SIMBA Telecom discussion thread

[froztheart]

Yup that's all been done, nothing at all. I sent a support ticket to SIMBA and they requested for more details but no reply since...

Head down to SIMBA and sort it out.

 

[loganrunning]

For areas in Pasir Ris, Tampines, Simei & Bedok, mostly ok.
Trouble starts when indoors, eg. in supermarket, apartment.
Have been getting a lot of low signals lately.
Still can surf or watch YouTube, but the websites don't load completely.

The other night, when I was at A&E in CGH, completely no signal !
Felt so let completely down by a telco during an emergency.
That was the first time i regret switching away from SingTel.

Yesterday, i was visiting a condo near Pasir Ris park area.
Completely no signal at all.
Even after i left the condo.
Had to toggle the mobile data switch off-&-on several times to get some signal.

Thought Simba was a very good deal for value.
Thinking of switching out to GoMo.
Any advice from any GoMo user ?

ex-gomo user, now simba user, staying in pasir ris.
gomo has it's own set of frustrations and problems.
for me, for now, not returning to gomo. things may change in future, but not thinking that far.

 

[speak1lang]

ex-gomo user, now simba user, staying in pasir ris.
gomo has it's own set of frustrations and problems.
for me, for now, not returning to gomo. things may change in future, but not thinking that far.

so, it's like either a frying pan or a hot pot ?

 

[loganrunning]

Oh wait, if its referring specifically to SIMBA then as others shared, SIMBA does not support VoWIFI.

it's whether the telco supports that phone or not.
my nothing phone 2 - vowifi on singtel postpaid, simba, simba roaming in VN

same phone: no vowifi on eight locally and in VN.
didn't take note when i was in JB in Nov.

edit: didn't pop my gomo sim into this phone before i ported out. on hindsight, should have done so for that vowifi data point.

 

[loganrunning]

so, it's like either a frying pan or a hot pot ?

yup, "choose your poison"

all depends on where you go/stay/travel to.
the features they support on your phone
and the other features the telco provides eg 5G SA/NSA, roaming, data roll-over, price etc.

my suggestion, since gomo has no minimum stay, just pick up a number and try it out for a month or so, then make your decision.

 

[speak1lang]

yup, "choose your poison"

all depends on where you go/stay/travel to.
the features they support on your phone
and the other features the telco provides eg 5G SA/NSA, roaming, data roll-over, price etc.

my suggestion, since gomo has no minimum stay, just pick up a number and try it out for a month or so, then make your decision.

Thanks for the good advice

 

[loganrunning]

Thanks for the good advice

You are welcome.

do note that to port in, you have to sign up another new line (porting only at signup, unless they have changed the procedure). Once succesfully ported in, cancel the "trial line"

 

[froztheart]

it's whether the telco supports that phone or not.
my nothing phone 2 - vowifi on singtel postpaid, simba, simba roaming in VN

same phone: no vowifi on eight locally and in VN.
didn't take note when i was in JB in Nov.

edit: didn't pop my gomo sim into this phone before i ported out. on hindsight, should have done so for that vowifi data point.

Yes, I understand and from my understanding SIMBA doesn't support VoWIFI, no?
But from other's sharing, seems like there's mixed results though.

But for my devices, both IOS & Android doesn't reflect VoWIFI for my SIMBA.
All related settings turned on and checked thus, I am puzzled...

 

[tohchr]

Yes, I understand and from my understanding SIMBA doesn't support VoWIFI, no?
But from other's sharing, seems like there's mixed results though.

But for my devices, both IOS & Android doesn't reflect VoWIFI for my SIMBA.
All related settings turned on and checked thus, I am puzzled...

Yes but on android only. iOS doesn’t have VoWiFi.

 

[twosix]

So why does one need vowifi when simba has the voice app.

 

[froztheart]

So why does one need vowifi when simba has the voice app.

If possible to have native, why need to use SIMBA Voice app?

 

[froztheart]

Yes but on android only. iOS doesn’t have VoWiFi.

Right, I shall try again.

 

[loganrunning]

Yes, I understand and from my understanding SIMBA doesn't support VoWIFI, no?

unfortunately, i don't have any definitive info on SIMBA VoWIFI support.
just like on other telcos, using the same phone, some will support, some won't.
my layman understanding is that the telco makes the choice on which phones to support, and most of the telcos don't publish updated exhaustive lists. So we can only guess the causes.

But for my devices, both IOS & Android doesn't reflect VoWIFI for my SIMBA.
All related settings turned on and checked thus, I am puzzled...

same here, where i can, i enable VoWIFI and make it the preferred (over VoLTE).
when it doesn't work, i can only shrug my shoulders and send feedback, but usually there's no reply, or i get a standard "we're looking into it" and subsequent silence.

edit: my guess is that more "popular" brands will get VoWIFI, but i can't confirm it as i've sold off my last Samsung

 

[username03]

Roaming in Malaysia, feel that celcom is rather slow even with 5g. So tried manual connecting to umobile and seems faster..

Question, is there any way to fix to umobile when the phone network operator setting is set to select automatically? Because I don't want to have to manually select simba again when I'm drive back to SG..

Using S24 ultra.

 

[eddy0505]

unfortunately, i don't have any definitive info on SIMBA VoWIFI support.
just like on other telcos, using the same phone, some will support, some won't.
my layman understanding is that the telco makes the choice on which phones to support, and most of the telcos don't publish updated exhaustive lists. So we can only guess the causes.



same here, where i can, i enable VoWIFI and make it the preferred (over VoLTE).
when it doesn't work, i can only shrug my shoulders and send feedback, but usually there's no reply, or i get a standard "we're looking into it" and subsequent silence.

edit: my guess is that more "popular" brands will get VoWIFI, but i can't confirm it as i've sold off my last Samsung

Vowifi definitely works for Simba, works for my phone. So definitely phone model dependent.

 

[loganrunning]

Vowifi definitely works for Simba, works for my phone. So definitely phone model dependent.

yup, see my post above. in same phone, Simba works, eight does not. eight works for other phones as reported by others. so VoWIFI is both telco and phone dependant.

 

[kitkat2]

Roaming in Malaysia, feel that celcom is rather slow even with 5g. So tried manual connecting to umobile and seems faster..

Question, is there any way to fix to umobile when the phone network operator setting is set to select automatically? Because I don't want to have to manually select simba again when I'm drive back to SG..

Using S24 ultra.

how slow is slow? care to run speed test and share the results?

 

[eddy0505]

yup, see my post above. in same phone, Simba works, eight does not. eight works for other phones as reported by others. so VoWIFI is both telco and phone dependant.

Yup I'm just confirming your theory lol.

 

[username03]

how slow is slow? care to run speed test and share the results?

Eyeball it to be slow when loading HWZ for example, in incognito mode on chrome, on celcom vs umobile.

 

[username03]

when you are back to sg, you will realise no network and reminded to set automatically again

or you can put calender reminder

That's why I'm asking is there any way on android, to let it auto select u mobile instead of celcom.