With the introduction of the "separation plan", the method of reducing monthly charges has disappeared with the purchase of terminals at major carriers of DoCoMo, au, and Softbank, but for the so-called "sub-brands" UQ mobile and Y! Mobile. The traditional plan, which discounts the monthly fee by purchasing a device, is still being offered. Although a two-year contract is a prerequisite, it is said that you can now subscribe to a plan where the terminal fee is zero or quite cheap, and 3GB data communication and domestic calls up to 5 or 10 minutes are flat-rate for a few hundred yen per month. , A very profitable situation is occurring.
"HUAWEI P20 lite" has many opportunities to offer special prices on UQ mobile and Y! Mobile. Although it is a model from a year ago, it still has sufficient performance.
Sub-brands are planning to introduce a separation plan after October, but at the moment there are still monthly discounts due to terminal purchases
Looking back at the mechanism for lowering charges, in the case of a conventional plan that is not a separate type, when you purchase a terminal, the amount set for each product will be discounted for up to 24 months.
If you pay the terminal price in a lump sum with that mechanism, only the discount will remain and the monthly payment will decrease. What happens if the terminal price is also significantly discounted due to reasons such as mold loss? In addition to reducing the amount of payment to the terminal price at the time of contract, the monthly payment will also be significantly reduced.
These discounts were familiar to the three major carriers such as DoCoMo "Monthly Support", au "Monthly Discount", and Softbank "Monthly Discount", but all three companies are no longer able to apply for new ones. However, it is still possible with UQ mobile and Y! Mobile.
Now UQ and Ymobile can be used from a few hundred yen a month for the first year
Let's see it in the actual case. This is the case when Huawei "HUAWEI 20 lite" is purchased and subscribed to on UQ mobile. The name of the discount for purchasing UQ terminals is "Monthly Discount", and in the case of HUAWEI P20 lite, it will be 24 times of 1296 yen (as of August 21) every month. In other words, you can use it for 24 months cheaper than usual by 1296 yen a month.
"Talking Plan S", which has a fixed amount of data communication of up to 3GB and domestic calls within 5 minutes, is 1980 yen per month excluding tax for the first year. The universal service fee of 3 yen and the consumption tax of 8% are added to make 2142 yen. If you have a monthly discount, you will get 1296 yen, so the monthly payment will be only 846 yen. If the consumption tax reaches 10%, it will be 885 yen. After a year, it will be 1000 yen higher a month without tax, but it is still 1985 yen.
There is also a discount for multiple lines, with 500 yen deducted for the second and subsequent lines, 306 yen with 8% tax included, 335 yen with 10% tax included, and 1435 yen after 12 months, which is very low cost if you join as a family. You will be able to maintain the line.
This mechanism is the same for Y! Mobile, and it is called "Monthly discount", and the flat-rate call is changed from 5 minutes per call to 10 minutes per call, and the rest is almost the same. The HUAWEI P20 lite is also available on Y! Mobile, and the monthly discount for the aircraft is still 1296 yen (as of August 21). With Y! Mobile's "Smartphone Plan S", the calculation is the same, including discounts for multiple lines, and it can be used from 885 yen a month for a single line and 335 yen a month for the second and subsequent lines.
Moreover, the HUAWEI P20 lite mentioned as an example still has an example of selling for 0 yen all at once if you search for a store on the net. You can reduce the monthly cost by paying almost no terminal price when you subscribe.
