News & Reviews: Maxis
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Feb 01, 2021
Besides the general inconvenience, the global pandemic-induced movement control order (MCO) has had severe economical effects. That's why some companies are looking for ways to "balance the books", so to say. One of them would be Maxis, which has been throttling the Internet speed for some of its Hotlink users.
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Jan 27, 2021
In conjunction with the upcoming Chinese New Year, Maxis is throwing a social media activity for all Malaysians. Besides that, there are other CNY promotions as well but before we get to that, here's some information about the social media contest with a chance to win 15x Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 5G phones in total.
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Jan 15, 2021
Last night, Samsung introduced the latest Samsung Galaxy S21 series. Since it was a global launch, it wasn't long before Samsung Malaysia announced the official local prices and pre-order freebies. As per tradition, we will be comparing the telco pre-order packages, which include Celcom, Digi, Maxis, and U Mobile.
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Dec 01, 2020
Today, Maxis have added a new feature into their Maxis Fibre 100 Mbps package. If you happen to watch a lot of Astro channels, this might be a good one for as you will be able to upgrade freely to 300Mbps with an Astro Bundle from that same plan at RM129/month.
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Nov 19, 2020
There's nothing scarier than a network breakdown happening at this time. During this pandemic, people depend on it even more than ever before to communicate with each other. With that said, Maxis users are facing the issue of getting their lines barred even though they have made the full payment.
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Nov 10, 2020
Today, Maxis has announced a new partnership with Lazada Malaysia and even made an official online store! A collaboration for the 11.11 sale tomorrow, both Maxis and Hotlink users will be the only telco customers in Malaysia who can grab some Lazada deals directly from their Maxis, Hotlink prepaid and Hotlink postpaid apps. Here's how it works.
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Nov 07, 2020
Previously, we wrote about which Apple iPhone 12 series smartphone would be the right one for you based on features and needs. Now the latest iPhones are finally available in Malaysia, with prices starting from RM3399 on Apple Malaysia's official website. Not only that, but it's also available for pre-order via telco companies such as Digi, Celcom, Maxis, as well as U Mobile.
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Nov 03, 2020
Previously, we reported Opensignal's analysis of Malaysia mobile data usage during the pandemic and they seem to suggest that there's a lack of WiFi network access. The company didn't stop there as they are back with another new report about our average mobile data consumption and download speed experience during the original MCO period.
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Nov 02, 2020
As Malaysians stream more videos online during this year thanks to the pandemic, Maxis just announced that all Maxis Postpaid, Hotlink Prepaid and Hotlink Postpaid users will be able to enjoy one-month free iQIYI VIP access with additional 10GB data. Of course, you will have to sign up with iQIYI on Maxis TV for the first time.
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Oct 21, 2020
While some states are currently in CMCO or EMCO, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has just announced in their Facebook that our local telcos are once again giving away 1GB of internet data for free. This initiative will be done every day until 31 December 2020.
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