Poll: Prepaid or Postpaid Mobile Subscription?

For the past decade, I’ve always been on prepaid mobile subscription and the first time I switched to postpaid was when I bought the iPhone 3G last year.

Having had some billing issues on my postpaid account lately made me think if I should go back to prepaid again (besides, I’m no heavy texter or caller). Obviously, there are some advantages and disadvantages between the two.

This brings us to our poll of the week — are you on prepaid or postpaid? Why?

Please do send your answers to our Poll section on the right side and/or add a comment below.

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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126 Comments

eithan says:

16 years ago

prepaid because no need to worry about paying the bill every month. and im no heavy texter either!
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CCLozano says:

16 years ago

Prepaid, though I was on postpaid years back. Heavy texter and caller here. With prepaid, usage is more manageable, and forces me to make each text or call and Internet surfing minutes count (or worth it).
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Jay Ar says:

16 years ago

Prepaid. I am a heavy texter so I register for unlitxt almost every day. most of my contacts are on globe anyway
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jehzlau says:

16 years ago

voted for prepaid. :) I hate post paid horror stories. :)
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drealmarlon says:

16 years ago

for me i want a postpaid plan because the prepaid plan always to be erratic when you load a higher value you did not able to use it on its single centavo because the network make sucks on it.while on the postpaid you will be sure of usage of your billing.but for what people like to be on prepaid is because of the hassle free requirements than you go postaid.
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peter says:

16 years ago

@drealmarlon
Favor naman, mag tagalog ka na lang. Your grammar is absolutely nauseating.
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Ardz says:

16 years ago

Postpaid if I want to get a high-end phone for free. Otherwise, I go prepaid.
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MPonteres says:

16 years ago

I’ve been using postpaid for more than 10 years. I have been maximizing mobile phone capability.
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bursky says:

16 years ago

i have both. and from the same provider! (yeah, stupid, i know.)

i recently got my postpaid because i don’t want to be caught in an emergency and not be able to text anyone. yeah, i’m paranoid. :P but seriously, i just hate those situations where i NEED to text or call someone but can’t because i was out of load. besides, P300/month isn’t that bad, right?

but since i also text the gf a lot (esp. on weekends), that’s when i use my unlimited texting on prepaid. :) mas sulit.
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Maye says:

16 years ago

Postpaid. I’ve tried Globe and Sun. If you’re a loyal customer (as in nagbabayad on time), they don’t usually cut your line even if you have reached your limit. I’d recommend the P600 plan from Sun Cellular, enough use lang siya for 1 month. Yun nga lang, bulok pa rin signal ng sun hanggang ngayon. ;))
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