Asus Eee PC 701 4G now same price as Blue H1 in the Philippines

In what appears to be a response to local rebadger Blue slashing the price of its H1 down to P9,995 (about USD212), Philippine reseller PC Corner has lowered the price of the original Asus Eee PC 701 4G (512MB) down to match the P9,995 price.

While this may cause problems for Blue, the big winner here is the buying public as it definitely means the price war has started. With upgradeable dual-core Atom based models expected by January 2009, we can expect other manufacturers to start reducing the prices for their current models. Hopefully the price war will expand to other countries as well. This is one war we definitely are supporting. :)

You can visit the PC Corner online store here.