Hey everybody. I was just hoping to get a few opinions from everyone on which option they would advise or prefer.
Getting a new Sony Z1 (in purple) in December as a once off purchase, but while looking at all the options for actual cellular providers only two stand out as being worthwhile.
#1: Cheap, best value for money MTN contract available (topup 50 I think? Please advise if not) along with Afrihost for data.
Comes out to about 200 a month with a 5GB data value, R50 airtime and who cares about SMS.
Pros: Afrihost connection, month to month billing, LTE access.
Cons: Very few minutes compared to option #2, unsure about rollover for unused minutes.
#2: Telkom Mobile Smartplan 100 contract (with some sneakyness).
169 a month over two years, but subsidized via the sale of the included S3 mini which makes the contract much less expensive and grants extra data.
Includes 100 minutes, free Telkom-Telkom calls (12 months), 150MB all network data, and 5GB of Telkom only data.
Pros: Significantly cheaper due to phone sale. Many more minutes and some free calls. Good rollover available
Cons: No LTE access (they use only 2300 MHz I believe, which Z1 doesn't support). Locked into a 24 month contract.
Both have similar coverage where needed so no real compromise there either way.
Large motivator for MTN/Afrihost is the LTE access and not being locked in. And this MTN Zone which supposedly discounts you for certain things? How does that work?
Many thanks for time taken to advice a fellow forum member.
Getting a new Sony Z1 (in purple) in December as a once off purchase, but while looking at all the options for actual cellular providers only two stand out as being worthwhile.
#1: Cheap, best value for money MTN contract available (topup 50 I think? Please advise if not) along with Afrihost for data.
Comes out to about 200 a month with a 5GB data value, R50 airtime and who cares about SMS.
Pros: Afrihost connection, month to month billing, LTE access.
Cons: Very few minutes compared to option #2, unsure about rollover for unused minutes.
#2: Telkom Mobile Smartplan 100 contract (with some sneakyness).
169 a month over two years, but subsidized via the sale of the included S3 mini which makes the contract much less expensive and grants extra data.
Includes 100 minutes, free Telkom-Telkom calls (12 months), 150MB all network data, and 5GB of Telkom only data.
Pros: Significantly cheaper due to phone sale. Many more minutes and some free calls. Good rollover available
Cons: No LTE access (they use only 2300 MHz I believe, which Z1 doesn't support). Locked into a 24 month contract.
Both have similar coverage where needed so no real compromise there either way.
Large motivator for MTN/Afrihost is the LTE access and not being locked in. And this MTN Zone which supposedly discounts you for certain things? How does that work?
Many thanks for time taken to advice a fellow forum member.
