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	6 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	5 sen	10 sen	25 sen	50 sen
TuneTalks	16 sen / min		5 sen		25 sen
Umobile	18 sen / min		3 sen	8 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.