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!
Do the LTE 50, 299, 995 subscriptions still work? I got a message last time I subscribed that it would only be available until 9/1/15.
Same as mine, data will not come back on for hours. After reporting to smart, lte will be back on. then the day after mawawala nanaman
Hi guys, question lang. gumagana ba yung smart LTE sim card sa android phone? at gumagana rin ba yung LTE 50 to 2220? may configuration pa ba na dapat gawin? thanks!
Any of you guys been experiencing this. From jan to may wala akong problema sa LTE ko the 995 one month prepaid subscription. Then here comes June on that month mejo napapansin ko na alng na nawawalan na ako ng date either buong araw and after that the next day magkakaroon na…then sa susunod na araw wala na anamn. Until this month of August. I can’t help not to get pissed and complained about it. Ang maisasagot lang nila is we are SORRY! I am so sorry for me kasi nagbabayad ako ng almost 1000 pesos and I cant even use the LTE in a proper way. At the same time parang naka schedule ah. The time na nagreklamo ka in a few minutes ayun may signal na si LTE. I hope smart will do their part. I am subscribing to smart because the first time I used the LTE i am so satisfied with the internet speed but this time HONESTLY and SERIOUSLY you are LITERALLY SLOW! and if you ask the agent they don’t know is the answer!
Sadly agents doesnt know anything and some cant speak or understand english either. I have problems of not getting any signal for 12hrs or more. They said no problem with my sim, phone, or tower. What could it be….? If globe works at my house i want to change but doesnt since smart is only internet works sometimes. I hope foreign company come in and will provide proper service so those jokers will be banned from doing funny business.
My problem only started this October. After registering for unlisurf 995, consistently it allows 4G speeds until 1GB is consumed. After another 1G of consumption, the connection will stop. Previous behavior was 4G speeds up to 1GB consumption, then slow to 750Kbps the rest of the day. Very frustrating but Globe is even worse. So I guess Smart is the “lesser evil”.
Need help.. I just bought smart sim LTE kahapun. Okay naman yung connection.
My problem is i can’t register viber with this number. It says THE NUMBER I ENTERED IS NOT VALID.
Which is tama naman yung number na inilagay ko. Help guys.
Try removing the 0 dun sa number. I think it works that way.
I subscribed to smart bro turbo plan 999. For the past two days, all i get is download speed of 0.28mbps in the morning and 0.03 mbps at night in san juan. it’s supposed to be 4G?!?!?!?! my husband’s Globe LTE download speed is 2.18 mbps at night. I deeply regret subscribing to smart.
It is so slow, please give more strength we are paying so much and we are not contented with the service. What you see in your advertisement is not the actual situation. It is real slow in daytime double slow during night time. Please help your Consumer because we are telling you already the problem!
“Send it” how? Tablets and Laptops cannot send SMS! Their LTE Sim Plans are so retarded, whether you’re online for 15 minutes or just 5, they deduct your Bro Load for the whole 15 minutes. If your Tablets’ LTE Mobile Data is ON, even if you’re mostly connected via Wi-Fi every little ping via Mobile Data (when your WiFi gets dropped) gets counted against you in 15-minute chunks at PHP5 per chunk. Before you know it your PHP100 load is all gone, despite being connected mostly on WiFi.
Tindi ng racket nitong SMART. SMART LTE postpaid ko hindi ko pa nagamit mula ng kunin ko. hanggang 3g lang. Ng ireklamo ko, inaayos ayos tapos nilagay sa wcdma iyon na daw iyon at nabiis naman daw un. Kaya bilyon kung kumita eh, kasama na pagnanakaw at panloloko!
Is this still relevant? I can no longer find that LTE data sachet page in Smart’s site. I saw at the bottom of that page late last year that it would only be up to 31st of December. Does LTE 50 or whatever still work?
it still is; they just removed ALL notion of “Unlimited” on their website.