Smart Bro Pocket WiFi Portable 3G Router

Smart now has their own version of a portable 3G+WiFi router they called SmartBro Pocket WiFi. This new product competes head-on with Globe MyFi launched back in July.

The SmartBro Pocket WiFi is only available on a postpaid Plan 495 for 50 hours of 3G internet every month. You will also need to add another Php150 per month for the Pocket WiFi device for the next 24 month lock-in period (that makes Php645/month for 24 months).

An extra Php10 per 30 minutes will be charged on top of the MSF when you exceed the 50 hour allocation. The promised speed it up to 2Mbps. They even have a promo that if you pay on time, you get 5 hours free on top of your monthly allocation.

As of the moment, they do not have an unlimited plan, probably because this will compete with the SmartBro Share-It Unlimited Plan. However, unlike the SmartBro Share-It that is restricted to your area/city/province, the SmartBro Pocket WiFi has nationwide coverage.

Likewise, since this is a postpaid account, the Smart UnliSurf offers (Unlisurf200) are not applicable on this device. Not sure if this is also a Huawei device (probably a ZTE by the looks of it) but it can handle up to 5 WiFi devices at the same time.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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76 Comments

Jon says:

15 years ago

Nah, I’d rather tether using my Android phone. Cheaper and less of a hassle. Oh, BTW sir Abe, the Share-it is like province-locked. For Manila users, it is Metro-locked. I bring my Share-it to different cities here in Manila and it works. Haven’t tried bringing it to a province though.
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ken jesryl caballero says:

15 years ago

first!

“up to” na naman..
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Abe Olandres says:

15 years ago

@jon – I think Share-It is locked to a cluster of base stations. My Makati account works from Sta. Rosa, Laguna up to Bulacan.
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ken jesryl caballero says:

15 years ago

ayy i thot i was the first one to comment..haha
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Kenneth says:

15 years ago

Not a good news for existing SmartBRO subscribers. Lalong babagal and magiging congested ang network. Meaning, slower download & upload speeds. The less reliable and dependent the connection will be.
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abe says:

15 years ago

Ayus yan …. atleast may mapagpipilian
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bokoi says:

15 years ago

@ kenneth
how so?
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Kaloy says:

15 years ago

So what’s new? Sucky, sucky, sucky. Everyone knows SmartBro has the most loser signal of the three giants. Ganda nga ng gadget mo, wala ka namang signal. Pffft.
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mike says:

15 years ago

not good. it is not available on prepaid compared with globe. Not too many people are interested on postpaid.
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KennethM says:

15 years ago

@bakoi Kasi this device also uses 3G kaya lalong macocongest ang already congested network ng Smart. Puro benta lang kasi nasa isip, hindi iimprove ang network quality!! Grrrr.
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