Zain announces contract phones

Posted on 06. Nov, 2009 by Nana Kwabena Owusu in News

Finally it feels like we have arrived at that stage in our cellular phone history when consumers get to pay for things on credit. What am I talking about?

Zain Ghana has advertised in today’s Daily Graphic three categories of contract plans that come with

  • A FREE Phone
  • 2000 mins of voice calls
  • 15 mins of video calls
  • 200 SMS
  • 10 MB data

All three (3) tiers of contract come with the same amount of voice and video call minutes, SMS and internet package and therefore it seems only the model of phones determine the monthly amount payable. The contracts are valid for 24 months, subject to additional terms and conditions (always read the fine print).

The monthly payments are: GHC 80, GHC 60 and GHC 40 per month depending on which tier you choose. The phone models available were not named explicitly in the ad but I made out some of the models.

(Note: The models  in the ad may not be the models available with the package)

The  GHC 80 per month tier seems to have a Nokia smartphone and a Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, the GHC 60 per month has a BlackBerry Pearl Flip and a Nokia E 71 and the GHC 40 tier has what I think is a Nokia XpressMusic phone ( I think the 5630) and a samsung phone, I can’t make out.

I believe this  type of  contract plans is very progressive and will be how things work in the future. Now waiting eagerly for the other telcos to respond.

Ps. Will find out what the fine print entails and do a post on it.

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5 Responses to “Zain announces contract phones”

  1. Yaw

    19. Nov, 2009

    lemme know when they reduce it to 20 cedis a month. then i'd probably sign on.

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  2. Nana Kwabena Owusu

    19. Nov, 2009

    Well Yaw seeing as how the 40 Cedis phones don't really excite me (and probably you) a 20 cedis package will probably have a Nokia 3310 as the phone. So don't hold your breath for that package.

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  3. Name (required)

    03. Mar, 2010

    hey i want to know wen it would start the contract ma is 0249371447 some1 should call me wen it starts

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    • Nana Kwabena Owusu

      03. Mar, 2010

      Actually it is ongoing. Walk into any Zain shop to discuss the options available.

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  4. adjei

    03. Mar, 2010

    i want to knw wen it would start 0249371447 they should call me wen they start k

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