As we all know, iPhone are very data-intensive aka use a lot of data. So I am going to make a comparison of iPhone plans in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, HK, Australia. It seems that Malaysia telcos are earning big bucks from our excess data usage. Do you also agree that now we talk less on the phone & spend more time surfing the net on our phone instead?
Malaysia
Maxis iValue plans
iValue1 @ RM100 = 333min,200SMS,20MMS,1GB data
iValue2 @ RM155 = 667min,400SMS,40MMS,2GB data
iValue3 @ RM250 = 1500min,600SMS,60MMS,3GB data
iValue4 @ RM375 = 2500min,800SMS,80MMS,4GB data
Digi (from 7 July onwards)
Digi iDiGi plans
iDigi88 @ RM60 = 200min,200SMS,20MMS,1GB data
iDigi138 @ RM90 = 450min,400SMS,40MMs,3GB data
iDigi238 @ RM160 = 1000min,600SMS,60MMS,5GB data
Singapore
Singtel iFlexi plans
iFlexi Lite @ S$39 = 100min,500SMS/MMS,12GB data
iFlexi Value @ S$56 = 200min, 500SMS/MMS, 12GB data
iflexi Plus @ S$95 = 500min, 500SMS/MMS, 12GB data
iFlexi Premium @ S$205 = 2000min,2000 SMS/MMS, 30GB data
Starhub Smartsurf iPhone plans
smartsurf iphone100 @ S$38 = 100min,500SMS/mms,12GB data
smartsurf iphone300 @ S$58 = 300min,500SMS/MMS,12GB data
smartsurf iphone700 @ S$98 = 700min,500SMS/MMS,12GB data
smartsurf iphone unlimited @ S$205 = 2000min,2000SMS/MMS,unlimited data
M1 iPhone plans
iPhone Value @ S$36 = 100min,500SMS/mms,12GB data
iPhone Lite @ S$56 = 300min,500SMS/MMS,12GB data
iPhone Extreme @ S$98 = 700min,500SMS/MMS,unlimited data
iPhone Unlimited @ S$198 = Unlimited Min,SMS/MMS & data
Brunei
DST Prima plans
Essential @ B$35 = 300min,100SMS,20MMs,1.5GB data
Extra @ B$55 = 2000min,200SMS,55MMS,5GB data
Executive @ B$85 = 4000min,400SMS,85MMS,10GB data
Elite @ B$165 =Unlimited min,SMS,MMs, 20GB data
b.mobile smart plans
B$35=300min voice call,50min video call,100SMS,20MMS,1.5GB data
B$45=500min voice,100min video,200SMS,30MMS,3GB data
B$55=1000min voice,150min video,300SMS,40MMS,10GB data
B$65=1200min voice,200min video,500SMS,50MMS, unlimited data
HK
Smartone
HKD138=1400min,100MB data,unlimited SMS
HKD248=2100min,500MB data,unlimited SMS
HKD398=3900min,unlimited data & SMS
3
HKD138=100MB data,1500min,unlimited SMS
HKD198=200MB data,1600min,unlimited SMS
HKD248=500MB data,2200min,unlimited SMS
HKD298=500MB data,3000min,unlimited SMS
HKD398=Unlimited data & SMS,4000min
CSL
HKD157=1600min,unlimited SMS,200MB data
HKD217=1800min,unlimited SMS,400MB data
HKD267=2500min,unlimited SMS,800MB data,200MMS
HKD419=3900min,unlimited SMS & data,200MMS
Australia
Telestra NextG plans
A$49=200mb data,$400 worth of value
A$79=500mb data,$750 worth of value
A$99=500mb data,$1000 worth of value
A$129=1Gb data,$1500 worth of value
Optus ExtremeCap
A$19=100mb data,$70 value
A$29=200mb data,$180 value
A$49=1GB data,$450 value
A$59=2GB data,$550 value
A$79=2GB data,$800 value
Vodafone
A$29=$180 value,200mb data
A$49=$450 value,1.5GB data
A$59=$650 value,2GB data
A$79=$800 value,2GB data
A$99=Unlimited Value,3GB data
3
A$29=$180 value,200mb data
A$39=$250 value,200mb data
A$49=$450 value,1.5GB data
A$59=$650 value,2GB data
A$79=$800 value,2GB data
Virgin Mobile
A$29=$190 value,100mb data
A$39=$300 value,300mb data
A$49=$450 value,500mB data

From all these info it seems that only Hong Kong & Australia offers less FREE data in the plans than in Malaysia. I dont know what is preventing our telcos from offering more FREE data, maybe because they earn a lot of bucks from data nowadays especially when you reach exceeded the FREE data limits . Or it is because our network is still not advanced enough to handle too much DATA flow?

Ops sorry I forget about that its only the 'Green Maxis' that will charge.Sorry aobut that

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Added on September 22, 2010, 9:48 pmBy the way I am on DiGi & pretty happy about the way they charged the DATA RM5/day limit 100mb, RM15/1wk 250mb limit (DiGi prepaid)
Im going to buy an iPhone4 though

This post has been edited by ryan18: Sep 22 2010, 09:48 PM