Eight Telecom discussion thread

[xiaofan]

recent few tech fair eight also has no 1-for-1 top up promo. Think it is unlikely to have it anymore.

Indeed. Now they use annual plan to encourage users to have long term commitment.

Cheapest annual plan for 5G+ Power is at S$96, effective monthly price is at S$8 per month, or S$6.86 per month with the two months free port-in offer. Unlikely you will have the S$4 per month effective price of the S$8 plan with the one for one top-up offer.

For Seniors, annual plan is at S$68, effective monthly price is at S$5.67 per month, or S$4.86 per month with the two months free port-in offer. Unlikely you will have the S$2.5 per month effective price of the S$5 Senior 4G plan with the one for one top-up offer.

That being said the new eight annual plan offers are still very good with 5G+. For some users they may see some significant improvement compared to 4G. But then for some users they may not. It all depends on the location, use cases and expectations.

 

[askxyz]

Indeed. Now they use annual plan to encourage users to have long term commitment.

Cheapest annual plan for 5G+ Power is at S$96, effective monthly price is at S$8 per month, or S$6.86 per month with the two months free port-in offer. Unlikely you will have the S$4 per month effective price of the S$8 plan with the one for one top-up offer.

For Seniors, annual plan is at S$68, effective monthly price is at S$5.67 per month, or S$4.86 per month with the two months free port-in offer. Unlikely you will have the S$2.5 per month effective price of the S$5 Senior 4G plan with the one for one top-up offer.

That being said the new eight annual plan offers are still very good with 5G+. For some users they may see some significant improvement compared to 4G. But then for some users they may not. It all depends on the location, use cases and expectations.

annual plan is to help with their cash flow

 

[bryant_16]

Any good plans to use for data roaming in Vietnam?
How many GB from Eight for Vietnam usage?

 

[xiaofan]

4G Networks will be there for a long time, say until year 2032 or even 2035.

4G plans may be gone long before that. Let's see when eight will discontinue the 4G plans for existing users and then offer free upgrade. Hahaha.
1) eight 4G S$8 plan to 5G+ Power Plan (usual price at S$10.8 per month).
2) eight S$5 Senior 4G plan to 5G+ Senior plan (usual price at S$6.8 per month).

But they may offer free upgrade only for a limited period of time, say 12 months.

Take note they already discontinued 4G plan for new users.

Last time when StarHub discontinued Happy Prepaid Cards in Nov 2025, some of the existing users got promotion for S$3 per month StarHub Prepaid S 5G plan with 80GB per month local data (usual price at S$10 per month). The promotion is permanent even though there is no more StarHub Prepaid S plan now.

 

[askxyz]

4G Networks will be there for a long time, say until year 2032 or even 2035.

4G plans may be gone long before that. Let's see when eight will discontinue the 4G plans for existing users and then offer free upgrade. Hahaha.
1) eight 4G S$8 plan to 5G+ Power Plan (usual price at S$10.8 per month).
2) eight S$5 Senior 4G plan to 5G+ Senior plan (usual price at S$6.8 per month).

But they may offer free upgrade only for a limited period of time, say 12 months.

Take note they already discontinued 4G plan for new users.

Last time when StarHub discontinued Happy Prepaid Cards in Nov 2025, some of the existing users got promotion for S$3 per month StarHub Prepaid S 5G plan with 80GB per month local data (usual price at S$10 per month). The promotion is permanent even though there is no more StarHub Prepaid S plan now.

i don't see why they have to discontinue the 4G plan for existing users if 4G network still operational . it could push them to other telco unless they maintain attractive pricing for them . they may trick existing 4G users to upgrade to 5G+ but not sure if can downgrade back to the old 4G plan later or not

 

[chari-men]

4G won't discontinue unless they decommission it which is unlikely in the near future.. in some areas there's no reliable 5G connection will drop back to 4G one.. lol..