Comparing iPhone offers by telcos in four Asian markets: Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong.

1. Comparing iPhone offers in the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong
By Tonyo Cruz http://tonyocruz.com http://asiancorrespondent.com/tonyo-cruz-blog
Globe (Philippines) TrueMove (Thailand) M1 (Singapore) Singtel (Singapore) Starhub (Singapore) 3 (Hong Kong
Handset $706 to $988 $739 to $860 $591 to $823
price (no
contract)
Prepaid Free data usage of up to
offers 50MB per month, free
SMS within the 3
network, free unlimited
WIFI, unlimited data for
$38 a month or $4 a
day
Handset $114 to $791 24-month installment $70 to $471 ($0 $70 to $471 ($0 on $77 to $480 ($0 on 24-month installment
price (with plans plan for $24- available on both higher end plans) higher end plans) plan for $2 to $15 per
contract) $32 per month lower and high end month
plans)
Postpaid $8 to $109 $12 to $26 $26 to $142 $27 to $146 $27 to $146 $26 to $51
plans
Cost of Additional $43 for Free unlimited data Free up to 12GB; Free up to 12GB; Free up to 12GB; Free for 12 months.
unlimited unlimited (Free data (except for two of 5 Excess data capped Excess data capped Excess data capped After 12 months, free
data from 20-100 hours, plans) at $21 at $21 at $21 200-500 MB. Free
or 100-600 MB for unlimited data on
some plans) highest plan
Speed of Up to 2 mbps Up to 3.6 mbps Up to 7.2 mbps Up to 7.2 mbps Up to 7.2 mbps Up to 7.2 mbps
mobile data
Freebies 0-650 SMS, 10 to 200-400 SMS, 100 to unlimited 500 SMS, 100-2000 500-2000 SMS, Free unlimited SMS
750 minutes, 100-300 minutes SMS, 100 minutes minutes calls, 100-2000 minutes within the 3 network,
unlimited WIFI only calls, 10 hours to to unlimited minutes unlimited WIFI, calls, Starhub TV, 500-2000 minutes calls,
on high end plans unlimited WIFI, 20 calls, free data Mobile TV MobiTweet, unlimited unlimited WIFI
hours to unlimited bundle SMS/MMS for
mobile data students
Source http://web.globe.com. http://www.truemove. http://www.m1.com. http://info.singtel.com http://iphone.starhub.c http://iphone.three.com.
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