Eight Telecom discussion thread

60Remajust · Nov 9, 2025

Boringchap said:
Why not port out now?
Singtel MVNOs giving 50% discount for port in customer. Offer valid till end November.

btw, whcih mvno are u referring to

xiaofan · Nov 9, 2025

Haha, I am the few here who have zero interests in Singtel MVNOs even with the good promotion.

Rather I am testing Eight and M1 Maxx, while keeping my main SingTel SIM Only plan at S$15.28 per month.

xiaofan · Nov 9, 2025

60Remajust said:
btw, whcih mvno are u referring to

Zero1, Zym, VIVIFI and CMlink are having limited time 50% offer.

Please check out this thread.
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README First! How to Select Low Cost SIM Only Plans in Singapore?

https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/...low-cost-sim-only-plans-in-singapore.7167328/

rainbow99 · Nov 9, 2025

Is there a way to stop auto renewal if there is balance in my wallet? Wanted to have a break and then change plan. Thanks

eauyong · Nov 9, 2025

Just got a Eight SIM card this afternoon and speed test with old Xiaomi phone 9T at Bedok Center for reference.

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bencheongcm · Nov 9, 2025

If you are currently on theie 4G plan and upgrade to their 5G, will you get their 2 month free promo?

sibeiTrolled · Nov 9, 2025

rainbow99 said:
Is there a way to stop auto renewal if there is balance in my wallet? Wanted to have a break and then change plan. Thanks

https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/eight-telecom-discussion-thread.7023112/post-157779445

sibeiTrolled · Nov 9, 2025

bencheongcm said:
If you are currently on theie 4G plan and upgrade to their 5G, will you get their 2 month free promo?

Not applicable

https://www.eight.com.sg/faq-promotion

Habrosus · Nov 9, 2025

bencheongcm said:
If you are currently on theie 4G plan and upgrade to their 5G, will you get their 2 month free promo?

I wish! But it's for port-in and new line sign-up only.

froztheart · Nov 9, 2025

rainbow99 said:
Is there a way to stop auto renewal if there is balance in my wallet? Wanted to have a break and then change plan. Thanks

Toggle the "Auto Recharge" off should work to stop the renewal even for balance in the wallet.
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/eight-telecom-discussion-thread.7023112/post-157779445

xiaofan · Nov 9, 2025

xiaofan said:
I am using a very low end Poco C75 4G only phone bought in June 2025 at S$112 for this testing, so my expectation is pretty low.

Eight 4G managed to " beat" my expectation with the "easy" above the ground MRT trip from Jurong East to Boon Lay, from 4:02 pm to 4:16 pm on this Saturday afternoon.

Speed at Jurong East and Boon Lay are pretty good at above 10 Mbps. Then it managed to go below 1 Mbps (0.42 Mbps download , 0.14 Mbps upload) around Chinese Garden MRT. Then go up a bit but still below 2 Mbps (1.62 Mbps download, 0.06 Mbps upload) around Lakeside MRT.

So I am at home and change the phone to a better Poco X6 Pro 12GB/512GB version.

Eight 4G LTE speed is not impressive, usable though if just for browsing. YouTube seems to be okay as well. YouTube 1080p is supposed to require about 10 Mbps but it seems to me it may work at about 8 Mbps.

I bought a TP-Link 4G router MB235-4G from TP-Link Singapore official Shoppe store at S$56.55 (usual price at S$66). I was planning to test it with Eight 4G. Now I give up and I have not opened the TP-Link 4G router yet.

Based on the testing of Eight 4G and Singtel 4G, I have significantly lower my expectations of 4G.

Previous expectations of 4G
100 Mbps excellent
50 Mbps, very good
10 Mbps, good
5 Mbps, not so good, still acceptable
Below 5Mbps, bad

Current expectations for 4G
50 Mbps excellent
10 Mbps, very good
2 Mbps, good
1 Mbps, still acceptable, lag a bit, can load already okay
0.2 Mbps, ah, that is a problem ...
No signal, ah, that is bad

Habrosus · Nov 9, 2025

Their 7-11 promo seems to have higher take up rate than the previous one.

See their FB posts look like some/more delay.

JAYSCS · Nov 9, 2025

xiaofan said:
So I am at home and change the phone to a better Poco X6 Pro 12GB/512GB version.

Eight 4G LTE speed is not impressive, usable though if just for browsing. YouTube seems to be okay as well. YouTube 1080p is supposed to require about 10 Mbps but it seems to me it may work at about 8 Mbps.

I bought a TP-Link 4G router MB235-4G from TP-Link Singapore official Shoppe store at S$56.55 (usual price at S$66). I was planning to test it with Eight 4G. Now I give up and I have not opened the TP-Link 4G router yet.

Based on the testing of Eight 4G and Singtel 4G, I have significantly lower my expectations of 4G.

Previous expectations of 4G
100 Mbps excellent
50 Mbps, very good
10 Mbps, good
5 Mbps, not so good, still acceptable
Below 5Mbps, bad

Current expectations for 4G
50 Mbps excellent
10 Mbps, very good
2 Mbps, good
1 Mbps, still acceptable, lag a bit, can load already okay
0.2 Mbps, ah, that is a problem ...
No signal, ah, that is bad

You sure are a Poco fan, so far u mentioned X7 Pro, X6 Pro and another C series. But Poco does offer better value than Redmi.

xiaofan · Nov 9, 2025

JAYSCS said:
You sure are a Poco fan, so far u mentioned X7 Pro, X6 Pro and another C series. But Poco does offer better value than Redmi.

Poco X7 Pro in 2025 (my main phone)
Poco C85 in 2025
Poco X75 in 2025

Two Poco X6 Pro in 2024 (my daughter main phone, my wife's backup phone for her iPhone 14 )

Poco X4 GT in 2022, my previous main phone
Poco M4 5G in 2022

xiaofan · Nov 9, 2025

My previous main phones:

I used to have Singtel Circles membership (Fibre, Combo 2 plan, Singtel TV) so I could upgrade phone every year from 2013 to 2019 without penalty.

Realme X50 5G in 2021
Huawei P20 in 2018
iPhone 6S in 2015
Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE+ in 2014
Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE in 2013
Motorola Attrix 2 in 2012
Nokia 5230 in 2010
Nokia 6280 in 2006
Nokia 8250 in 2002
Siemens S25 in 2000

JAYSCS · Nov 10, 2025

xiaofan said:
My previous main phones:

I used to have Singtel Circles membership (Fibre, Combo 2 plan, Singtel TV) so I could upgrade phone every year from 2013 to 2019 without penalty.

Realme X50 5G in 2021
Huawei P20 in 2018
iPhone 6S in 2015
Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE+ in 2014
Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE in 2013
Motorola Attrix 2 in 2012
Nokia 5230 in 2010
Nokia 6280 in 2006
Nokia 8250 in 2002
Siemens S25 in 2000

Really costly to enroll into the Singtel Circles package...

limmengteck · Nov 10, 2025

Although subscribed to Eight $14.80 5G plan, is it still better to set as 4G while overseas roaming?

rainbow99 · Nov 10, 2025

froztheart said:
Toggle the "Auto Recharge" off should work to stop the renewal even for balance in the wallet.
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/eight-telecom-discussion-thread.7023112/post-157779445

I don't see the option in the eight app though

xiaofan · Nov 10, 2025

rainbow99 said:
I don't see the option in the eight app though

Somehow I remember that I saw the option, but later I enabled the option as I may keep Eight for quite some time unless it fails my roaming test during the upcoming short trip to China. In that case, it may be ported out.

~~Now I cannot find the option to disable auto-recharge in the Eight app. Looks like a one way ticket to me.~~

Edit: just find the option again.

Main menu (top left) -- Billing -- Billing Info. You can enable/disable Auto Recharge here.

eauyong · Nov 10, 2025

When I try the Xiaomi 15 5G phone, the results is very good; 4G+ speed.

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