Smart Communications’ first ever prepaid LTE service in the country has gone live yesterday, just around a year after they officially unveiled their commercial LTE mobile data service to postpaid subscribers in our country. Check out all the details that you need to know after the jump.
Smart has been generous in providing affordable mobile internet lately as they announced the availability of Opera Unlisurf15 which lets internet junkies to surf all day for as low as Php15 provided that they will only use the Opera Mini app as the browser. Now, they have something for the big boys as well.
For starters, LTE (Long Term Evolution) is the next step ahead of 3G as it enables mobile internet download speeds of up to 100MBps. However, Smart’s LTE service is limited to 42MBps for the meantime. With that kind of speed, Smart said that you’ll be able to “download movies in minutes, full album in seconds, and real-time gaming no lag”.
4G LTE connectivity has been the latest trend in the mobile internet devices as well as the smartphone and tablet scene. With the ridiculous speed, there’s no more reason not to enjoy the world wide web as it’ll not let you wait anymore with those lazy loading times and endless buffering. You’ll enjoy watching YouTube videos or streaming your favorite show without the need to worry about a sluggish connection.
Related: How to Register to SMART Promos: All Net Text, Call & Text Combo, Tri-Net, and Unli Call & Text
Fast internet connectivity has always been a pain in some areas and I hope that this development would also include the wide expansion of high-speed internet in provinces. It’s a good thing that the important cities are getting a better connection, but they should still increase the speed of those in other regions. Smart’s expansion has been improving ever since, now covering 46 cities and 69 municipalities nationwide. You can check out the full list of the coverage here.
[two_fifth]SMART’s LTE network runs on 2100MHz, 1800MHz, and 850MHz[/two_fifth]
But before jumping to the LTE bandwagon, please note that it will only work on LTE capable devices. Meaning, giving your android phone the Smart SIM won’t give it LTE powers and outrageous internet speed. However, if you want to feel the might of LTE, SMART is also offering a Pocket Wi-Fi device and Plug-it contract free and you can avail them for Php6,995 and Php5,995, respectively. Since that includes a new LTE sim, that means you’ll also get the same 7 days free internet along with the chosen device. And oh, Smart also said that the first batch of LTE sims doesn’t have a voice call feature so you might want to keep your old sim card handy to take care of your voice calls. The sim comes with SMS features though so you can register to their LTE promos.
For as low as Php350, people will now be able to experience 4G LTE by buying an LTE-enabled Smart SIM (Nano and dual-cut sizes) which comes preloaded with 7 days unlimited mobile internet for free. Once the included plan expires, you can avail of the following promos. They are really good enough considering the lowest Smart LTE plan is at 1299 with a bandwidth cap of 5GB.
How to Register/Subscribe on SMART LTE Prepaid
SMART’s unlimited LTE will be applicable until June 30, 2013 and after that Smart will announce the new prices and/or bandwidth cap if there are any. For more information on SMART’s LTE plans, check out their official website here.
Have you tried SMART’s LTE service? What can you say about it? Share it in the comments section below!
Maraming salamat Sir Dirk sa tip mo. Bumalik ulit yung bilis ng LTE 299 ko. Isang araw lang yung LTE speed tapos 700kbps na lang.
@Kiel – smartbro sim gamit ko yung tig 50. Na try ko una LTE 299 sa Jump In sim. Isang araw lang ayaw na mag connect sa network.
Based sa tawag ko sa Smart, pang cellphone lang daw yun at hindi gaya ng usb stick or pocket wifi na gamit ko. Hindi na ako nakipagaway dahil call center lang naman ang mga yun at tinapon ko na lang yung Jump In sim. Charge to experience.
hi, need help po sa ipad 4 cellular ko, paanu ko po sya magagamit sa SMS text at CALL yung ipad? sinusubukan ko po kaseng tawagan yung sim number ng ipad ko gamit yung cellphone ko, pero cannot be reach sya. nagtry na din ako magtext gamit yung “messages” sa ipad pero message failed lagi. Pero nakikita ko naman sa screen ko na may signal sya, nakalagay “SMART LTE” dun sa upper left ng screen. Help naman please. thanks
Gud day ezy.the ipads are not meant for texting but however you can text using facetym.(ios to ios devices only) .
You can check your phone if it has sim slot. Pag.meron you can use it for calling and texting. May ipads din kasi na may sim slot.
sir dirk working pa din ba sya ngayon? naka LTE 50 kasi ako ngayon and napansin ko after ko mag download ng 1.5gb data from 25Mbps nag drop sa 1Mbps.
yes working parin sya ngayun :D just follow … LTE 50,299 or 999 same.. 70% success rate … basta working sya sa board mate ko at sa akin..
Pero sir ano pong gamit nyong sim? yung pink or yung white? :)
Same here at hindi pa nga nag reach sa 1gb yung download ko bumaba from 5mbps down to 1mbps -_- now hanggang 20kbps nalang yung download ko. Sigh.
Pink sa akin :D
Hello guys… sana makatulong po ito sa inyo… sometimes we experiencing LTE connection problem.. yes!! its happen to me last few months as i search and read i got this idea…. i use LTE pocket WIFI that cost 4k… and the promo iv’e use is LTE 299…
just follow this guide
1. Load you’re smart Bro
2. Use the free Data everyDay Txt FREE and send to 9999 ( it could help to burst up you’re connection
3. Open you’re smart Bro setting (exaple: mine is 192.168.*.*) then look for the data Usage History then reset it…
4. if the connection still slow reboot you’re smart Pocket wifi
(note: Almost people say that the smart Bro sim have Cap.. but for me there’s no cap my highest data usage is 165GB < (always playing online and donwloading Movies ,Games) i used 2 Laptop )
But in last few months the connection is so slow ( because they upgraded the 4g to 5g as i read there FB)
just my Theory !! but for me it works.. also to my Board mate
where to reset my data usage? U wrote something about smart bro settings and your IP? thx
HI,Can i ask if the smart prepaid micro sim is capable to use for smart bro Pocket wifi 101??We just bought only the wifi unit without the sim so we try to use the micro sim and then we cant connect already isnt work or not po ba? So we can buy a match sim for it…Thank yoy
This has worked amazingly for me
Hello
hindi ito recommended sa mga online workers like me.. i’m planning to relocate pa nmn and finding what is the best internet service provider sa lilipatan ko.. so smart is now erased to my ISP list.. thanks for these reviews.
I subscribed LTE 995 for a month last Oct 18 and will expire this month Nov 18. I was only able to use a week of my subscription. Its going 2 weeks without even getting an internet connection. I already bought another sim and registered another LTE promo. This time im using LTE 50 since i fear that if i register again on the higher plans, i might not get the connection again. But it is currently very sloooooooooow. I get .70mbps and a max of 1mbps but rarely. If they are upgrading how are they going to compensate for the subscriptions i’ve made but wasn’t able to utilize?
Try the suggestion above to send FREE to 9999. My connection was running at 0.70mbps and after I did that it was upto 10mbps down and 5mbps up!
To the author, thanks for taking the time to post all this info. I was just about ready to dump SMART for a much more expensive cable option.
Another trick is not to use mothly subscription which is having a data cap
the trick is to use daily subscription..
And also try text FREE send to 9999
Smart LTE gamit ko pla…
gd aftie.. ask ko lng bkit di ko mgamit packet data ko.. smart LYR sim gamit ko.. knd hindi b LTE phone gmait m di k rin mkpgnet??
SMART LTE is only good during a couple of months then will drop down to the lowest speed na parang dial up nalang even if you change sim card. It’s useless and a total waste of money and time sakit lang sa ulo pandaraya nila so I sold my LTE stick nalang.