Globe is now offering its own mobile protection service called Gadget Care which covers handsets and tablets availed through Globe’s postpaid plans from accidental damage or loss due to theft.
Gadget Care is an optional insurance service that you can avail when you subscribe to a postpaid plan. Its mobile protection program offers postpaid bill protect, worldwide coverage, unit replacement, and coverage for accidental damage, theft or robbery.
For new gadgets, availing the service requires you to pay a monthly premium fee with rates depending on your phone’s classification. Low-end phones are classified as Band 1, mid-range phones are Band 2, while high-end phones are classified as either Band 3 or 4. For existing gadgets, your phone is either classified as a feature phone (low-end) or a smartphone (high-end). A corresponding participation fee also needs to be paid upon replacement of the device.
Insurance sometimes pose as an added weight to a consumer’s pockets. But if happen to be a Globe subscriber and you want to lessen your worries about losing or breaking your expensive smartphone, then this can be a viable option.
For more information you can visit Globe Gadget Care’s webpage here 36.
Thanks for the enlightenment guys. I guess the question will then be how Globe classify phones. Kalokohan ito if they classify, for example, a Galaxy Y or a Cloudfone Thrill under the Smartphone bracket. While technically accurate that the 2 examples are (entry level) smartphones, having that kind of monthly+participation fee is definitely unreasonable.
i guess coconsider ko din naman ung phone ko before i would enroll it to any insurance.if the price of my handset say galaxy y is around 4k why not just purchase a new one diba. Why even bother