Category: Technology

So I’ve visited the retail shop of 3HK to try to order my iPhone 3GS. There are of course different usage plans that won’t make much sense unless you choose the premium plan with unlimited data usage. Even though you could have skipped the usual but ridiculous “tunnel fee” of HK$12 per month, 3HK will force you to select some extra services of at least HK$28 per month. Here’s the PDF that tabulates the total cost of ownership.

Out of all those “extra services” that you need to choose no matter what, I only wants the Visual Voice Mail. After all it’s an iPhone feature! Here’s the full list of extra services:

• HK$8 – Visual Voice Mail (So you need to pay extra for this iPhone feature)
• HK$10 – Easy Data Cap VAS (Ensure you won’t pay more than HK$290 extra beyond the 500MB data usage. No use if you are with the premium plan)
• HK$15 – Hello Ring (the ringing melody that you have no choice)
• HK$18 – SMS Pack
• HK$28 – 60 Multimedia credits
• HK$28 – 100 Text credits
• HK$28 – 300 Minute Basic Air Time Pack
• HK$58 – 650 Minute Basic Air Time Pack

You can see that only Easy Data Cap VAS plus SMS Pack would add up to exact HK$28 or the 60M, 100T, or 300 min air time are exactly HK$28. However none of these are useful at all for me.

The next useful set would be Hello Ring plus SMS Pack which would add up to HK$33. But what I would like to have is Visual Voice Mail plus SMS Pack which only add up to HK$26. At the end, I think I would just get the damn 300 Minute Basic Air Time Pack.

In short, I won’t mind paying the premium, but really give me what it’s worth, vampire lord!