For those with sup lines, this might be pertinent information which I got from Maxis Centre Pavilion.

Let's say you're on Value Plus 50 and you have sup lines on Family Plus 30, calls from main-sup, sup-main, sup-sup lines are free.

If you change to iValue plan, calls from sup-main & sup-sup lines remains free but calls from main-sup lines are charged at 20% discount of your iValue call rate.

@weileong
I'm in the same boat as you. I was set for iValue RM100 but now I'll probably go for idata RM50 to get the iphone.

Also you can make 2 bookings with same name & IC by booking once with your new IC number and again with your old IC number.

One more thing, iValue plan + Value Plus Family = No Talk Time sharing.

So in effect, if one wishes to utilise the Hotlink free 500mb/mth data for the whole year, it becomes a minimum RM30/mth for 12 months contract.

2) Correct. Specifically calls from Main line to sup lines are not free. You do get a 20% discount. Sup-Main & sup-sup lines remain free and also the main line won't have talk time sharing with the sup lines. For me the Talk Time Sharing is more important than the free calls to my sups.

I'm currently on Value Plus 50 with a few Family Plus 30 sup lines. I plan to signup for iData2 to get the slight discount for the 3GS 32GB.

@Takky
Machines had 12 month interest free easy payment plan with the iPhone 3G. Should be the same for the 3GS.
Worst case you can buy it first and then convert to 6, 12, 18, 24 month payment plans. I know EON Bank & Citibank can do that but you extra a certain percentage.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Jul 16 2009, 06:00 PM

The max contract period of 12 months for port in customers is actually an MNP regulation set by the SKMM. It's item 25 in their faq on this page.

http://www.skmm.gov.my/consumer/mnp.asp

I want to get a white one but will most probably take a black 3GS. If not, my wife will know that I got a new phone again. I'm currently using a black 3G. :-)

Hopefully she won't notice. :-) I think the difference is fairly inconspicuous unless you have the 3GS next to the 3G then it's glaringly obvious.

Yes, allowed. I asked the very same question at Maxis Centre Pavilion since I'm also going for iData2. You can upgrade anytime with no penalties. The charges for that month will be pro-rated. No changes to the contract.

I think best to do that to be sure.

The Curve Roadshow is run by an MEP (ie a Maxis dealer with a nice TLA) and dealers have sometimes given me wrong or incomplete information. eg: When I was asking about iValue Plans and VPF supp lines, Maxis dealer in Ampang Point told me calls are free between main & supp lines (just like VP+VPF). Later I found out from both Maxis Centre Pavilion & 123 that main-supp lines aren't free. The dealer also "forgot" to mention that there's no talk-time sharing.

I think from business point of view, it would make sense that they don't charge for an upgrade.

Downgrade definitely will have monetary consequences.

Tink, when you're on the line with 123, can you ask about penalties for downgrading?

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Added on July 22, 2009, 10:19 amYeah, must sell off to feed the 3GS monster. I'm also thinking of selling off my iPhone 3G & wife's 2G but just haven't had time to pen a post. Maybe I'll just give it to my wife.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Jul 22 2009, 10:19 AM

Regarding postpaid vs prepaid, I was using RM100-130 on Digi Prepaid up until about 8 months ago when I changed to Digi50 postpaid which is RM50 a month. I've only gone over the RM50 once since then. My call patterns have not changed and most likely have increased incrementally since the change. So for me, postpaid is definitely cheaper.

Of course, this is only my experience. Call patterns are highly individualised so YMMV.

Agree, agree. Also don't forget now we might be uploading more since we can take video and upload straight to Youtube from the 3GS.

Go for 12 months then next year you can sell off the 3GS and get the new iPhone. 24 months is too long to be tied to a telco. Some people don't even stay married for that long. :-)

Strange, I bought a 3GS from Switch Mines, Sunday noon, with a new Hotlink card. When I eventually put in the card about 3 hours later and activated the phone, I received the 500mb sms almost immediately.

which number did u called? 1300 820 120? The hotlink customer service abit sucky =( i got my phone on friday, till now havent get..called on saturday, till now nothing...now calling hotlink customer service again zzzzz

This post has been edited by raptar_eric: Aug 3 2009, 11:16 AM

Not quite a brand new line but I ported in from Digi and it was quite fast. Maybe 10mins or so. I did this about a week before the launch.

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Added on August 4, 2009, 4:43 pmYou can if they have stocks not reserved for anyone but the problem is finding a shop like this. I got one such unit from Switch Mines on Sunday. The staff there told me that someone cancelled their booking. They had 2 units on Sat night but 1 left when I went the next morning.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Aug 4 2009, 04:43 PM

Remains as HYC and the free 500mb is monthly for 12 months.

I'm sure most of you already know this but for the benefit of those who don't.

1. If you opt for email statements, no more paper bills via pos, you can enable itemised billing for free. Normal charge is RM3 or RM5 a mth, I think.

2. You can activate call forwarding for free if your 3G service is already activated which it should be if you're on iValue plan.

This is true for all postpaid plans, not just iValue or iData.