a status symbol and usually something only the relatively wealthy, which do exist in all countries, can afford. My girl-friend has a $20 Nokia knock-off and she can't even afford to buy a SIM "load" as they call it, which allows her to make phone calls. In the Philippines and I am sure this is the same in many other countries like that, a SIM card is approx. $1 and this gives you a phone number which people can call as much as they like. However, most people buy 40 or 50 Cents worth of SMS credits which in those countries usually gets you about 100 text messages and communication is simply via SMS. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
