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Tariffics Perfect Package Tracker

Q2 - 17 June 2015

Chris
Chris has a Blackberry and works in financial
services. He calls his wife every day and uses his
phone for a handful of business & personal calls
during the week. Hes a fairly light data user,
using around 700MB per month, however 50%
of his data use is out of bundle.

At the start of 2015 Chris spent an average


R1000 per month.

Susanne
Susanne works in public relations and
is constantly attached to her Samsung
smartphone. Shes always on the phone with
her clients and friends and uses quite a lot of
data, especially when shes travelling around the
country to meet her clients. Susanne is pretty
good at keeping it in bundle.

At the start of 2015 Susanne spent around


R2100 per month.

Dineo
Dineo is an attorney at a top law firm and uses
her iPhone for work calls and email only. Given
the nature of her job, Dineo uses a lot of minutes
every month, but manages to keep her data use
quite minimal.

At the start of 2015 Dineo spent around


R1700 per month.

Howard
Howard is a post-graduate university student
who recently began paying for his own contract,
which was previously paid for by his parents.
Howard had the same contract for the past 6
years, only ever upgrading to get the newest
smartphone.

Howards usage is fairly average and at


the start of 2015 he spent an average of
R800 per month.

THE PERFECT PACKAGES

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

TELKOM

CELL C

VODACOM

MTN

Smart One-Rate

+ Out of bundle spend

ChatMore 200

+ 100MB SmartData Bundle


+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Smart L

+ Out of bundle spend


- Handset subsidy

My MTNChoice 350

+ 300MB My MTN Choice Data Bundle


+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Total: R335 pm

Total: R432 pm

Total: R490 pm

Total: R527 pm

CELL C

TELKOM

MTN

VODACOM

Infinity Select

+ Out of bundle spend


- Handset subsidy

Smart One-Rate

+ 3GB Data bundle


+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

My MTNChoice 500

+ 30 My MTNChoice SMS Bundle


+ 2GB MY MTNChoice Data Bundle
+ 200 Minute On-Net Voice Bundle
+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Red Advantage

+ 1GB data bundle


+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Total: R 839 pm

Total: R923 pm

Total: R1 106 pm

Total: R1 205 pm

CELL C

TELKOM

MTN

VODACOM

Chatmore 400

+ 200 SMS bundle


+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Smart One-Rate

+ 200 SMS bundle


+ 200MB Data bundle
+ Out of bundle spend

My MTNChoice 350

+ 200 My MTNChoice SMS bundle


+ 100MB My MTNChoice Data bundle
+ 100 Minute On-Net Voice bundle
+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Smart XL

+ Out of bundle spend


- Handset subsidy

Total: R539 pm

Total: R648

Total: R724 pm

Total: R901 pm

CELL C

TELKOM

MTN

VODACOM

ChatMore 200

+ 25 SMS bundle
+ 300MB SmartData bundle
+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Total: R498 pm

Smart One-Rate

+ Out of bundle spend

My MTNChoice 200

+ 30 My MTNChoice SMS bundle


+ 500MB My MTNChoice Data bundle
+ 50 Minute On-Net Voice bundle
+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Total: R507 pm

1ST FLOOR, EAST WING, OVAL BUILDING, WANDERERS OFFICE PARK, 52 CORLETT DRIVE, ILLOVO | TEL: 0861 000 820 |

EMAIL: PR@TARIFFIC.COM |

Total: R677 pm
@TARIFFIC

Smart L

+ Out of bundle spend


- Handset subsidy

Total: R739 pm

Tariffics Perfect Package Tracker


Q2 - 17 June 2015

Chris
Spend So Far
Chris' Spend So Far

Chris

R 550
R 525
R 500

Chris has a Blackberry and works in financial


services. He calls his wife every day and uses
his phone for a handful of business & personal
calls during the week. Hes a fairly light data
user, using around 700MB per month, however
50% of his data use is out of bundle.

R 475
R 450
R 400

Cell C

R 375

Vodacom

R 350
R 300
R 275
R 250

Q1
Smart L

Q2
Smart L

+ Out of bundle spend


- Handset subsidy

+ Out of bundle spend


- Handset subsidy

Total: R460 pm
ChatMore 200

+ 100MB SmartData bundle


+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Total: R432 pm

My MTNChoice 350

+ 300MB My MTNChoice Data bundle


+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Total: R501 pm

Smart One-Rate

MTN

R 325

At the start of 2015 Chris spent an average


R1000 per month.

NETWORK

Telkom

R 425

Total: R490 pm

Q1 2015

Q2 2015

PRICE DIFFERENCE

REASON

+R30

Package price increase

Unchanged

NA

+R26

Package & bundle


price increases

Unchanged

NA

ChatMore 200

+ 100MB SmartData bundle


+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Total: R432 pm

My MTNChoice 350

+ 300MB My MTNChoice Data bundle


+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Total: R527 pm

Smart One-Rate

+ Out of bundle spend

+ Out of bundle spend

Total: R335 pm

Total: R335 pm

Tariffics Perfect Package Tracker


Q2 - 17 June 2015

Susannes
Spend
Susanne's
Spend SSo
o FFar
ar

Susanne

R1 250
R1 200
R1 150

Susanne works in public relations and


is constantly attached to her Samsung
smartphone. Shes always on the phone with
her clients and friends and uses quite a lot of
data, especially when shes travelling around
the country to meet her clients. Susanne is
pretty good at keeping it in bundle.

R1 100
R1 050

Cell C

R 900

Vodacom

R 850

MTN

R 750
R 700
R 650

Q1
Red Advantage

R 950

R 800

At the start of 2015 Susanne spent around


R2100 per month.

NETWORK

Q1 2015

Q2

Q2 2015

PRICE DIFFERENCE

REASON

Unchanged

NA

+R31

Package change due


to adjustment to
Straight Up package

Red Advantage

+ 1GB data bundle


+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Total: R1205 pm

Straight Up 800

+ 300MB SmartData bundle


+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

+ 1GB data bundle


+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Total: R1205 pm

Infinity Select

Package
Change

+ Out of bundle spend


- Handset subsidy

Total: R808 pm1

Telkom

R1 000

Total: R839 pm

Should Susanne have stayed on this package in Q2, her total bill would have come to approx. R1 608

My MTNChoice 500

My MTNChoice 500

Smart One-Rate

Smart One-Rate

+ 30 My MTNChoice SMS bundle


+ 2GB My MTNChoice Data bundle
+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy
Total: R923 pm
+ 3GB data bundle
+ Out of bundle spend

+ 30 My MTNChoice SMS bundle


+ 2GB My MTNChoice Data bundle
+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy
Total: R1 106 pm
+ 3GB data bundle
+ Out of bundle spend

Total: R923 pm

Total: R923 pm

+R45

Package and bundle


price increases

Unchanged

NA

Tariffics Perfect Package Tracker


Q2 - 17 June 2015

Dineos
Spend
SoSo Far
Dineo's
Spend
Far

Dineo

R 925
R 900
R 875
R 850
R 825
R 800
R 775
R 750
R 725
R 700
R 675
R 650
R 625
R 600
R 575
R 550
R 525
R 500

Dineo is an attorney at a top law firm and


uses her iPhone for work calls and email only.
Given the nature of her job, Dineo uses a lot
of minutes every month, but manages to keep
her data use quite minimal.
At the start of 2015 Dineo spent around R1700
per month.

NETWORK

Q1
Smart XL

Vodacom
MTN

Q1 2015

Q2

ChatMore 400

Q2 2015

PRICE DIFFERENCE

REASON

+R40

Package price increase

Unchanged

NA

+R20

Package Change due


to package & bundle
price increase

Unchanged

NA

+ Out of bundle spend


- Handset subsidy

Total: R861 pm

Total: R901 pm
ChatMore 400

Total: R539 pm

My MTNChoice 500

+ 200 My MTNChoice SMS bundle


+ 50MB My MTNChoice data bundle
+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Total: R714 pm1

Cell C

Smart XL

+ Out of bundle spend


- Handset subsidy

+ 200 SMS bundle


+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Telkom

+ 200 SMS bundle


+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Total: R539 pm

My MTNChoice 350

+ 200 My MTNChoice SMS bundle


+ 100MB My MTNChoice data bundle
+ 100 Minute On-Net voice bundle
+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Package
Change

Total: R724 pm

Should Dineo have stayed on this package in Q2, her total bill would have come to approx R750

Smart One-Rate

+ 200 SMS bundle


+ 200MB data bundle
+ Out of bundle spend

Smart One-Rate

Total: R648 pm

+ 200 SMS bundle


+ 200MB data bundle
+ Out of bundle spend

Total: R648 pm

Tariffics Perfect Package Tracker


Q2 - 17 June 2015

Howard's
Spend
Far
Howards
Spend
SoSo Far

Howard

R 800

Howard is a post-graduate university student


who recently began paying for his own contract,
which was previously paid for by his parents.
Howard had the same contract for the past 6
years, only ever upgrading to get the newest
smartphone.

Telkom
Cell C

R 600

Vodacom
MTN

Howards usage is fairly average and at the


start of 2015 he spent an average of R800 per
month
R 400

NETWORK

Q1
Smart L

Q2

REASON

+R30

Package price increase

-R22

Package change due


to adjustment to
Straight Up package

+R26

Package & bundle


price increases

Unchanged

NA

+ Out of bundle spend


- Handset subsidy

Total: R709 pm
Straight Up 200

Total: R739 pm
ChatMore 200

+ 25 SMS bundle
+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Total: R520 pm1

Q2 2015

PRICE DIFFERENCE

Smart L

+ Out of bundle spend


- Handset subsidy

Q1 2015

ckage

Pa
+ 25 SMS bundle
Change
+ 300MB SmartData bundle
+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy
Total: R498 pm

Should Howard have stayed on this package in Q2, his total bill would have come to approx R720

My MTNChoice 200

+ 30 My MTNChoice SMS bundle


+ 500MB My MTNChoice Data bundle
+ 50 Minute On-Net voice bundle
+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Total: R651 pm

Smart One-Rate

My MTNChoice 200

+ 30 My MTNChoice SMS bundle


+ 500MB My MTNChoice Data bundle
+ 50 Minute On-Net voice bundle
+ Out of bundle spend
- Handset subsidy

Total: R677 pm

Smart One-Rate

+ Out of bundle spend

+ Out of bundle spend

Total: R507 pm

Total: R507 pm

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