The iPhone 4S price is now available on both Maxis and DiGi. While both have their own offers – Maxis gives you more subsidy on the device with a more expensive monthly payment, and DiGi offers less subsidy but gives you monthly rebates on the plans, here’s a summary of what you pay at the end of contract.
Of course, since DiGi only gives you one option when you sign up with the contract – 24 months, here’s a comparison of what both telcos are offering based on a 24 months contract.
iValue 1 vs iDiGi 88
| Maxis | DiGi |
Calls (mins) | 333 | 200 |
SMS | 200 | 200 |
Data | 1GB | 1GB |
Total Payment 16GB | RM3850 | RM3410 |
Total Payment 32GB | RM4150 | RM3710 |
Total Payment 64GB | RM4500 | RM4010 |
Maxis offers extra 133 minutes of talk time. If you put minutes into values, at 15sen/minute, that is RM19.95. Maxis also offers 4GB/month of free Maxis WiFi for 3 months. Please do note that the free SMS offered by Maxis is on-net.
Hit the break to see the comparison of iValue 2 and iValue 3 vs iDiGi 138 and iDiGi 238
iValue 2 vs iDiGi 138
| Maxis | DiGi |
Calls (mins) | 667 | 450 |
SMS | 400 | 400 |
Data | 3GB | 3GB |
Total Payment 16GB | RM4970 | RM4202 |
Total Payment 32GB | RM5320 | RM4502 |
Total Payment 64GB | RM5670 | RM4802 |
Maxis offers extra 217 minutes of talk time. If you put minutes into values, at 15sen/minute, that is RM32.55. Maxis also offers 4GB/month of free Maxis WiFi for 3 months. Please do note that the free SMS offered by Maxis is on-net.
iValue 3 vs iDiGi 238
| Maxis | DiGi |
Calls (mins) | 1500 | 1000 |
SMS | 600 | 600 |
Data | 5GB | 5GB |
Total Payment 16GB | RM6500 | RM5834 |
Total Payment 32GB | RM6800 | RM6134 |
Total Payment 64GB | RM7150 | RM6434 |
Maxis offers extra 500 minutes of talk time. If you put minutes into values, at 15sen/minute, that is RM75. Maxis also offers 4GB/month of free Maxis WiFi for 3 months. Please do note that the free SMS offered by Maxis is on-net.
To sum it up, it sure looks like DiGi is offering a cheaper price over the span of 24 months for all the plans. The benefit of signing up with DiGi is if you tend to exceed your data quota usage, DiGi will not charge you extra instead, your speed will be throttled. Maxis on the other hand will charge you Rm0.05/10KB, maximum charge at RM250.
This is just a summary of course. What you choose will depend on your own usage and how much coverage you get – on a personal note, DiGi does not have any 3G connectivity in my in-law’s home town and I’m not happy about its almost unusable Edge and GPRS speed. Additionally, the price above for DiGi is calculated based on the monthly payment after autobilling rebate of RM5/month. If you do not have any credit card, you’ll have to pay an extra RM120 over the span of 24 months.
(lowyat.net)
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