{"id":426302,"date":"2021-12-06T14:59:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T12:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=426302"},"modified":"2021-12-06T15:04:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T13:04:08","slug":"vodacom-launches-easy2own-smartphone-payment-plan-with-1gb-free-data-if-you-pay-on-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/426302-vodacom-launches-easy2own-smartphone-payment-plan-with-1gb-free-data-if-you-pay-on-time.html","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom Easy2Own smartphone payment plan launched \u2014 with 1GB free data if you pay on time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vodacom has launched a new payment plan called Easy2Own, letting customers pay off a smartphone in small, affordable premiums.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Through the newly launched initiative, customers on the Vodacom network can purchase a smartphone and, after a once-off deposit, pay it off in affordable monthly payments over the next 11 months,&#8221; Vodacom explained.<\/p>\n<p>Customers can make their monthly payments via direct debit order or EFT payment.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, Vodacom will offer Samsung devices on Easy2Own, with an entry price point of R129 up-front and R99 per month over eleven months. Vodacom will introduce a greater selection of brands over time.<\/p>\n<p>To incentivise timely payments, customers who settle their monthly instalments on time will receive a 1GB weekly data bundle each month.<\/p>\n<p>Vodacom consumer business chief officer Jorge Mendes said the operator was confident that Easy2Own would help accelerate smartphone penetration and get consumers to participate in the digital economy.<\/p>\n<p>Easy2Own will only be available to Vodacom prepaid customers who have received a campaign SMS from the operator.<\/p>\n<p>To apply for the offer, they must apply in-store using their South African ID book or card and provide their bank accounts details along with proof of address.<\/p>\n<p>If approved, a 10% deposit of the device&#8217;s selling price must be paid upfront.<\/p>\n<p>The full terms and conditions of the Easy2Own payment plan are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vodacom.co.za\/vodacom\/terms\/promotion\/easy2own\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Vodacom website<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/425644-cell-c-launches-new-day-by-day-data-bundles.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cell C launches new day-by-day data bundles<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vodacom has launched a new payment plan called Easy2Own, which lets customers pay off a smartphone in small, affordable premiums and get rewarded with free data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":408544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[74870,56846,39268,35,58256,645,41],"class_list":["post-426302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","tag-easy2own","tag-financial-services","tag-fintech","tag-headline","tag-jorge-mendes","tag-samsung","tag-vodacom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":426320,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426302\/revisions\/426320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}