For the past decade, I’ve always been on prepaid mobile subscription and the first time I switched to postpaid was when I bought the iPhone 3G last year.
Having had some billing issues on my postpaid account lately made me think if I should go back to prepaid again (besides, I’m no heavy texter or caller). Obviously, there are some advantages and disadvantages between the two.
This brings us to our poll of the week — are you on prepaid or postpaid? Why?
Please do send your answers to our Poll section on the right side and/or add a comment below.
@drealmarlon
- being a low level techie doesn’t necessarily mean you are bad in sentence construction but anyway, you should read books and movies in english to improve your grammar.
Prepaid – Free browsing on your phone.
Twitter: agentorenz
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have suncellular postpaid plan 999 for 3 lines. sulit e. pampamilya and pang negosyo pa.
and also have globe prepaid for friends and others.
pero may 750 free text na yung plan 999 ng suncel so minsan ko lang din gamitin ang globe.
Been on postpaid since 2001 and have had no problems t date. Actually I got a plan that was worth P380.00 only for 40 minutes of calls and 120 texts. Hindi naman kasi ako heavy user ng cellphone kaya sulit na sulit….I think that the cellphone companies can’t terminate your old plan if you do not want it cut kaya they have been trying to entice me with numerous offers…which of course I declined :=)
It really depends on your budget. For me since I am a budget conscious fella then I’d rather go prepaid. You don’t have to pay monthly bills and you are not tempted on unnecessary calls. Me and my wife are SUN prepaid subscribers and we spend only P150/Month each on our cellphone expense compared to the minimum monthly fee of other networks. For this you get a 4 hours talk time and an unlimited text service. It is just recently that our area have a very strong signal even inside the house. To think that the law to extend the load of mobile phone services this gives prepaid consumers the most advantage.
Never tried postpaid. I just don’t like the feeling na you have an obligation every month may babayran kang bill.
Pero hassle din minsan pag prepaid kase you need na magpaload pa. Eh kung kasing postpaid meron na agad anytime na may gusto kang tawagan o itext.
Though I still go for prepaid
Nakaplan ako sa Globe right now, tawag sa plan Globe Tipid plans, Minimum amount is P500.00 every month. Parang prepaid account, you can still use your current prepaid number para sa plan. Monthly, nagpapadala sila ng prepaid load, ikaw ang bahala kung anong day nila padadala, pag naubos na yung load, pwede ka magpaload ng prepaid credits. Postpaid, kasi naka lock for one or two years at may libreng phone din.
Convenient siya for me, kasi may dadating na load every month. Hinde ka na mag mag-aalala sa hidden charges.
I prefer prepaid kasi it removes the burden that you have to consume an amount of text or call equivalent to the plan you have applied. LOL
@Ronfab, sa Globe Tipid Plans ba, your number starts with 0917*8*?
i’ve never tried going postpaid myself. my biases on prepaid system. there, i can easily keep track of my account =)
also, wala yatang ‘unli’ sa postpaid? minsan pa naman, swerte, naeextend nang matagal ang unli
)
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Prepaid ever since.. i have better control of my call/text costs, and I’m too lazy to pass docs etc. for a postpaid plan application. Also no monthly bill problems for me.
@drealmarlon
- being a low level techie doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll have to punish our eyes and logic to decipher what you are trying to say.
-What the others are saying is for you to just reply here in TAGALOG for crying out loud!
so that your BAROK english won’t annoy people when they read your replies.
-its good that you’re trying hard, but leave it to yourself for now, and post back here in English when you’ve fixed you sentence construction.
@drealmarlon
I suggest that you speak tagalog..
rather than typing in english
support ko lang idea ni Rich
Prepaid! so yeah, i use prepaid and i still prefer prepaid. i can control my costs and i can change phone when i want and change network anytime.
Twitter: killrfillr
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Prepaid din ako!=)
your unsolicited opinion is nauseating as well.
the previous comment is for you jumper.
prepaid. i’m too light a user even the smallest monthly (or semi-monthly) prepaid loads expires on me, or at least prior to that recent ruling about loads expiry
definitely postpaid,you can maintain your number even if your phone gets lost, i am not a fan of always changing my number , my number is like my name.
I started with post paid with Globe. After ng contract nag pre-paid naman ako para makatipid. Pero ang hirap sa pre-paid sa sobrang pagtitipid mo naeexpire lang ang load! At hindi ka makatawag pag emergency kasi kelangan magpa load pa. GRRRR moment talaga yun. So now I’m back with Globe Post Paid. I just love their free 20min. call. All network yun ha
i’ve had my share of postpaid drama… so im voting for prepaid. no hassles… and it’s fine.. discipline is what you should have in mind.
load tipid, which is globe’s prepaid-postpaid hybrid.
you get a postpaid factor by getting a fixed amount loaded to your account per month (this gets you a bill) but as soon as you consume it, you can reload like prepaid.
awesome.
Twitter: eguar51
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@ronfab
Maybe I’ve been with Smart too long, I did’nt know they have that plan you mentioned. That’s interesting.
@drealmarlon
Don’t feel bad about the bad press you’re getting in here. You are honest, and have no pretenses at all. I admire that in a person, and I’m Sorry if I had been sort of unkind earlier. Peace, man!
Pre-paid sir…
i’m so poor eh…sometimes can’t make ends meet…
with postpaid kasi, you get to do anything.. as long as meron kang pambayad.. with prepaid, i get to leave it there.. wala rin naman kasi ako maxadong katext..