same case like me. already call and make a report.
yesterday got call from CS Digi.
they explain why kena cas.
this month (RM45) comfirm wave.
but she teach me to change from using number > email.
if i ever use imessage/facetime.
 

if i jus close the imassage function, will it be same or not?

other telco like maxis and celcom don't charge if we activate facetime by using our handphone number. only digi charges it as international sms. this one i find it quite ridiculous. some people don't want to use email as facetime ID, due to privacy concern.

yes. umobile / celcom never charge me for facetime.
da heck digi charge pula.
so i dunno. now jus off that stupid imessage.
not gonna use email.

HAHAHAHA

I was a subscriber for the DIGI mobile broadband 185. originally comes with 30/70gb on/off peak quota.

when i first noticed that they had upgraded the on peak quota to 40gb on their website, I called the Digi Helpline number and asked nicely if I am to receive the additional quota as well. But they told me that I need to TERMINATE my line and RESUBSCRIBE for the plan because the offer is only for NEW subscriber.

I was quite angry because they pulled off the Maxis move of giving new customers better offer, so I terminated my line which costs me almost RM300, but I did not resubscribe back.

N now some existing 185 plan subscribers r telling me that they actually do get extra 10gb bump for the on peak quota.

Fuck me right?

wah tis is too much wor..

just imagine the amount of users being charged rm0.50 each time..

Digi really can make additional income from it 

i kena this month RM 45.00
hbu?
first time Digi trolling me

In fairness, the telcos are not responsible.  If your phone sends an international sms, the telco has the right to charge you for it. 

If anything, you should complain to Apple who designed iMessage to work in this way.

Other messaging services like WhatsApp, Telegram never incur charges - their robot even call you for free with the password to setup on a new device.

to be fair , digi did warn me about the sms charge for facetime activation when i signed up for their iphone plan.maybw digi don't have agreement with  UK telco to waive the charge, hence they pass the cost to customer?

No wonder under my unbill charges there is a RM0.50. Looks like I gotta call them to get it waived. Each imsg cost Rm0.50? It's absurb to me la

Approve carrier = SIM card will work when placing it into the phone. Newer iPhone had bands required by Yes 4G LTE but unable to use it because it's not approved carrier.

I wouldn't mind if it's for activation of RM0.50. If they charge me everytime I use facetime/imsg definitely no no. Anyway will give them a call tmrw. Digi is not like celcom that has online customer service.

Where were u where all these charges were incured? And u used facetime/imsg?

In the Message menu, did you turn ON the Send as SMS?
Send as SMS when iMessage is unavailable. Carrier messaging rates may apply.

Turn it OFF and test.

the trick is , when you get the message (facetime activation- carrier may charge for this ) , just press cancel.

you can still use facetime or imessage with email id, but not your handphone number.

I just called digi to enquire about the facetime/imsg charges.

The guy told me it is not waivable, and the only way to solve this issue is to turn facetime/imsg off on my phone. Ridiculous isnt it?

And he told me everytime I restart my phone i'll be charged. As far as I'm concern, only when we change sim cards right? He further explained that other telcos does not charge as they do not have this IDD sms thing enabled by default which sounds like a full load of crap to me. Since it's RM0.50 i'll just ignore it for now.

Maxis - Spotify Premium case
Digi - FaceTime/iMessage charges case
Celcom - Below par network performance

So now all big three got their own issues.

well you can change to maxis , they don't charge for facetime/imessage activation

i first noticed the 50 sen charge when i use prepaid , 4)3' when i convert to postpaid iphone, i was told by digi staff that they do charge for imessage activation.

so now i only use my email as facetime / imessage ID. other than that not much complain on digi. still a good telco.

has anyone here written in to digi to highlight the issue?