DiGi Smart Plan LITE

Smartphones are what’s IN right now, a lot of people have one, more people crave for one but everyone hates paying for one. Why? This is because most smartphones are outright expensive to begin with, not the mention the even higher cost for mobile internet. You can use a smartphone without internet connectivity, but this somewhat dwarfs the function of the phone since major smartphone functions evolve around the usage of mobile web browsers and email. In the end, if you really really really desire a smartphone, which has an internet connection, what’s the lowest amount that you have to pay each month?

DiGi recently rolled out a new data plan, called Smart Plan LITE. It’s called LITE because this is a cheaper plan than the original Smart Plan. The difference between the two will be summarized in the table below.  The most attractive thing about this Smart Plan LITE is that you only pay RM28 a month for data. This is considered cheap when other plans will come around the RM60-100 range. But of course with paying less, you get less. What is less? The data volume; you’ll only get 300mb. Sounds measly but most smartphone users will most likely average around 100mb usage per week.  But even if  you exceed your allocated volume, DiGi will not block your connection or even worse, make you pay more like some telcos, you only get a slower connection because your internet connection is blocked.

All calls and SMS are charged on a per use basis of 15sen/min and 10sen respectively. MMS are charged 20sen. This package is definitely suitable for new users who wish to try out mobile internet without burning their pockets or light users who normally just rely on push email, RSS feeds and normal internet browsing and reading. Those with large screens phones like the Galaxy Tab who are prone to watch more Youtube video for example, can opt for a higher volume plan from DiGi, namely the Smart Plan or other plans from Celcom. See table below for a summary of minimum cost which you have to pay the telcos and how much data you are getting.

So, don’t wait any further. The DiGi Smart Plan LITE is a good plan to get almost anyone started on mobile internet. Give it a try.

Source:

Digi : [1], [2]

Maxis : [1], [2], [3]

Celcom:  [1], [2], [3]

U-mobile and other telcos not listed due to coverage limitations.

UPDATE:3-1-2011

Sorry everyone for the mis-information. DiGi has misguided a lot of people about the quota of the Smartplan LITE. Although this plan has a lower monthly fee and lower quota, unlike Smartplan (Rm68@3GB) which will be throttled to 128kbps after the limit is reach, this LITE plan will block your internet connection. Refer here.

This information is not found at all on the Smartplan LITE page here, but found on a different 3G internet page here. See snapshot at bottom of page below: