I was thinking of switching to either Digi or maxis postpaid (kind of wanted esim on maxis) but if you're just talking about getting the SIM cards it seems like it's never worth it to go postpaid? Seems like you're paying 4/5x the price for the exact same mobile/data plans with very little extra if you don't care about devices etc or home fibre. Can anyone explain to me why the Telco pricing is so disconnected from one to the other? What is the selling point of postpaid because I really don't get it - you would think you would get better pricing or priority on traffic shaping by locking into a contract but that doesnt seem to be the case.

Based on my experience, prepaid with plans that don’t auto renew is a hassle to manage. Especially when you have multiple lines.

Other than that, postpaid usually has family options and even fibre broadband bundles on offer.

Am now keeping track of and topping up 3 prepaid lines with digi (monthly auto renewals) for my family members and 1 prepaid line with hotlink (non auto renew) for myself. Definitely cheaper than postpaid but not as convenient.

This post has been edited by kmrdeva: May 18 2024, 04:27 PM

Actually the perks is more towards convenient, no need to remember to topup, can purchase devices or bundle with fibre, and for some plan, roaming advantage.
Imo you do not need to lock into contract, just find those plan that is contract free like Hotlink Postpaid.

There is also hotlink postpaid
Cheaper with no strings attached

no pt to go for postpaid nowadays, need to pay for SST.

5G wireless fiber modem plan dont have prepaid option

There is no marketing sense (in terms of value $$$) of getting postpaid. You pay extra and SST for lesser data. The only thing is the convenience of not having to renew/top-up to keep the number active. Prepaid is at least 2x better in value for the same $$$ paid.

IMHO, I'd go for postpaid if the value offered is the same or better than prepaid.

Prepaid, there is no worry of abuse, once the top-up is zero, calls/data is "stop". Whereas, postpaid it will goes into credit and can rake up thousands $$$. What a hassle, IMHO.

This post has been edited by chkwong: May 20 2024, 08:19 AM

Prefer prepaid, don't like get tied with telco and SST fees.

Damn you Hotlink, playing dirty trick to move user from prepaid to postpaid.

This is prepaid to prepaid, they migrate old legacy plan to new plan just like what Digi did to some of their users.

digicelcom prepaid plan mostly auto-renewable.

Just reload RM100 at one go and you are good for the next 3 months

Oh.. yeah over look.
Thought they still pushing me to change to hotlink post.

I’ve always found prepaid to be the better option, mainly because I don’t want to deal with contracts or unexpected charges. I like having full control over my spending and only topping up when necessary. The only downside is remembering to recharge on time, but it’s a small trade-off for the flexibility.

For recharging, I usually go with paynet since it’s quick and supports multiple providers. It’s especially useful when sending balance to family overseas without any hidden fees or long wait times.

This post has been edited by mrlive005: Mar 3 2025, 08:22 PM

Not really these days benefit of postpaid is you pay 8% to government and once awhile you get a very good for phone discounts .

Prepaid these days are cheaper

Well, it is what we called MONOPOLY or in this case, a DUOPOLY.

Maxis for decades has been the leader, far ahead of Celcom and Digi. They are pretty much unscathed to the point they can charge you whatever they want. Yes, they had the advantage in their network coverage during the initial phase of 4G. So subscribers are locked to their network with their cheap phone offering back then.

Fast forward today, Maxis still continues to lead. Now Celcom and Digi has been fighting for many years to no avail. Hence they have now joined hand and become another Maxis in the making. They do not have to fight each other now, they just have to fight Maxis by offering something similar or slightly cheaper than Maxis.

The other way to go is by going MVNO. OneXOX is one of those example. One family plan where principal line starts at RM39, with each supp line only another RM10. You could have 5 lines in XOX that cost less than 1 Maxis/CelcomDigi principal line.

Now that these 2 big brother are hand in hand raping consumers, UM saw the chance and already start offering newer plans that cost slightly more every now and then.

As for me myself all 3 of my phone lines are prepaid, 2 digi prepaid and 1 hotlink prepaid, it's not hard to managed
For me prepaid very convenient, plus easy to activate and easy to terminate

I have to maintain 10 numbers prepaid tell me about it.

There some plan auto renew take that plan just make sure have enough credit

Respect for that
Well same here, all 3 numbers plan also auto renew, just like you said just make sure enough credit

10 numbers? How many phones you got?

Phone 3 the rest I can monitor through digi app . Keep for vvip number

I only maintain my primary number the rest I top up every 3months

This post has been edited by aspire2oo6: Feb 28 2025, 08:46 AM

Noted 😉