Mobile unlimited data plan reviews?

[jeboody]

Hello,

Couldn’t find a topic that comprehensively covered the data plans here in Taiwan. Just moved back and looking to a post-paid sim card for my iphone.

None of the networks really list out their speeds/caps/any details on their websites, so wondering if any of you guys knew? Or have any recommendations on which telecom/plan to go with for best coverage & speed for mainly Taipei?

Seems like post-paid plans are only 2-year contracts (at least this seems to be true at Taiwan Mobile according to the employee)? Is this true all around?

Thanks!

[hansioux]

All carriers uses CHT’s internet backbone infrastructure. The rest is about coverage, and that really depends on the area. CHT in general has better coverage out of the cities. The speed is crappy compares to 4G in the US. There are a couple of ways to change APN and get unlimited wireless internet without actually getting the unlimited wireless plan.

[sunberry]

Hi, am also looking for a data plan but as I understand, the mobile companies all want an upfront payment for the internet, depending on the contract duration, which has a minimum of 1 year… I am not sure if I am planning to stay here another year, but what are the other ways?

[sunberry]

@sunberry

Hi, am also looking for a data plan but as I understand, the mobile companies all want an upfront payment for the internet, depending on the contract duration, which has a minimum of 1 year… I am not sure if I am planning to stay here another year, but what are the other ways?

Hi people, just wanted to tell that I got a data plan from 全球一動 for only 5000 NT a year. their website is http://www.G1.com.tw

[tainoy]

@hansioux

All carriers uses CHT’s internet backbone infrastructure. The rest is about coverage, and that really depends on the area. CHT in general has better coverage out of the cities. The speed is crappy compares to 4G in the US. There are a couple of ways to change APN and get unlimited wireless internet without actually getting the unlimited wireless plan.

any tutorials on how to do this?

[slawa]

New unlimited 5G plans are coming! Price seems fine, but how is the coverage for 5G in Taiwan?

Taiwan to introduce cheapest 5G unlimited data plan in world | Taiwan News |...

[Marco]

Most phones don’t even support it yet. Also at $1399/m, given the fact that their fastest 4G is less than half the price, i’d say wait.

[slawa]

Definitely something only for first adopters.

Even my next phone won’t have 5G because the 5G chips are not good yet. They have higher energy consumption because they are not integrated. And in some countries the frequencies are not finalized yet. Meaning current 5G phones will not be able to use all 5G frequencies in some other countries.

[Marco]

Oh fun. Another 60 frequencies to make travelling a nightmare.

[the_bear]

We’re at 4.5G at the moment. Fareastone is claiming that anyway.

[slawa]

Here a translated German article:

First generation 5G smartphones were a bad buy

The days of the first 5G smartphones are numbered. After Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone yesterday announced their plans for 5G in the lower frequency range, pioneers of the first hour suddenly carry an outdated city smartphone around with them. 1st generation 5G flagships do not support the new bands.

5G in the area wide! That was yesterday’s bang on the drum of the two major network operators when Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone announced the new mobile communications standard using Dynamic Spectrum Sharing in the lower frequency range at 2,100 MHz and 700 MHz respectively. At Deutsche Telekom, existing 3G antennas can be used for parallel operation of LTE and 5G by reallocating frequencies (refarming), while Vodafone uses LTE antennas to transmit 5G in parallel.

This means that 5G will be available to end consumers in considerably more regions of Germany over the course of the year, and no longer just in isolated cases in large cities. Vodafone is talking about 60,000 square kilometers by the end of the current financial year; Deutsche Telekom plans to make 5G available to more than half of the population by 2020.

Suddenly outdated 5G flagships

But 5G pioneers of the first hour will look to the tube with all the innovations. Those who bought one of the brand new 5G smartphones of the first generation for expensive money last year will not be able to use the new 5G frequencies. In less than a year, 5G smartphones costing over 1,000 euros will thus degenerate into pure city smartphones that only support the higher frequencies with the 5G band n78. The supposed investment in the great 5G future has thus been a shot in the arm. This concerns the following smartphones available in this country:

Huawei Mate 20 X 5G
LG V50 ThinQ 5G
Samsung Galaxy A90 5G
Samsung Galaxy Fold 5G
Samsung Galaxy Grade 10+ 5G
Samsung Galaxy S10 5G
Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 5G

On the other hand, buyers of this year’s 5G smartphones equipped with second-generation processors and 5G modems from HiSilicon (Huawei), Qualcomm and Samsung are on the safe side for the time being. But even with these smartphones, users are not necessarily prepared for the future, as the millimeter wave spectrum (mmWave) is not supported. This shows how volatile the early 5G market still is. After all, the current smartphones are already suitable for future 5G standalone operation (SA) without the current LTE anchor.
Apple has waited with 5G so far

Apple users are off the hook, by the way. iPhones with 5G support are not available yet, only Android providers have jumped on the 5G train early. Should Apple, as expected, introduce the first own 5G smartphones in autumn, these will probably cover the most important frequencies. A residual risk remains, however, to own only a dull 5G paperweight after a short time.