Cell C's new Straight Up "contracts"

It is nice that they separate the phones and service...

But if you actually calculate the deals that you get on contracts with a phone, it works out to pretty much the same.

Nice part is that you can choose the exact phone you want, and you can keep a phone as long as you want, and change the service (call plan) at Cell C on a month to month basis.
 
Yummy! Who doesn't have extra phones around these days. Seriously worth the look for my business...
 
I see my Control Chat balance enquiry (*101#) has already changed. It used to say "Control Chat balance..." and something like free sms's remaining but now just says "Available Balance: R130.31. SMS/MMS: 11.

Previously MMS's weren't inclusive in Control Chat but now it already is :)
 
According to our store here, the deals will be available form the 22nd June. They don't know what phones will be available and at what pay-in. I'm holding out with my upgrade until then.
 
I like how they've simplified things, and included data with every contract. But the problem with these contracts is that they're not good for people who use lots of data but don't make a lot of phone calls.

I use at least 500mb per month (although I'd be happier with a full gig), but I never make more than 120 minutes of calls. I would need at least R400 a month to get 400mb, which means I'd effectively be wasting a lot of money on 400 minutes that I'll never use AND I still won't have enough data to get through the month.

For me, something like RBM200, which offers 200 minutes and 500mb of data for only R250 per month is a much better deal.
 
Vulk said:
I use at least 500mb per month (although I'd be happier with a full gig), but I never make more than 120 minutes of calls. I would need at least R400 a month to get 400mb, which means I'd effectively be wasting a lot of money on 400 minutes that I'll never use AND I still won't have enough data to get through the month.
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500mb data cellc should cost you about R150 http://www.cellc.co.za/smartdata-bundles
Does the RBM200 deduct a full minute for a 1 second call?
 
seedat77 said:
Can't believe there's no info on the Cell C website, or did I miss it?
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Since its only launching on the 22nd June, i suspect the will update the website on the 22nd or a few days before.
 
seedat77 said:
Can't believe there's no info on the Cell C website, or did I miss it?
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No info yet and the launch is tomorrow?

Meanwhile, I've noticed on my Control Chat sim that my inclusive sms's have not been decremented after sending 2 sms already. Maybe still early to jump to conclusions but perhaps something to do with conversion to Straightup tomorrow?
 
I cant wait to see this.

S2 on 12 months for me would be perfect.
 
Nothing new on Cell C's website when I checked this morning, so I still don't know what cellphone I might be able to upgrade to on Straight Up Top Up 30 or 50 in July.
 
Andaeriel said:
Nothing new on Cell C's website when I checked this morning, so I still don't know what cellphone I might be able to upgrade to on Straight Up Top Up 30 or 50 in July.
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Phoned my local cell c store, on a straight up 30 + Samsung galaxy s2 its going to cost me R572 per month on a 1 year contract :0
 
Andaeriel said:
Nothing new on Cell C's website when I checked this morning, so I still don't know what cellphone I might be able to upgrade to on Straight Up Top Up 30 or 50 in July.
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Not sure if this was there yesterday.

Mr Feesh said:
Phoned my local cell c store, on a straight up 30 + Samsung galaxy s2 its going to cost me R572 per month on a 1 year contract :0
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I would hope that on a 2 year contract with say Straightup 200 there would some discount(?)
 
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