The hike in demand for entry-level notebooks and an increase in IT spending in the Philippine market has encouraged Dell Philippines to launch new Vostro laptops in the country.
From left: Alice Opera (DTI Bureau of MSME (BSMED) Division Chair); Louise Crisostomo (Business Development Manager for Services, Dell Philippines); Rebecca Lee (Brand Manager, EUC, Dell South Asia); Christopher Papa (Country Manager, Dell Philippines); Frank Rich (Senior Marketing Communications Manager, Microsoft Philippines) and Lloyd Luna (Entrepreneur, President and CEO of Lloyd Luna Company).
Citing figures from International Data Corporation (IDC), Christopher Papa, Country Manager at Dell Philippines, said the Philippines is the only SEA country that registered growth in the first quarter of the year where demand for notebook PCs grew by about 24%. While other regions reported declines in the shipment volume of notebooks, it is only in the Philippines where volume is increasing, he said.
The hike in shipment levels was attributed to the demand for entry-level notebooks coupled with the increase in IT spending. IDC sees the growth as an encouraging prelude to a positive market performance for the rest of the year.
Papa said IT spending in the Philippines will grow by 10% by the end of 2016, where a large chunk of which will be spent in the acquisition of hardware such as PCs, notebooks, networking services and so on and so forth.
Dell Vostro 14 5459 Series
Now is the time for digital transformation
Papa also said that it is now the time for Filipino enterprises, particularly SMEs, to adopt digital transformation so they can scale up the leadership, experience, information, operating models and workforce. He relayed that they should take the opportunity to use technology to access the digital marketplace and integrate their marketing by using digital platform to promote their products.
In this regard, Dell Philippines has unveiled its next-generation Vostro 14-inch 5000 and 3000 series of laptops with features designed to meet the needs and demands of small businesses to boost productivity.
Dell Vostro 14 3459
The Vostro 14-inch 5000 series provides the performance enterprises need with up to Intel 7th Generation Core i7 processors. It also features a solid-state hard drive that has a storage capacity of up to 1TB of data, 256GB SSD or an optional dual drive HDD + SSD for additional storage. The device also offers up to 16GB memory that can be expanded up to 32GB.
For protection features, the laptop can deter users from access to sensitive data with a built-in fingerprint reader with Windows Hello that allows customers log in with just a touch. The device also provides hardware protection and storage for encryption keys with hardware TPM 2.0.
As thin as 18.5mm and weighs 1.59kg, the Vostro 14-inch 5000 series is portable and can be taken anywhere. Available in EraGray and Jingle Gold colors, the laptop can be availed locally starting end of September 2016 with a starting price of Php45,000.
The Vostro 3000 series 14-inch laptop is powered by up to Intel 7th Generation Core i5 CPU, up to 1TB hard disk drive or 128GB SSD and up to 8GB DDR4 memory. It offers optional hardware TPM 2.0 for commercial grade security and an optional built-in fingerprint reader with Windows Hello which allows users to log in with just a touch. With the laptop’s HDMI and VGA ports, users are allow to connect to external devices, including multiple monitor displays with legacy ports.
With Midnight Blue, Black and Sparkling White color options, the Vistro 14-inch 3000 series will be available starting end of September 2015 with starting price of Php35,000.
The Vostro laptops and all-in-one are backed by Dell’s ProSupport Plus, a complete support service that combines 24×7 priority access to support accidental damage repair, and proactive predictive monitoring for automatic issue prevention and resolution.
