Thursday, August 1, 2013

Prepaid VS Postpaid in Malaysia

Unpredictable, I changed my mobile postpaid to prepaid since 2 month ago. Why? Because I’m tired of it, the sky-high bills every month.

Nowadays, owning a mobile phone is pretty much the norm, however, people are rocking a new smartphone without meditate to cause the crazy bills that can turn up every month shouldn't be, are we?

Save a plenty of amount by choosing the right plan provider! My post will briefly, but well-roundedly compare prepaid VS postpaid.

Prepaid VS Postpaid

Postpaid plans offer a hassle free service without risk of running out of credit. And prepaid plans offer more versatility and use Pay-As-You-Use billing concept which relieves prepaid user from being tied to any contract or month bills.

Prepaid plan in Malaysia

Voice call
SMS
MMS
Plan
Same 

network
Other 

network
Same 

network
Other 

network
Same 

network
Other 

network
Celcom Xpax
28 sen / 3min
28 sen / 3min
2 sen
8 sen
50 sen
Digi Easy
Free Calls

(all Buddyz)
30 sen

(non-Buddyz)
Free SMS 

(all Buddyz)
8 sen 

(non-Buddyz)
10 sen

(all Buddyz)
25 sen

(non-Buddyz)
Digi Best
sen / first 10 sec
20 sen / next 2 min

20 sen/ every subsequent min

8 sen

25 sen
Maxis / Hotlink
20 sen / min
30 sen / min
sen
10 sen
25 sen
50 sen
TuneTalks
16 sen / min
sen
25 sen
Umobile
18 sen / min
sen
sen
25 sen

Personal comment
Celcom - Xpax
Pros: Good network
Cons: Charge block every 3 minutes. Imagine every voice mail cost RM0.28. OMGosh! It damn expensive! *shout-out*

Digi Easy
Pros: Unlimited call and SMS to all Buddyz™
Cons: Expensive rate to non-Buddyz™

Umobile
Pros: Many promotions between Umobile network (free call & sms).
Cons: Poor customer service area. Only the Times Square can access the server.

Tune Talk
Pros: Able to earn Air Asia Big Points while reload.
Cons: Poor customer service area.


Internet Data for Prepaid Plans – Daily, Weekly, Monthly.
Plan
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
DiGi
RM3 - 150MB
RM7 - 100MB
RM18 - 300MB / RM30 - 1GB
Hotlink
RM5 - 500MB
RM12 - 250MB
RM68 - 3GB
XPAX
RM5 - 500MB
RM18 - 1GB
RM38 - 2GB
Tune Talk
RM0.88 - 50MB
RM10 - 200 MB (20 min)
RM38 - 1GB (60 min) / RM58 - 3GB
U Mobile
N/A
N/A
N/A

Postpaid plan in Malaysia
Plan
Voice call
SMS
MMS
Internet
Monthly
commitment
DG Smartplan 58
15 sen
 Free 200 min
(DiGi - DiGi)
10 sen
Free 200 SMS
(DiGi - DiGi)
20 sen
2GB
RM58
DG Smartplan 88
15 sen
Free 300 min
10 sen
Free 300 SMS
20 sen
4GB
RM88
Celcom First Prime
15 sen
50MB
RM40
Celcom First Premier
12 sen
100MB
RM80
Maxis SurfMore50
12 sen
(same network)
20 sen
(other networks)
5 sen
(same network)
15 sen
(other networks)
-
2GB
RM50
Maxis SurfMore75
12 sen
(same network)
20 sen
(other networks)
5 sen
(same network)
15 sen
(other networks)
-
5GB
RM75
Maxis TalkMore28
12 sen
(same network)
15 sen
(other networks)
Free 200 min
12 sen
(same network)
15 sen
(other networks)
Free 100 SMS
N/A
N/A
RM28
Maxis TalkMore48
10 sen
(same network)
15 sen
(other networks)
Free 400 min
10 sen
(same network)
15 sen
(other networks)
Free 200 SMS
N/A
N/A
RM48
Umobile U28
18 sen
(same network)
20 sen
(other networks)
5 sen
Free 100 SMS
(same network)
12 sen
Free 200 SMS
(other networks)
20 sen
(same network)
30 sen
(other networks)
1GB
RM28
Umobile U58
18 sen
Free 100 min
(same network)
20 sen
Free 200 min
(other networks)
5 sen
(same network)
12 sen
(other networks)
20 sen
(same network)
30 sen
(other networks)
2GB
RM58


Which one better? Of course, it really depends on your mobile usage. If you are heavy user such as for business purposes, the best way for you to save money is by using a postpaid plan that fits your needs. On the other hand, the light user who overall monthly spending below RM50 as me, will definitely go for prepaid to save money in the long run! 

So think about it, what's your needs? For example do you really need a mobile internet service up to 4G? Do your usage (call/SMS) above RM50.00? I don’t think so.

Before the “Smartphone Age” come, our overall mobile usage was not expensive as now. But why people keep spend their money on mobile service? It’s all about the smartphone culture and the marketing strategies which Telco company applied.  

Don’t simply follow the way that people created for you. Take your time for meditate and choose a plan which suits your need and budget. Same to what I did this time.