Smart vs Globe: Where should you get the iPhone 6S?

It’s that time of the year again – new iPhones are here and the two most popular telecommunications company are enticing everyone to avail of their plans. Smart and Globe are offering cool plans on November 6, but which one should you get?

Let’s break it down, simple and straightforward:

Round 1: Price

• Globe
  • Cash-out – Php 10,800
  • Monthly payout – Php 2,249 (Plan 1799 + 450 cash-out for 24 months)
  • Contract period – 24 months
  • Total contract price – Php 53,976
• Smart
  • Cash-out – FREE
  • Monthly payout – Php 2,000
  • Contract period – 30 months
  • Total contract price – Php 60,000

This might be tricky. If you look at the plans you might think that Smart is much more cheaper but if you analyze it more, you’ll see that the contract period is longer than Globe making it more expensive for about Php 6,000. Globe wins this round.

Round 2: Core and Data

• Globe
  • Unlimited calls to Globe and TM subscribers
  • Unlimited Text to all networks
  • 10GB Monthly data allowance
• Smart
  • 150 All net calls
  • 200 All net text
  • 10GB Monthly data allowance

Obviously, you know who wins this round.

Round 3: Lifestyle

• Globe
  • Free Facebook
  • Free Viber
  • Free Instagram
• Smart
  • Free Facebook
  • Free Twitter
  • Free Viber
  • Free Whatsapp
  • Free Instagram

Smart offers more free data applications which earns them a win in this round.

Round 4: Content

• Globe
  • Spotify for 3 months
  • Hooq for 3 months
  • Game Pack for 3 months
• Smart
  • iFlix for 3 months

In this round, Globe offers a more versatile content like music and games so they’ll have to take this round. Read

Round 5: Freebies

• Globe
  • Free gadget care for 30 days
  • Php 500 Digital Connectors voucher on November 12, 2015 only
  • G-Deals (Zalora, Lazada, Grab Car, etc) and Vouchers
• Smart
  • Free gadget shield for 30 days
  • Php 2,500 AirBnb discount
  • 20% discount on Zalora

This round is a tie, depends on what freebie you actually need.

Conclusion

So there you have it, with Globe offering a much cheaper plan (long-term) and with it having more perks than Smart, it’s easy to say that this iPhone 6S battle is won by Globe with a score of 4-2.