hey guys i recently purchased an iphone 3g (singtel set) and read of all the horror stories of people getting an insanely high bills because of the EDGE and 3G feature being switched on all the time. i called up maxis and upgraded to the 3G unlimited plan for RM99 a month. is this the safe option so that i don't end up with a rm400 bill for my edge 3g usage? does this mean i can switch on all the features on my iphone and use as much or as little as i want for rm99 a month?

also my data roaming in the settings menu is switched off. should i leave the switch on or off? what does it do actually?

hello bro....
1stly...its a good ting u did 2 upgrade 2 ur monthly 99...
smart option...
now.. if u choose not 2...maxis caps da usage for pay per use at rm240 or smwhr thr...
so basically its better if u did sign up..
use it all day long...anywhr in malaysia...
data roaming shud stay off in malaysia...and u can choose to use it when u travel abroad..but keep in mind tat the chargers wud be diff thr...
any ques?

unlimited data plan is the best choice la bro. No need to be scared by the high bill. All the free apps feel free to be played need not scared the ads cost u. I am also thinking whether to upgrade my data plan. Currently am using 5mb plan tat cost me rm8/month. Just to play safe.

I am on DiGi's Data Unlimited, RM66 ..
I'm a happy customer ..

no capping, i call up the other day to check got any fine print or not

maxis will limit their charge at rm 250

would you like ur phone being barred for call out and can receive call only? haha.. i bet not rite. so just play safe lo bro. always check ur current maxis bill via the website or call the hotline 123. This is how i did lo. Those who also applied for subline the limit is not 250 for urself only. is added another 250 on it. Like me i have 5 lines including the principal line. so total limit is 1250. if just solely use the internet, all my 5 phones will be barred in a week.

aiyoh, 5 line n maxis only gives u a limit of 1250?

A quick question about the maxis unlimited data plan. Can i have it with a pre-paid sim card ? or i need to switch to post-paid contract ?

Lol. If can be lowered i would prefer tat. My lines are standard plan. Cant afford to pay rm1k for just the phone bill.

kekekek, but y wanna sub so many line out?

Family of coz. I use 2 line. Kl n kch line. Last time got no 1 country 1 rate. I wont mind just to pay rm10 for each access fee.

big boss, so many lines

no la. Last time went to kl study my master degree n working there so ma get a kl line lo. Sub line is cheaper than u get a prepaid card.

wah, master degree...
limpe form 5 nia

Earn money legally n working experience is much more important than getting tat cert. I spent 50k for tat. Haha. Be yrself boss la.

i just signed up for the 5mb for rm8 package. i don't plan to do any serious surfing on 3g so this is just a backup.

i find out many buy iphone 3G, but no use 3G

The same reason why a lot buy the Nokia N95 but have no idea what the front camera is for. Buy because it is the latest. What a waste.

i tot N95 thye buy it for the GPS which many till now dun even know how to use it?

well, at least i can say, this iphone, i 3G-ed kaw kaw

all this while majority of malaysians do that.
buy becoz it's new version.
but never fully utilise all the functions.

i did not subscribe any data plan... use wifi normally
tat day search the maps for urgent purpose.... ss2 to puchong area... within 5mins.. end up 11mb...and cost me RM110 ..!!!!

1stly i know maxis charge is expensive... but i DONT know that maps needs so much data... =.=''

may be i should consider the unlimited rm99 plan...

This post has been edited by marogal: Jan 15 2009, 06:45 PM

of course maps needs lots of data.
the maps displayed is a combination of lots of pictures.

no budget le bro...

no news abt bonus oso

Just received my first full month bill with using iphone 3g. Used 4.3mb for maxis mobile internet. charged rm23.66 but rebate rm20.25 for 5mb data bundle so totalled mobile internet chrages is 3.41. i tot is gonna charge me rm8 for all. strange.

if i didnt subscribe for 5mb mobile internet, the total charged will be like RM43.00.

how do you keep track on how much data connection you have used? 3rd party apps?

Setting>Usage>Cellular Data Network

Hi,

I am on Maxis RM8/= for 5MB and when I was in China 2 weeks ago, saw an SMS from Maxis that roaming charges is RM102.50 per/mega byte .

WOW

jackdon

1 MB is RM102.50?

roaming 3G is the most expensive, tats is y, at ori settings, the roaming data is being turn off

@jackdon,
At RM102.50 p/MB you're better off just paying the hotel for internet connection

Anyhow, I must have done something to disable the 3G setting on my iPhone 3G because it doesn't work! I understand there's no need to be in any setting and it should work immediately but it doesn't work on mine and I haven't had time to call Maxis to check re the activation and all.

Anyways, good call changing to a RM99 Unlimited Data Package plan. Speaking of which, is there a lock-in period when we make the change or can we change it back to our usual plan when we decide to?

1mb >rm102??? that is wow.. roaming really chopping ppl.

in HK, it is approximately rm50/mb whilst it will set one back at AUD13/mb in australia.

data roaming normally 3x of local charges, like 3cts/kb (for SG)
i think apply to other country data roaming

tinkerbel, u can cancel the subscriptioni anytime

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Added on January 16, 2009, 10:10 amoh ya,i call up to maxis to make some inquires, they also have the know how for apn in our iphone ler

This post has been edited by rx330: Jan 16 2009, 10:10 AM

Sorry Bit OOT here.. just wondering how bout Celcom's 3G? worth it?

bro are you sure Maxis will caps the usage?

i just got my bill 3 days ago, 700RM+++

just came back to this country 1 month ago, and i use 700RM++++!!!!!!!!!

next day immediately I went to signup with the 99 plan....

if roaming i dont think they cap it.
that's the time they make money of course

it's not roaming, i got a maxis a/c, and they still didnt cap me...i gonna go and ask them since i haven't paid yet.

i've noticed my bill has gone up abit since i got my iPhone. should i turn Location Services off? 'cause sometimes when i play games there will be a prompt asking whether the game can use my Location Service. is it accessing to the net?

would the RM8 per month data plan be sufficient for me for some light GPS usage? RM99 is too expensive for me dy.

gps mayb ok.
but not maps i guess.

Using maps sign for unlimited la bro.

guys do u notice something. the camera also consume internet data. 1kb will be gone for each photo taken. although 1kb = 1 cent. but still money rite? lol

er ... why does the camera needs to access the net?

if location services turned on, then i guess every photo taken will be geotagged.
thus explains why the need of internet data.

oh yeah. i forgot about that. thanks.

yayaya... geotagging. btw.. where to see the photo is geotagged?

location service is using GPS data...
even i off internet, my photo still captured with GPS info

distance app still able to measure distance...

then it is back to square one ... if that's the case, why does the camera needs to connect to the net?

This post has been edited by atomica: Jan 17 2009, 03:34 PM

try using flickr. they support geotagged pictures.


i see. lol. my mistake then

Picasa also support geotag

camera doesn't connect to the net.
My cellular data network is still 0 byte even after I took a lot of pictures and they were all geotagged.
u try to disable ur data connection like 3G and EDGE.

i tried picasa, but it does not support iphone GPS photo (i confirmed my iphone photo incl GPS data as i chk fm iphoto & preview) after i uploaded.

wat 2 do is wait iphoto 09 den...

after u uploaded to the picasaweb, it will show the location u took the picture...in the application itself dun have map, but u can see there is GPS location information in the EXIF.

waiting for the picasa 4

is the maxis 3g unlimited plan inclusive of the call charges? means 1 month i just need to pay rm99 ?

Nope. Just for your 3G data usage only.

whoa.. that's expensive.... anyway.. thank you...

yes it is. hoping digi will launch its 3g package soon ...

digi got 3G lesen?

oh yes;

http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?s...siness/19499488

DiGi forged an alliance with Time dotCom Bhd (TDC) to transfer the 3G spectrum to DiGi for over RM700mil and for DiGi to have access to a vast fibre optic network.

Omg, this is scary, i cant afford the data plan. Any way to totally disable the auto connection to the internet via camera gps and other softwares included in the iphone? Coz i just ordered one yesterday.

Do check the thread below to disable your connections.

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/868281

Cheers

Thanks for the info, i actually read the threads stickied. I was only worried about the camera gps part on whether it will consume bandwidth. Sorry, coz i havent actually gotten the iphone. Just ordered yesterday. Not sure if you can turn of the camera gps part to just use camera without geotagging

msia shud launch a localised version of iphone, comes with now data usage one
shud be more prefered here