marketing strategy....
u need to calculate the total amount u pay for the next 24 months with other telco package.
Then you will know

Paying an upfront is a must and digi will deduct the upfront monthly into your bill.

Example:  upfront is RM672.00  , your package is 24 months (2year contract)

                monthly Digi will deduct RM28.00 from your bill that means RM672 devide into 24months.
Put some common sense into it, you still save RM627.00 even if you pay upfront BECAUSE it will deduct back into your monthly bill for 2 years.

The so called saving is not what it is...
The adv can be misunderstood as...
RM1340 + upfront RM672 + RM60x24 months - rebate RM28x24months= RM2780 for 24 months (everyone will think the plan is RM60!!!)

but reality is
RM1340 + upfront RM672 + (88-28=60)x24 months = RM3452 for 24 months
where you "SAVE" RM28 per month for your bill

That is why i said, please calculate total amount you have to pay for 24 months, but not seeing DG wonderful calculation....
and OF COZ
the upfront payment is preventing purchaser to RUN AWAY from paying...
that is why every digi plan total payment during registration is almost same price with the device price!
that means if anyone dun want to pay anymore after pay the 1st payment, DG will not lose any cent of money.....