when will India start adopting Postpaid......?

[mehrotra.akash]

How is taking a phone on a contract + postpaid plan better than taking a phone on EMI + prepaid?or, just buy a phone you can afford outright, perhaps one tier lower than the one you would get with contract, and use it for 3-4 yrs

 

[HerpDerp]

LoL, Hell no, I love prepaid and easyrecharges of more than Rs.500 Prepaid - 9 Postpaid - 1 and someone mentioned this site - freecharge.in is it legit?

 

[mehrotra.akash]

LoL, Hell no, I love prepaid and easyrecharges of more than Rs.500 Prepaid - 9 Postpaid - 1 and someone mentioned this site - freecharge.in is it legit?

Yes, havent missed any coupons till now..

 

[dsneih]

With post paid one need to pay 25 bugs just to get the detailed billing WTF

 

[ItsMe]

I have used postpaid in US, and really its not all unlimited free for $35. Please do not go with speculations. If you want to call international, its atleast $1/min additional, that too only in selected plans. Other option is to use a calling card. Usually the free national plans are almost $50 - $60 / month which equates to around Rs2500/month. India is definitely cheap in call rates. believe me. For iPhone, the initial payment is $200, and then you have plans starting from $55, which do have very limited options. If you select a good data+call rate plan, it will be easily $80 - $100 / month, which equates to $2400 an year = Rs 1,00,000. Agree the electronic equipments are very cheap, compared to India. Thanks to our sucking import duty and taxes. An iphone4, which you can buy outright for Rs30000 from US will cost you Rs42000 here. An xbox360 which you can buy for

 

[devx101]

WTH? The people who bought the iPhone for 200$ had to sign a contract to pay at least ~35$ or something every month for 2 years. How is that a good deal?

it was nt 35$ but more..the highest top tier plans are 80-90$.

And yes whenever u ar comparing prices of services between two countries normalize things and then compare.

35$ sounds expensive? We Indians have a habit of doing 35*45= a lot thing or its very costly. But u are forgetting that a 35$ or even 80-90$ is not a big amt. viewed from American view point. I don't know what they earn but i think it is at least 3000$ a month which is there percap GDP. Moreover most white/blue collar people obviously earn much more... In my opinion that amount is 'chips' fr most of them.

 

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[ItsMe]

Thats equivalent to someone who earns arnd 30k here, paying around Rs 1500/month as plan bill. Acceptable for a lockin period of 2 years?

 

[Raditz]

Prepaid is much more convenient, you should be asking the Americans and Europeans to switch over, not us to jump to postpaid

 

[devx101]

Thats equivalent to someone who earns arnd 30k here, paying around Rs 1500/month as plan bill. Acceptable for a lockin period of 2 years?

why do you keep forgetting that you also get a 30k phone for 10k down payment. Acceptable?

Moreover in indian context the amount can only be calculated after thorough calculation. But i doubt it will be more than 300-400 rs. without contracts if people accept the product, and with contracts well it depends on the amount of subsidy our operators are willing to give.

 

[moindear]

Postpaid Plans:Useful only for heavy users, being net savvy is a USP. Best for corporate people. The problem is that the benefits are way less compared to prepaid.Prepaid Plans:Works for anybody. Now with lifetime plans (donno why they call them that way now), u just recharge the amount u need. no hassles. The benefits are huge as u can get any new service for cheaper rates be it sms packs, 2G/3G internet, local mins/STD mins/ISD mins.I use a prepaid and a postpaid account. Postpaid account is used just for voice calling (I save atleast 1000 rupees with this plan), prepaid for other services! If I have to chose one, I will take prepaid anytime.I did have Auto debit/ credit limit/bill inflation issues with postpaid even when I never defaulted a single payment all through 6-7 years