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Free Cell Phones and SMART Retention Package

J at Filipination.com — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:51:41 +0000

I’ll be continuing a P1,800 monthly subscription to Smart Gold, so I asked about their loyalty or retention package. Here are the cell phones I can choose from if I agree to a 24-month lock-in period…

Under Plan 1800:

2G handsets
Nokia 2600C
Nokia 5000
Sony Ericsson K330
My Phone TV21

3G handsets
SE G502
Nokia 6120C
SE W595
Nokia E63
SE G705 specs
Nokia 6700C
Sony Ericsson W705
Nokia 5800
Sony Ericsson C902 (add P3,200)
Nokia N85 (add P4,500)
Nokia E75 (add P6,400)
Samsung S8300 (add P5,000)
SE C905 (add P7,500)
Nokia N96 (add P15,000)
Samsung i900 Omnia – 8GB (add P11,500)
HTC Magic (add P14,800)
Blackberry Storm (add P19,200)

Okay… now which cell phone should I get? I’ll search the web for reviews and consumer feedback before getting back to the SMART Customer Rep with the cell phone of my choice.

Philippine Cell Phone Prefix Access Codes

J at Filipination.com — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:06:54 +0000

There are numerous cell phone service providers in the Philippines such as PLDT SMART, Globe Telecom, and Sun Cellular, and each of them are assigned different cellphone prefix codes. Yes, the country code of the Philippines is +63, and although most of the local mobile phones here begin with 09, the actual international phone number format should start with +639…

So if a cell phone number in Manila is 0918-1234567 the long format is +639181234567.

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, here are the different prefix access codes:

SMART
0918
0919
0920
0928
0929

Globe
0906
0907
0915
0916
0917
0926
0927

Sun
0922
0923

Thank you to commenter “D”:

Prefix Provider
0905 Globe
0906 Globe
0907 Smart/PLDT
0908 Smart/PLDT
0909 Smart/PLDT
0910 Smart/PLDT
0912 Smart/PLDT
0915 Globe
0916 Globe
0917 Globe
0918 Smart/PLDT
0919 Smart/PLDT
0920 Smart/PLDT
0921 Smart/PLDT
0922 Sun/Digitel
0923 Sun/Digitel
0926 Globe
0927 Globe
0928 Smart/PLDT
0929 Smart/PLDT
0930 Smart/PLDT
0932 Sun/Digitel
0933 Sun/Digitel
0935 Globe
0936 Globe
0937 Globe
0938 Smart/PLDT
0939 Smart/PLDT

Now that you know which provider handles which access code, you can choose your SIM card wisely. For example, if most the people you contact are using Sun Cellular numbers, then it will be better for you to also get a Sun SIM, because you can save on SMS text and voice call charges.

Dual SIM and My Phone

J at Filipination.com — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:08:38 +0000

I’m thinking of getting the latest offering of My Phone — a dual SIM phone. Yes, it’s the one endorsed by Dingdong Dantes.

Anyway, here are the various models:

T22 Duo (P9,999)
B22 Duo (P5,495)
S22 Duo (P6,888)

What makes this different compared with the dual SIM phones of the past? Well, their promise is that you can load any 2-SIM combination (any network SIM, wireless landline or even international SIM), and then use both SIMs simultaneously and seamlessly.

In other words, it’s like you’re carrying two cell phones, except that you’re just carrying one phone in reality.

(In the old dual SIM models, you still need to click some buttons or restart your phone so that the system will shift from one SIM card to another.)

Anyway, I was about to get a unit, except that I stumbled upon these My Phone Experiences:

Myphone Slyder Series S22 Duo — Problems with voice/mic volume, white screen errors, phone conks out after less than 15 days of use.
Problem with MyPhone T22 Duo — Bad reception in the case of the second SIM card. But there’s a workaround solution for this.

Anyway, for those of you who want to get a MyPhone, it’s available at:

ADI Telecoms
4/F Bldg B, SM Mega Mall