Most operators are encouraging its customers to sign up for auto debit/billing for interrupted payment or renewal of its services. Usually you’ll get a few RM off your monthly subscription but at U Mobile, they are doing something different.

For its broadband service, U Mobile is offering additional 250MB data for successful auto renewal on MB40 (2GB), MB68 (5GB) and MB128 (20GB) plan. For those that have opt for auto renewal previously will also get to enjoy this 250MB bonus data.

For more information, head over to U Mobile.

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The HTC One X is officially available today with contract offers from DiGi, Celcom, Maxis & U Mobile. We brought all 4 telco plans side by side and compared the total cost of ownership for easy reference.

For DiGi, their DG Smart Plans bundles only data which means that all calls and SMS made are charged separately. For comparison sake, we looked only at the minimal cost which is based on assumption of data usage only without any calls/SMS made. On Maxis, the bundled plans are based on bolt-on data plans on top of postpaid plans. For this comparison, we based on our calculation on Maxis’s Value First postpaid plan of RM30/month for voice and SMS.

For Celcom, all 3 plans come with bundled talk time, SMS and data while for U Mobile, it varies depending on plan. U Mobile’s U28 comes with free SMS while U58 comes with bundled voice calls. It’s highest U88 plan comes with both voice calls and SMS.

Head after the break for the full break down.

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After initiating its HTC One series registration of interest, U Mobile has finally revealed its bundled plans and pricing.

The HTC One X goes for as low as RM1,359 while the One V is as low as RM389 on contract. Outright, HTC One X retails at RM2,099 and the One V at RM999. Head after the break for subsidised pricing.

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Earlier on we saw both DiGi and Maxis being listed as official HTC One series launch telcos. Now out of the blue, U Mobile has started its registration of interest for the HTC One X and HTC One V.

According to the ROI page, registration is now open from now until 29th March and users will be informed 30th March 2012 on collection and plan details. This indicates that the HTC One series is very likely to be launched in the first week of April with U Mobile as one of the first telcos to offer it. So far DiGi & Maxis have yet to reveal anything for the 2012 HTC devices.

In terms of pricing, it was earlier revealed that the HTC One X will be likely going for RM2,099 and the One V priced about RM1,099-RM1,199.

Head over to U Mobile to register your interest.

The HTC One regional launch is happening this weekend in Singapore where we are hoping to get a hands-on real soon. To know more about the HTC One series models, check out our comparison post here.

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UPDATE: U Mobile updates the pricing table. Change on the upfront payment but Xperia S price remained the same.

U Mobile has revealed its Sony Xperia S bundling plans and pricing to those that registered earlier. As usual, the Xperia S is bundled with their postpaid plans U28, U58 and U88. On U Mobile, they are offering the Xperia S from as low as RM1,099 with 24 months contract of U88. Interesting to note that only the black version is offered.

As an early bird promotion, the first 10 customers that sign up at their Berjaya Times Square store on 21st of March will get an exclusive goodie bag. Details are not found on the website at time of writing but it should be up soon.

For more details, head over to U Mobile.

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About a couple a weeks ago, U Mobile dropped the hint that they will be offering the Nokia Lumia 800. Today, you can get one of the top-selling Windows Phone device for as low as RM1,049 when you subscribe to a U Mobile postpaid plan.

As with all U Mobile device offerings, your options are straight forward, choose from three available plans and depending on your monthly subscription fee, the operator will subsidise the phone pricing to match.

Full details on the U Mobile plans here. Also, check out our plan-for-plan comparison on Nokia Lumia 800 offerings from Celcom, DiGi and Maxis here.

Big thanks to @khainiz94 for the tip!

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U Mobile has started its registration of interest for the Sony Xperia S. The registration is open from now until 13th March and those that registered will be informed with the full details on the next day. You’ll have a choice of 10 pick up points to collect your Xperia S across peninsular Malaysia.

So looks like the official availability is happening next week. No details of pricing yet and over at Singapore, it is available at SGD$745 (RM1,789). To be the first to know about their plans and bundling, sign up over at U Mobile.

Thanks to Jeff for the tip!

Related Sony Xperia S posts
Sony Xperia S UI Overview
Sony Xperia S Unboxed
Sony Xperia S First Impression
Sony Xperia NXT Series Compared

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When an operator talks about a device on its official social media sites, you can pretty much bet that the operator will offer plans for the device. That’s what U Mobile is doing with the Nokia Lumia 800.

We noticed that U Mobile has been talking a lot about the Nokia Lumia 800 on its official Twitter account and that’s an almost certain sign that the operator will be offering plans for the device very soon.

In terms of pricing, while we don’t expect a great deal of difference in the subsidised pricing of the device itself compared to what other operators offering, you can expect U Mobile to offer its trademark high data quota plans at rates lower than industry standard

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U Mobile now offers 7″ Huawei tablets with mobile broadband combo for bundle. The Huawei Ideos S7 Slim and Ideos S7 are offered at RM1,650 and RM1,188 respectively which is inclusive of 12 months subscription of MB68 that comes with 5GB of monthly data quota. As the mobile broadband subscription is worth RM816, the S7 Slim effectively costs RM834 while the S7 at RM372. To make ownership easier, the tablet+data subscription combo is payable with 12 months easy payment installment via credit card.

In terms of specs, both S7 Slim and S7 runs on 1Ghz snapdragon processor with a 7″ screen that pushes a rather low 800×480 pixel resolution. However in terms of dimensions, the S7 Slim is obviously lighter and slimmer than the S7. Despite being slimmer, the S7 Slim has a bigger capacity battery at 3,250mAh compared to the S7′s 2,200mAh.

For more information, head over to U Mobile.

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If you send a lot of text messages across to neighbouring Singapore and Indonesia, U Mobile has started a time limited promo where you can get up to 50 International SMS for free. All you need to do is to send 3 International SMS to the 2 countries at the normal rate of 35 sen and you will be given 50 additional SMS for the rest of the day. This means you get to send a total of 53 SMS to Singapore/Indonesia for just RM1.05/day.

Before you get started, you would need to activate the offer via call or SMS depending whether you are on prepaid or postpaid as shown above. All free SMS are only valid on the same day and it is eligible for 3, XL Axiata, Indosat, Telkomsel & Axis numbers in Indonesia and M1, Singtel and Starhub in Singapore. The free SMS offer runs until 30th March 2012.

For more information, head over to U Mobile.

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