If you’re looking for an affordable Android smart phone with an affordable plan, U Mobile is now offering the Samsung Galaxy Y on its new postpaid plans.

The Samsung Galaxy Y is a decent entry level device at its price point below RM500. It runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and a modest 832MHz processor which retails at RM499. On U Mobile, it is offered at RM399 on U28 plan, RM199 on U58 and FREE on U88.

To recap on the plans (U28, U58, U88), they come with 1GB, 2GB and 3GB mobile internet quota respectively with either free calls/sms or both. To make it easier to purchase, U Mobile is also offering 6 months easy payment programme as well. When signing up, U58 and U88 requires some advance payment of the subscription fee while U28 requires no upfront payment. The device bundle is tied with a 24 months contract.

For more information, head over to U Mobile Phone Deals page.

Effective 20th January 2012, U Mobile has revised its prepaid offering for new subscribers. Not only you get free calls but this time they are also giving out free SMS. They are giving out 20 FREE SMS for every 6 SMS sent on a daily basis which can be used on all local mobile numbers. You can only accumulate a maximum of 1000 SMS but they reset on a daily basis.

In terms of Free Calls which U Mobile is offering, the new plan has revised the free calls period to 12:00 AM to 6:59:59PM which is subject to Fair Use policy of 60 minutes a day. You get 1 day of Free calls for every top up made. So if you top up RM30, you get 30 days of free calls within U Mobile Network. Existing U Mobile subscribers that signed up before this can still continue 24 hours all day Free calls.

For more information, head over to U Mobile Prepaid page.

U Mobile is throwing a special promo for 1 week where they are offering 6 months subscription of MB68 and a Free USB Modem for only RM254. That’s a 50% off from its actual value whereby the MB68 broadband plan with 5GB data is usually charged at RM68/month and the modem’s purported value of RM100. This is a pretty good deal which calculates to only RM42.30/month.

To grab this offer, head over to U Mobile’s Like the Deals App. You will be asked to like their fan page and accept a couple of permissions. The device and SIM is collectable from selected U Mobile service centres. Before signing up, make sure your area is covered with their coverage map.

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The highly anticipated iPhone 4S was launched in Malaysia with the 3 big telcos offering iPhone 4S contract plans. While the plans offer all round bundles of text, sms and data, some people out there aren’t too keen with the contracted offers.

With Apple Online Store also offering the iPhone 4S outright from RM2199, consumers now have the freedom to choose other plans that suit their needs. It is also worth pointing out that the Apple Store is selling the 32GB and 64GB versions at a lower price compared to the listed RRP from the telcos.

Read on to find out other plan alternatives & ownership costs from DiGi, Maxis & even U Mobile.

The Alternative Plans

For those that uses more data than making calls and SMS, you can opt for DiGi’s SmartPlan 48, 68 and 88 which is a mobile data oriented plan. Calls and SMS are charged separately as you go which is perfect if you hardly make much calls. For the extreme data users, SmartPlan 88 offers a whopping 5GB data for only RM83/month. All DiGi subscription fees listed are after RM5/month rebate for auto-billing.

U Mobile in the other hand have something similar with their new data postpaid plans U28, U58 and U88 with bundled voice/sms. U28 is currently the cheapest option available with 1GB of data and 200+100 bundled SMS for only RM28/month. The subsequent higher plans U58 and U88 offer extra 1GB with more goodies of either calls and SMS. Just like its postpaid plans, U Mobile does not charge for extra usage but downloads will be throttled to lower speed.

If you need a bit of everything, there’s a U Mobile Unlimited Mobile Internet on prepaid that offers 500MB of data, 100 minute of voice calls and 30 SMS for only RM28/month. Unlike most prepaids, U Mobile offers uncapped download speeds.

Over at Maxis, if the iValue plans from RM100/month is too much to bear, you can opt for its recently introduced Value Plus Internet postpaid plans. There’s Value Plus Internet 50 and Value Plus Internet 80 which offers 250MB and 500MB respectively with bundled talk time and minutes. Although the subscription is lower than iValue plans, the bundled data is rather low, at least 4X less than its competitors. Another word of caution is that Maxis charges for excess usage at 30sen/MB. If you see yourself using more than 500MB/month, you are better off with iValue Plans.

Cost of ownership

So how much does it cost in the long run? We calculated the iPhone 4S which you buy directly from the Apple Online Store and the total minimum subscription fee (excluding excess usage) in 12 and 24 month duration below:

24 months duration

12 months duration

Summary
From the comparison above, U Mobile’s U28 Postpaid and Unlimited Mobile Internet package on Prepaid is the cheapest plan for the iPhone 4S from just RM28/month. Compared to the mainstream iPhone 4S plans from the big 3, the total minimum cost of ownership (iPhone 4S 16GB + subscription) is only RM2,871 over 24 months. As comparison, the cost of ownership of the iPhone 4S on the lowest commitment Celcom i68 plan for 24 months is RM3,270.

All calculation above are based on minimum usage assumption without exceeding the bundled data, talk time and minutes. Whichever option you choose from the above, you are free to cancel or switch operators at anytime since the iPhone 4S is bought outright without contract.

As always, we would advise studying your mobile phone usage patterns from your monthly bill to find out which plan is suitable to your needs. Plans and pricing aside, other factors to consider is network coverage, service and customer service quality which varies depending on area.

If you spot any mistakes, do alert us at the comments below.

For more information on the plans above, click on the links below:
U Mobile U28, U58 & U88
U Mobile Prepaid Unlimited Mobile Internet
Maxis Value Plus Internet Postpaid
DiGi DG SmartPlan 48, 68 & 88

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U Mobile has revealed its Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus and Samsung Galaxy W plans ahead of its 5th December dateline.

The Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus goes for as low as RM999 while the Galaxy W as low as RM349 on U Mobile’s U88 plan. If 3GB a month is too much, you can opt for U28 or U58 plans. The price difference for the device is RM200 in between postpaid plans. In terms of contract duration, both devices are tied with 24 months contract.

Without contract, the Tab 7.0 Plus is priced at RM1,699 while the Galaxy W is going for RM999. For more information, head over to U Mobile’s phone deals page.

To recap on the plans, U28 offers 1GB, U58 with 2GB and U88 with 3GB. You can read more about these plans here.

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UPDATE: U Mobile BlackBerry Bold 9790 plans are officially revealed. Full plan details below after the jump.

U Mobile is expected to offer the BlackBerry Bold 9790 on 5th December but they have started silent pre-ordering deal on selected people.

The BlackBerry Bold 9790 is said to be offered as low as RM799 with 24 months contract plan of U88. For BIS service, additional RM20 subscription fee is required which makes it a total of RM108 for 24 months. There’s also an upfront payment of RM264 upon registration. In total, that’s RM1063 to be paid upon subscription and it is payable via credit card’s 0% interest easy payment installment.

Thanks SirProtos for the heads up!

UPDATE: The plans have finally appeared on U Mobile’s blackberry page.

Apart from U88, the Bold 9790 can be yours at RM999 on U58 and RM1199 on U28. So for the minimum monthly commitment, you can opt for U28 + RM20/month BIS plan which costs RM48/month.

UPDATE: Expected pricing for the Bold 9790 revealed here.

UPDATE: IMCC reveals Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Pricing at RM1,699.

U Mobile has started registration of interest for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, Samsung Galaxy W and the BlackBerry Bold 9790. According to the details the registration of interest will run until 1st December and those that registered will be informed about their collection after 5th December.

Plans and pricing are not revealed yet but it is likely to be bundled on their new postpaid plans. Recently U Mobile has been aggressive in the device game with the latest gadgets offering. In fact, they are more active than Maxis which has been very quiet lately in terms of smart phone bundling.

For the BlackBerry Bold 9790, U Mobile is throwing FREE BlackBerry car charger, leather pocket and Jabra bluetooth headset worth over RM250 for the first 100 subscribers.

Head over to U Mobile to register your interest for the Tab 7.0 Plus or Bold 9790. It is strange that they need to offer a registration of interest for Galaxy W which is already available through IMCC.

Thanks tessiemah for alerting us at the comments!

The HTC Sensation XE is making its way to all telcos fast. Now it is also available on U Mobile for postpaid bundling with their new postpaid plans from as low as RM1,299 with 24 months contract of U88.

For those that want a HTC Sensation XE with lowest commitment, there’s the U28 which comes with 1GB of data. On U28 plan of RM28/month, the Sensation XE goes for RM1,699 with no upfront fees required. For a bit more, there’s U58 with 2GB data and 300 minutes of calls that offers the device for RM1,499. U Mobile’s offering is quite affordable with generous allowance of data.

As comparison, Celcom offers the Sensation XE from RM1,248 while DiGi offers it from RM1,299 as well.

For more information, head over to U Mobile’s phone deals page.

Thanks to tessiemah for alerting us at the comments.

U Mobile now offers the Blackberry Curve 9360 for RM499 on its Unlimited BlackBerry Internet Service + 5GB of data plan. There’s only one option of 24 months contract with a monthly commitment fee of RM68.

Strangely until now Maxis has yet to bundle the Curve 9360 while the rest including DiGi & Celcom has already been offering it.

For more information, head over to U Mobile Blackberry page.

In apology to the nationwide network outage suffered by U Mobile recently, the operator is offering free mobile data and SMS to all its subscribers.

Specifically, all prepaid and post-paid U Mobile subscribers will get free SMS to all local operators all day on 10 November, 10 December, and 10 January 2012. In addition, U Mobile’s monthly data package subscribers will receive free 500MB monthly from 10 November to the end of January 2012.

U Mobile is certainly doing a commendable job in making amends to ts subscribers for the network outage but it goes without saying that operators rarely get a second chance when it comes to things like this. While this is not the first network outage suffered by the operator, let’s hope Dr. Heerjee will make this the last.

Official statement from U Mobile produced in verbatim after the jump.

FREE DATA AND FREE SMS FOR ALL U MOBILE SUBSCRIBERS
U Mobile Offers Free Services to Subscribers in Apology for Recent Network Disruptions

Kuala Lumpur, 2 November 2011 – U Mobile Sdn Bhd today announced that its subscribers affected by the service disruptions on Monday, 31 October, will receive free SMS and free data worth the value of over RM30 million over three months as a gesture from the company to its valued users.

All U Mobile subscribers, both prepaid and post-paid, will be able to send free SMS all day to all operators in Malaysia on 10 November, 10 December, and 10 January 2012. In addition, the monthly data package users will receive additional free data of 500MB monthly from 10 November to the end of January 2012.

Dr. Kaizad Heerjee, Chief Executive Officer, U Mobile Sdn Bhd, said in a statement posted on the U Mobile website, “We would like to sincerely apologize for the service disruption you have experienced on Monday, 31 October. As shared on our Facebook page later that evening, this was caused by an unexpected glitch during the upgrading of our high speed network.

“We know that free SMS and free data cannot compensate for the inconvenience caused on Monday but hope that this goes some way to expressing our sincere apologies to our customers. The trust of our subscribers is of paramount importance to us and we will continue to look into ways to meet their expectations.”