Ever dropped your phone into the toilet bowl or onto a tarmac floor and see your beloved device get destroyed before your very eyes, only to be told that your regular warranty does not cover such damages? U Mobile has recently unveiled a U Care Plus insurance program for your device that covers water and accidental damages and more, from only RM8/month.

U Mobile’s U Care Plus 8 features a comprehensive protection plan for your device, including:

• Free pick-up and delivery service
• Coverage for water damage*
• Coverage for accidental damage*
• Maximum 60 days worldwide coverage
• Replacement provided for device that is beyond repair*
• Protection for new or existing device up to 10 months

*Cover capped at a maximum of RM1,000

U Care Plus 8 is available for all new and existing postpaid subscribers, and is applicable for new and existing devices purchased from both U Mobile and even third party companies. You can opt for a monthly payment of RM8/month, or for RM88/year however, when you make a claim, you will need to pay an excess fee of RM50 for new devices or RM75 for devices up to 10 months old – a one time amount payable by the subscriber upon a claim when it is approved.

The damages covered in this insurance includes:

• LCD & Glass
• Button
• Dock connector
• Volume button
• Microphone
• Earpiece speaker
• Camera module
• Camera – front facing
• Battery
• Back housing
• SIM tray
• Headphone jack
• On/Off button
• SIM reader
• Vibrator
• Loudspeaker
• Board repairs exchange
• Chemical clean of motherboard
• Device cannot be turned on
• RF network problems

On top of providing your device a protection of up to RM1,000, U Care Plus 8 also comes with Personal Accident coverage, giving the phone owner an insured sum of RM2,000; this is free for U Care Plus 8 subscribers.

Visit U Mobile to find out more about U Care Plus 8 and how to subscribe, or check out their FAQ page for more details.

Now that the Malaysian launch of the Samsung Galaxy S5 is over, prepare for the preorders that will be starting today. Maxis has opened up its preorder for the latest flagship smartphone from Samsung, offering the Galaxy S5 from as low as RM1,399 when you sign up for a contract with the telco. As always, Maxis is offering the phone with a 12- or 24- months contract under its TalkMore or SurfMore postpaid plans.

Maxis is offering options from as low as RM50/month but if you’re a heavy user, you can pick the most advanced package of RM146/month. The breakdown of the plans offered for the Samsung Galaxy S5 bundle is as follows:

Since it’s a preorder, I think Maxis is only offering limited options for subscribers. When the device is fully launched into our  market, 11 April 2014, the telco should be opening up the regular options like TalkMore78 with 1GB of data, TalkMore48 with 3GB data, and TalkMore28 with more data options. All preorders will receive their Samsung Galaxy S5 on the launch day itself.

Unfortunately, this preorder from Maxis is only for those subscribing for a new number. All you existing Maxis customers will have to wait for the next preorder, which will be happening on 3 April 2014.

Check out our exclusive review of the device or visit Maxis now for more information or to make your preorder.

Good news for DiGi subscribers or for those who wish to hop onto DiGi’s network, the telco has also opened up their preorder for the Samsung Galaxy S5 which was launched here in Malaysia last night, allowing you to own the RM2,399 phone from as low as RM1,199. DiGi is offering the device with its latest SmartPlan postpaid plans that comes with 4G LTE connectivity.

Available with DG SmartPlan 78, SmartPlan 108 or SmartPlan 148, you will need to sign up for a 24 months contract in order to be eligible for the preorder, and DiGi will have the device delivered to your doorstep from 11 April 2014 onwards. The preorder starts today and will run until 10 April 2014 and as a preorder exclusive offer, DiGi will also throw in 9GB of data free for 3 months – 9GB of data over the course of 3 months will only come into effect on 19 April 2014 onwards.

DiGi will deliver the device right to your doorstep from 11 April 2014 onwards but if you wish do not wish to wait, you can also collect it yourself from the nearest DiGi Store in 11 April 2014 itself, only applicable for preorders before 8 April 2014.

The plans also comes with easy payment option so visit DiGi now to place your order, or check out our review to find out more about the Samsung Galaxy S5. Alternatively, you can also check out Maxis’ Samsung Galaxy S5 preorder and see what they have got to offer.

Remember the new DiGi SmartPlan postpaid plans that was unveiled by the telco earlier this month? It offered postpaid plans from as low as RM50/month and it looks like the telco will be revising its cheapest plan to offer even more value at the same price. According to our sources, DiGi will be revising its SmartPlan 50 to give double the value at the same price.

[Update] Sorry for the error earlier, the revised SmartPlan postpaid plans will come with additional freebies on top of what’s being offered right now, which means you will get extra 100 free minutes and 100 free SMS.

With Whatsapp, Telegram and all the other mobile messaging apps out there, will you actually use up the free SMS provided by your telcos? According to our sources, the revised SmartPlan 50 will come with all of the usual stuffs like 2GB of internet, 200 free SMS, unlimited WhatsApp messaging, unlimited surfing on Opera Mini as well as free DiGi visual voicemail, and an additional 100 minutes of talk time and 100 SMS to all network. On top of that, while the plan does not come with a contract, meaning you can join and leave anytime you want, but if you commit to a 12 months contract, the telco will offer a RM5 monthly rebate for the entire contract duration, allowing subscribers to save an additional RM60 in total.

This means that with the additional calls and messages, SmartPlan 50 will have a total of 100 minutes of talk time to all network, and 300 SMS (100 all net, 200 on net). According to our sources, DiGi might also extend the additional 100 minutes and 100 SMS for its SmartPlan 78 as well, so fingers crossed because 100 minutes and 100 SMS is worth a total of RM25 based on the call and SMS rates from DiGi (15sen/min & 10sen/SMS).

Do note that this is just a leak so we can’t confirm that it will be released, but if it does, it will without a doubt be the best postpaid plan for first-time smartphone users. The revised SmartPlan 50 and SmartPlan 78 are highlighted in red in the table below:

For those of you who are looking for a simple Android phone that doesn’t cost a kidney, U Mobile is now offering the ZTE V817, a mid-range Android phone, for free when you sign up for a contract with the one of the telco’s postpaid plan.

Available with a 24 months contract under Ultimate Device 68 or Ultimate Device 98 plan, the device that retails at RM599 can be yours for free. The Ultimate Device postpaid plans from U Mobile comes bundled with free calls as well as data as shown in the table below:

The ZTE V817 is a mid-range Android smartphone from the Chinese company. It features a 4.5” TFT IPS display and right beneath that is a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor (MSM8225Q) with 512MB of RAM on board. Other specs include Android 4.1.2, 5MP rear camera with LED flash, 1.3MP front camera, and 4GB of internal storage.

Visit U Mobile now for more information about the bundle.

The DiGi WWWOW Internet for All Awards is back! Now in its fourth year, DiGi is set to make things fresh by introducing a new format for awards, ensuring that creativity, entrepreneurialism and ingenuity on the Internet are properly recognized.

With the DiGi WWWOW awards, the company aims to reward the best that Malaysia’s online space has to offer. This year, DiGi will introduce a new format for the awards, consisting of three categories: Commerce, Content, and Community, allowing DiGi to award deserving Malaysians better. And boy, will you be rewarded well.

The winners of each category will win RM20,000 in cash, a 3D2N stay in a premier hotel, a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Rose Gold Edition, exclusive Google Adwords and Analytics courses, and of course several money-can’t-buy experiences such as meet-and-greet sessions with industry leaders such as Google and Waze, Yahoo and MSN.

Each award category caters to a specific online community. For instance, the Commerce category invites serial online entrepreneurs who own an online business together with plenty of engagement via social media platforms. On the other hand, YouTube videomakers, members of Twitterjaya, master bloggers or even app developers can enter the Content category. Finally, do-gooders and those who work for a better Malaysia would make perfect candidates for the Community category.

Winners of each category not only win awesome prizes; more importantly, the guidance and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities granted to each winner allows them to grow their ventures into scales they’d probably never be able to on their own. That is of course in line with the awards’ theme of “Dream Big, Do Bigger“.

Ready to make the jump? The DiGi WWWOW Internet for All Awards is now accepting entries from now until May 31. Head on to www.wwwow.my to find out more.

*Lowyat.NET is a partner for the 2014 DiGi WWWOW Internet for All Awards.

It looks like Celcom has finally unveiled its Samsung Galaxy S5 plans. For those who registered you interest with the telco for the device, check your email and you should see an email from them with all the plans they have got to offer; it even comes with extra 5GB of data.

According to the email, for those who registered their interest and purchase the Galaxy S5 with Celcom First plans from 11 to 13 April 2014 at any selected outlets will be able to enjoy an additional 5GB of data for 2 months. The participating outlets are as follows:

• Blue Cube @ Sunway Pyramid
• Blue Cube Laman Seri
• Blue Cube Publika
• Celcom Center, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, Penang
• Celcom Centre, Taman Molek Johor Bahru

To be launched this Friday, the Samsung Galaxy S5 retails at RM2,399 and is also available with other local telcos namely Maxis and DiGi. Stay tuned as we update our telco price comparison post.

[Update: Added in Celcom's Galaxy S5 phone bundle that was announced last night, table available after the break]

The Samsung Galaxy S5 will finally hit the shelves this Friday, 11 April 2014 for a retail price of RM2,399, but you don’t have to pay full price to own one. With the existence of telcos and postpaid plans with a contract, you can get your hands on the latest flagship smartphone from Samsung at a subsidized price of as low as RM1,199. Maxis and DiGi have already opened up their preorder (Maxis’ preorders are full now, unfortunately), and while we’re waiting for Celcom and possibly U Mobile to unveil their plans, here’s a comparison of the two that are currently available.

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When Maxis first announced their Galaxy S5 bundle plans, the SurfMore30 option wasn’t available. SurfMore30 may not give you a huge subsidy, but if you’re a light user and do not require all the bundles the more expensive plans comes with, it is a great option at only RM30/month. SurfMore30 is actually a supplementary line but it looks like Maxis is extending it to those who wish to get the Galaxy S5 from them.

As you already know, Maxis usually has a lot of postpaid plans to pick from but it looks like they are restricting your choice to these 6…for now at least. If Maxis is doing the same as before, these should be the plans that are offered for preorders, and the telco might be unveiling more plans after the launch this Friday.

As for DiGi, the telco isn’t offering the Galaxy S5 with their most affordable postpaid SmartPlan – SmartPlan50, so you’re only limited to 3 choices. As always, DiGi does not offer any 12 months contract and the same applies for the Galaxy S5 bundle. I must say that DiGi looks like they’re slightly cheaper than Maxis but you’ll be tied to a 2 years contract and judging by how fast new phones are being released now (we’re already looking forward to Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 powered devices), 2 years contract is a long wait.

Update: Celcom has just unveiled its Samsung Galaxy S5 bundle as well, allowing you to own the Galaxy S5 from as low as RM988. As usual, the telco is offering the device with its Celcom First postpaid plans coupled with data of up to 5GB, or if you’re a data-only user, you can also pick the mPro Plus plan at RM88 a month.

Of course, at the end of the day, the most important factor would definitely have to be the coverage area. Now that DiGi is offering LTE for its SmartPlans and the S5 is LTE-enabled, picking the one with LTE coverage in the areas you frequent the most would be the best choice.

Have any of you ordered the Galaxy S5 or are you waiting for the official launch to see what other telcos have got to offer? Check out our previous posts for more information about these individual plans of Maxis, DiGi and Celcom.

Celcom has announced a new loyalty program for its pre- and postpaid customers that promises to reward them with instant rewards and add more value for their money. What separates Celcom’s new customer loyalty program from conventional loyalty programs is in the model itself: there are no points collections involved. Instead, Celcom borrows heavily from the achievement-based perks found in many popular games today.

The new customer loyalty program, dubbed Club Celcom First (for Celcom First postpaid customers), XClub (for Xpax prepaid customers) and FRENZ Club (for foreign customers) is the first such model to be used in Malaysia. Employing mechanisms popular with most mainstream games today, the program offers real-time perks to reward activities that consumers already do, such as making calls, or using mobile data.

Celcom is especially proud to note that this loyalty program is vastly different from conventional loyalty programs, which mostly involve earning points which can then be redeemed for cashbacks and rebates, exclusive discounts and even gift redemptions. Based on Celcom’s internal market research, the company found that what customers want most from loyalty programs is to reward them with things that they already use – in this case, call minutes, SMS and Internet data.

And that’s exactly what the “gamification” model of Celcom’s new loyalty program is offering. Celcom claims that this model will reward customers with various spending habits, regardless of whether they spend RM30 or RM1000 a month. Rewards are offered based on “achievements” – which can be as simple as making an IDD call to using a set amount of data per day – and are given out to customers in real time. Most gamers will see parallels between this instant rewards incentive with the words “Achievement Unlocked”, making this gamification program a highly compelling model from Celcom. At the end of each calendar year, all achievements and tiers will be reset, allowing Celcom to tweak the program to better serve its customers.

For Celcom, the data collected from the loyalty program will allow Celcom to gain invaluable insights based on almost real-time data, ultimately leading to improved customer relationship management, deliver enhanced services to customers and more importantly, deliver personalised offers that match each unique customer’s interests.

Although it officially launches today, Celcom’s loyalty program for prepaid customers, XClub, has been available since January of this year. Club Celcom First and FRENZ Club are both available to opt-in beginning today. Users can opt-in to the program by simply typing “YES” and sending to 22188. Upon successful opt-in, customers will receive a welcome message from Celcom and will be a club member for one year from the opt-in date. Club members will also be able to check their current and upcoming rewards easily both on the web and via mobile USSD codes.

To find out more about Club Celcom First and XClub, head on to www.celcomfirst.com.my/clubcelcomfirst and www.xpax.com.my/xclub respectively.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 will finally hit the shelves tomorrow, 11 April 2014, and if you are making a list of where to go for the lowest price, here’s one more for you to consider – senQ. The retailer has just announced that they will be giving a RM200 discount for customers who purchase the Samsung Galaxy S5 from them in selected outlets and it will even come with freebies too.

Starting tomorrow, the first 20 buyers in each outlet will get RM200 direct discount, a KUBOQ Dual Car Charger, and a DiGi Prepaid Smart Plan for free. The participating outlets are:

• senQ Kompleks Karamunsing
• senQ Delta Mall Sibu
• senQ KB Mall
• senQ Bintang Megamall
• senQ Boulevard Shopping Mall
• senQ Sunway Carnival Mall
• senQ Gurney Plaza
• senQ Ipoh Parade
• senQ Leisure Mall Cheras
• senQ Hartamas Shopping Centre
• senQ Mahkota Parade
• senQ AEON Tebrau City
• senQ AEON Bukit Indah

The promotion is only valid for PlusOne members, limited to one unit per person. In addition to that, PlusOne members will also get to enjoy an extra 1 year warranty from the retailer.

If you’re not one of the first 20 customers, don’t worry, the 21^st onwards will also get a discount of RM50. Check out senQ for more information on the deal.

Waking up early to attend Celcom’s launch of the Samsung Galaxy S5 paid off for retired military office Abdul Hamid Husin as he was gifted the smartphone for being the first in line. Abdul Hamid had arrived to the queue at 6.30am, despite the Blue Cube in Sunway Pyramid only opening it’s doors at 10am.

Abdul Hamid was overhead as saying he chose to upgrade to the Samsung Galaxy S5 from his current smartphone for the larger display which is easier to read, although it wasn’t clear as to what he was using before. The current trend of large displays is apparently appealing to the relatively untapped older market who until recently been avoiding smartphones due to the text size.

The crowd assembled to take advantage of the Celcom First offer for the first 100 customers to complement their Galaxy S5 purchase with a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 lite for RM55; while the next 100 were offered the Samsung Galaxy Y Neo, also for RM55.

We have covered the Galaxy S5 plans from Samsung earlier this week and those interested in the packages, which goes as low as RM988 for the device, can refer to this story.

Good news for those of you who are looking for an affordable Android smartphone, DiGi is now offering the Lenovo A680 and Samsung Galaxy Trend Plus from as low as RM0 and RM89 respectively. Available with a 24 months contract, the telco is offering these devices with one of its more affordable postpaid plans and you can even opt for easy payment plan too.

Sign up for a 24 months contract under DiGi SmartPlan 78 that comes with 3GB of data, 100mins of free calls and 100 free SMS, and you can get the Lenovo A680 for free or pay only RM89 for the Samsung Galaxy Trend Plus. The Galaxy trend Plus comes with easy payment option, allowing you to get a brand new phone and pay only RM81.71 a month (over 24 months). 

Retailing at RM499, the Lenovo A680 features a 5” display and is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MT6582M processor with 1GB of RAM on board. It has 4GB of expandable storage and is powered by Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out of the box. Other specs include 5MP rear camera, VGA front shooter and removable 2,000mAh battery.

The Samsung Galaxy Trend Plus on the other hand retails at RM599 and features a 4” display. Powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor with 768MB of RAM on board, it features a 5MP rear camera, VGA selfie camera, 1,500mAh battery, and 4GB of expandable storage.

Visit DiGi to find out more about its Lenovo A680 and Samsung Galaxy Trend Plus bundle.

Now that the HP Slate 6 VoiceTab has finally landed in our shores for a retail price of RM999, you can purchase the device from redONE and enjoy a rebate worth RM120. redONE Mobile, Malaysia’s only postpaid MVNO is offering the Slate 6 with its postpaid plan at only RM58/month.

All you need to do is sign up for a 12 months contract with redONE’s RM58/month postpaid plan, pay RM999 for the tablet, and redONE will give you a rebate of RM10 every month for your entire contract period, totaling up to RM120. The postpaid plan from redONE comes with RM58 worth of voice calls and SMS, along with 200MB of free data but if you need extra data, you can add on a data bundle from as low as RM5/month.

Announced earlier this year, the HP Slate 6 is a mid-range tablet from HP that comes with telephony functions. It features a large 6” HD display and beneath that is a 1.2GHz Marvell PXA 1088 processor with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of expandable storage. Other specs include 3G connectivity, 5MP rear camera, 2MP front camera, and 3,000mAh battery on board.

Visit HP to find out more about the tablet, or visit redONE to find out more about the bundle.

U Mobile may be a late player in this whole Samsung Galaxy S5 telco bundle but it looks like the wait will be worth it after all…for U Mobile loyal customers at least. The telco is now teasing that they start offering the Galaxy S5 on 25 April 2014 with no upfront payment required when you sign up, meaning you only pay for the subsidized price of the device.

No further details have been unveiled, but if the “no upfront payment” promotion is similar to what they have done with the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 bundle, in order to be eligible, you will have to pay for the device via credit card, and subscribe to Auto Debit for monthly access fee.

Retailing at RM2,399, the Samsung Galaxy S5 has just been launched into the market worldwide on 11 April 2014 and is available from all authorized resellers in Malaysia, as well as from the other major postpaid players in Malaysia – DiGi, Maxis and Celcom.

If you wish to purchase it with a U Mobile postpaid plan, 25 April 2014 is the date to mark on your calendar, and while you’re waiting, check out our review of the latest flagship smartphone from Samsung, visit our telco price comparison post to see what the others are offering, or check out our mega roundup post about the Galaxy S5 and find out everything you need to know about the phone.

So you’ll be going away to another country for just a couple of days. It’s way too short and too troublesome to buy a local SIM pack at the country just to go online. For convenience’s sake, you wish to stick to your Malaysian line. So which telco offers the best international roaming rates in its postpaid plans? We gather all the unlimited data roaming rates here so you know which local telco to select in the place(s) you travel to, and which Malaysian telco should you roam with in order to enjoy the best data roaming rates.

Rates are applicable for postpaid subscribers only. Click on images for larger version

Maxis seems to offer the widest data roaming in over 100 countries at just RM38/day. 44 countries have been added in recently, but they will only take effect starting 21 April 2014. Maxis’ unlimited data roaming is based on Malaysian time from 12am until 11:59pm.

Celcom also charges the same unlimited data roaming rate of RM38 a day, but is only offering the price across 58 countries as shown above. Celcom’s rates is based on Malaysian time zone from 12am until 11:59pm.

As for things over at DiGi, the telco is offering unlimited data roaming rates from as low as RM32/day but be careful which country you travel to, because places like Belgium and Austria cost RM56/day for unlimited data roaming. The price is calculated based on the time zone in the country you are in. For example, when roaming in Thailand, the daily usage will be calculated from 12:am to 11:59pm following Thailand’s time zone.

Finally, while U Mobile may offer the most affordable data roaming rates at RM30/day, they are only offering the deal to a handful of countries. Nonetheless, the telco has only started their unlimited data roaming offer about half a year ago so I think this is a good start. Like DiGi, U Mobile’s rates is based on the time zone in the country you are in from 12am to 11:59pm.

Do note that in order to enjoy these rates, you will need to ensure that you are connected to the partner telco from the respective country. For example if you are a Celcom user travelling to Australia, make sure you connect to Vodafone in order to enjoy a data roaming rate of RM38/day. You will have to manually connect to the respective telco otherwise you will be charged at a pay-as-you-use rates – that’s how people end up racking thousands of Ringgit in roaming charges once they land in Malaysia. No registration is required, just connect to the right telco and surf away, but just be mindful of the time zone you are in and which time zone the telco follows.

Here’s how to manually select a telco when you’re in another country:

iPhone

Under Settings > Carrier, turn off Automatic and wait for the list of carriers to load. Pick the right one and you’re good to go.

Android

Under “Network Connections” in the Settings menu, tap on “”Mobile networks” (could be buried under “More networks”), and then select “Network operators”. Wait for your phone to search for all the available networks, and pick the telco you want from the menu.

Windows Phone

Thanks for the screenshots from your new Windows Phone 8.1, haha!

Under the “Mobile Network” section in Settings, tap on “Network Selection” and the system will automatically search for available networks. Select the local network that is the preferred network partner, and you’re set.

*Note: The above screenshots were captured in Malaysia. When roaming, the network operators will vary according to which telco is available in the country. So, no, you won’t see DiGi, Maxis, Celcom or U Mobile when you’re roaming internationally.

Visit the telco’s website to find out more – Maxis, Celcom, DiGi and U Mobile.

Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) Altel looks like it’s ready to join the big leagues. The company, which provides prepaid services including LTE leveraging on Celcom’s LTE network, has signed an agreement with Huawei to build its own LTE network.

Interestingly, Altel will still be piggybacking on Celcom’s existing LTE network as per its original agreement. The new 4G LTE network it is building will serve to work alongside Celcom’s infrastructure. This move will see Altel finally utilizing its 20% bandwidth allocation as awarded to parent company Puncak Semangat by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) way back in 2012. It is a highly intriguing one, too, as it could mean that Altel plans to upgrade from just an MVNO to a proper telecommunications provider.

Altel’s partnership with Huawei will see the latter providing wireless, core, transport and billing services to Altel, as well as business consultation services. According to Altel CEO Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Yaacob, Altel will continue to invest in its own radio network over the next five years.

This would be good news to Altel’s existing user base of around 20,000 nationwide and will surely increase the existing 2,500 authorised dealers in the future.

(Source: The Sun)

Have an old phone lying around, and wish to buy a brand new iPhone 5S? Maxis has just announced a new trade in & trade up program, allowing you to trade in your iPhone 4/4S, Samsung Galaxy S3 or Note 2, and purchase an iPhone 5S at a discounted price, or even for free when you sign up for the most expensive postpaid plan from the telco.

The program is available immediately and will run till 31 July 2014. Maxis will only accept trade in for the 4 devices listed – iPhone 4/4S, Samsung Galaxy S3 and Note 2; other phones are not acceptable. Other terms and conditions you need to take note of is:

• You will be tied to a 24 months contract
• Maxis customer with less than 1 year of service will need to pay advance payment

To sign up, all you need to do is bring your used device (no box, charger or accessories required) to a Maxis Center or Maxis Exclusive Partner nationwide. Trade in your device, sign the contract, and you’re good to go. The prices are as shown below:

So how much exactly do you save when you trade in your old phone? Here’s a comparison with the existing iPhone 5S bundle from Maxis:

According to the prices above, if you trade in your iPhone 4S or Samsung Galaxy Note 2, you will save up to RM750 (except for iValue 3 whereby you save only RM599). As for the iPhone 4 or Samsung Galaxy S3, you will save RM500, meaning that your 2 years old smartphone is worth a mere RM500. If you are a new Maxis customer or have been with Maxis for less than a year, you will have to pay an advance payment as listed on the table above.

Visit Maxis now for more information about the trade in program.

Good news for DiGi subscribers who are on the all-new DG SmartPlan that was introduced just about 2 months ago, it looks like the telco is currently offering a rebate of RM5/month if you sign up for a contract. On top of that, they will also offer an extra 100 minutes of talk time and 100 SMS every month, free for life. As with the rumor we heard earlier, the extra freebies are not only applicable for DG SmartPlan 50, new subscribers of DG SmartPlan 78 will get to enjoy the free 100 mins and 100 SMS too.

If you wish to subscribe to DiGi’s SmartPlan 50, sign up for a 12 months contract and you will enjoy a rebate of RM5 a month for the entire duration of your contract; that’s a total of RM60. DiGi’s SmartPlan 50 comes with 2GB of data and 200 free SMS (DiGi to DiGi only) but because of an on-going promotion that gives an additional 100 minutes and 100 SMS for free, it means that you will get a total of 100 minutes of free calls to all networks and a total of 300 free SMS (200SMS onnet, 100SMS all net).

The extra 100 minutes and 100 SMS is applicable for DiGi SmartPlan 78 as well though, no rebates will be given:

If you’re planning on signing up with DiGi and don’t plan on porting out anytime soon, this is without a doubt a very attractive deal. According to DiGi’s call and SMS rate, the 100minutes is worth RM15 and the 100SMS is worth RM10. This means that you will only be paying RM45 for 2GB of internet, 100 minutes of free calls and a total of 300 free SMS.

Visit DiGi now for more information.

Finally, it looks like U Mobile too is offering the Samsung Galaxy S5 with its pone bundle, allowing you to own the latest flagship smartphone from Samsung from as low as RM999. But wait, U Mobile also signed a partnership with Standard Chartered to give you a chance to receive further rebate worth RM444, meaning that you can get the Samsung Galaxy S5 at only RM555. Intrigued? Hit the break to find out how.

U Mobile is offering the Galaxy S5 with its usual postpaid plans – U58, U88 and U Plus, and ties you up to a 24 months contract but what sets U Mobile apart is that they require no upfront payment. If you fulfill the requirement, it means that you pay only for the price of the device, ranging from RM999 to RM1,499.

As for the Standard Chartered promotion with U Mobile, sign up for a U Plus plan, apply for the Standard Chartered JustOne Platinum credit card before 30 June 2014 and when approve, you will receive a RM444 rebate in your bill.

The bundle are as follows:

What you need to know:

• The RM444 rebate from Standard Chartered will only be credited into your account in October 2014. If Standard Chartered rejects your application, you will need to pay RM999 for the device.
• Promotion is valid until 30 June 2014 or while stocks last
• Upfront payment waiver does not apply for U58 option

U Mobile’s Samsung Galaxy S5 bundle comes with free 6 months subscription of U Care Plus 8, a device protection plan from the telco that was launched just last month. Check out our previous post to find out more about U Care Plus 8 Program, a comprehensive protection plan for your device.

In addition to that, for those who sign up for this plan, 80 of you might stand a chance to win a Samsung Galaxy Gear Fit worth RM599 each. This promotion starts today and will end on 29 April 2014.

Visit U Mobile now to find out more about the entire Samsung Galaxy S5 Deal.

Want a new phone but don’t want to pay thousands of Ringgit and don’t have the time to wait for upcoming devices from companies like Oppo, Xiaomi and OnePlus? U Mobile is currently offering the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 with its postpaid plans, allowing you to own the RM1,199 mid-range device from the Korean company from as low as RM0.

Available with a 24 months contract, U Mobile is offering the device with its U58, U88 and U Plus plans:

Advanced payment applies

Introduced late last year, the Galaxy Grand 2 is a mid-range Android smartphone that features a 5.25” HD display and is a lot more powerful than before. It is powered by a 1.2GHz Quad Core processor with 1.5GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage expandable via microSD card. It has an 8MP camera at the back and a 1.9MP front camera, and runs on Android 4.3 out of the box. Like all Samsung mobile phones, it comes packed with some of the latest Samsung TouchWiz features such as Story Album, S Translator, S Travel, Group Play and more. Other specs include 2,6000mAh battery, dual-SIM capability, 3G connectivity, measures at 146.8 x 75.3 x 8.9mm.

Visit U Mobile now to find out more about the bundle and find out where you can purchase it.