The more I look at the iPhone packages, the more ridiculous I think the plans are. Not only one is paying almost 2 times more than the cost of an “illegal” iPhone, the basic features are not up to par compared to most phone’s. It’s more for the cool/wow factor when you use the iPhone, but iPhone is so common these days that it’s not cool anymore.

Comparing plan with plan, I think Digi’s phone bundle plans are more “reasonable”. A simple survey on the street price for the phones available, you can see that Digi isn’t trying that hard/obvious to rip you off. The phones are actually cheaper when you opt for the correct plan.

For my case, the SE W760i does go cheaper as my average monthly usage fee is between RM50 to RM600. I get almost RM150 off (comparing to its RPP) and just slightly above the street price (about RM10). Sounds fair to me.

Anyway, Maxis’s plan is just blatant rip off. The RM2000 advance deposit is even ridiculous. It’s like asking the customers to pay for the phone and their loyalty to Maxis.

Yeah, I am a sour grape. LOL. Why Apple has to give its exclusivity to Maxis only?

8GB going for RM2400 while 16GB going for RM2700.