News & Reviews:   Celcom plan

Celcom is now offering the Xiaomi Mi-3 for free. You will have to sign up for a Celcom First Prime, First Premier and First Elite plus and mPro data plan or the mPro Plus postpaid plans for 24 months. While it is somewhat late to the table with a Xiaomi Mi-3 bundle, Celcom are offering fairly competitive pricing for the device with rather high data quotas as well. For more details, check out the table and links in this article.

The Nokia X is Nokia's Android powered smartphone for the masses with a retail price of RM399. Therefore, it makes sense that Celcom is now offering the Nokia X for FREE provided you sign up for the Celcom First Data plan under a 24-month contract. Normally, the Celcom First Data plan is more suitable for tablets and not smartphones, but Celcom has provided voice, SMS and MMS features appropriate for a smartphone as well. The good part is that you get 4GB of data per month, which is much more than a usual lower-end post-paid smartphone plan. Celcom sweetens the deal by providing RM35 monthly rebates for 10 months but you will have to make an upfront payment. Check out the table and links in this article for more information.

Following up on our previous report, Celcom will offer a number of bundle plans for the Samsung Galaxy S5 which they will launch this Friday on 11 April 2014. Those who sign up will get an additional 5GB of data for the next 2 months. There doesn't seem to be any limit on the amount of first subscribers for this but the promotion will be from 11 April 2014 to 13 April 2014 only. Participating outlets will include Blue Cube Sunway Pyramid, Blue Cube Laman Seri, Blue Cube Publika, Celcom Center Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, Penang and Celcom Center Taman Molek, Johor Baru. Celcom will offer the Samsung Galaxy S5 from RM988 with more details available in the table in this article.

Celcom will be launching the Samsung Galaxy S5 on 11 April 2014. Having already done the preview night for their Celcom First Elite customers, the launching on Friday will see Samsung's latest flagship smartphone bundled together with Celcom First Voice + Data mPro bundle plans from RM988. In addition to these bundle plans, Celcom will also offer a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite or Samsung Galaxy Y Neo at RM55 for the first 200 customers who attend the launching at the Bluecube Sunway Pyramid store. These customers will of course have to sign up for a Celcom First and mPro plan at the launch.

Looking to get the Samsung Galaxy S5 under a Celcom plan? Then perhaps you should head on over to the Celcom site as they have put up a Registration of Interest page. While the usual details of Name and contacts are there, the page only lists two colours to be available for the Galaxy S5, which includes Black and White and will be limited to the 16GB storage version. Perhaps Celcom have something else planned for the Electric Blue and Copper Gold versions? In any case, those who have registered are invited to a preview event from 20 March 2014 to 24 March 2014. According to Samsung Malaysia, the Samsung Galaxy S5 will be announced in Malaysia on 27 March 2014.

Celcom have recently revealed plans to go with the Lenovo Vibe Z starting from RM988. Since the smartphone is 4G LTE capable the plans are likewise for LTE connectivity. To get this deal you have to sign up for either a Celcom First or mPro Plus postpaid plan. Featuring a 2.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor the Lenovo Vibe Z retails at RM1799, making this a fairly good deal despite being a bit higher than the previous promo price. For more details regarding this deal check out the table and links in this article.

Having just covered the Lenovo Vibe Z we can understand what a performer it is but we balked a little at the still rather high pricing. However, Celcom are now teasing the Lenovo Vibe Z for just RM688, which is a much lower price point than the normal retail price of about RM1750. While there aren't any specific plan details, Celcom will offer the Lenovo Vibe Z starting from 16 March 2014 with the promo price of RM688 for every Celcom mPro or mPro Plus plan sign up. In addition, you'll also get an RM50 shopping voucher. Details of the launch are set at the Blue Cube, Sunway, Oasis Boulevard at Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall. The launching is set at 15 march 2014 with the first 30 customers getting the promo price of RM688 for signing up with the Celcom mPro or mPro Plus plan. If you're under Celcom's LTE coverage then the LTE-enabled Lenovo Vibe Z should be a good deal for you. For more information, check out the Celcom site.

Jumping on the gold coloured smartphone bandwagon? Then Celcom's recent offer for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Rose Gold Edition should interest you as you can now get the phablet in Rose Gold White or Rose Gold Black at Celcom from RM1538. In addition to this, Celcom are even throwing in a free Moschino casing (worth RM189) along with a Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch at just RM288 (the standard retail price for the Gear is RM999). The initial Celcom Samsung Galaxy Note 3 deal is still the same with 12-month, 18-month and 24-month contracts for the Celcom First postpaid plans. Just for your information, the free Moschino case is only available from 28 January 2014 with the whole deal valid up until 28 February 2014. Check out the table and links in this article for more details.

It has been 2 months since the last teaser ad, but Celcom is finally offering the Apple iPad mini with Retina Display from RM948. You have a choice of 12 month to 24 month contracts but you have to sign up for any of the three available Celcom First iPad plans. You will have to pay an upfront payment which will be rebated for the next 10 months. Contrary to the RRP listed on the Celcom site, the iPad mini with Retina Display is currently priced at RM1279 for the 16GB WiFi-only model and RM1699 for the 16GB WiFi + 4G LTE model. For more plan details check out the table and links in the article.

Starting off the new year with a deal, Celcom are now offering the Apple iPhone 5C from a more affordable price of RM1888 for the basic 16GB version with, in their own words "no strings attached", which means zero contract. This offer is available from 2 January 2014 to 7 January 2014 but is exclusive to online sign ups only. The other Celcom offer involves the HTC Wildfire S, Nokia Lumia 520 and Sony Xperia U, where Celcom is offering these previous generation entry-level smartphones for FREE provided you sign up for a 12 month or 18 month contract. That deal ends on 31 January 2014. Check out the table and links in the article for more details.