Last July 13 at the Shangri-La The Fort, PLDT and Smart Chairman and CEO Manny V. Pangilinan together with Smart Wireless Consumer Operations Head Katrina Luna-Abelarde and Executive Vice President and Head of Consumer Business for PLDT and Smart Ariel Fermin unveil eight (8) things that SMART offers to their subscribers to enjoy their digital life better.
The event was tagged with SMART Unbox, SMART announced the availability of another affordable Smartphone Prepaid Kit. The Starmobile Play Click follows the success of the MyPhone My28 and cost P1,288. And for those who need to connect their laptops and other gadgets to mobile internet, SMART is offering Smart Bro Pocket WiFi, available at only P888. It is the perfect gadget to use especially for students to do quick research for their assignments and projects. Because faster data matters to those who wanted to connect online, SMART announced its Super Speed LTE SIMs as well as Giga Surf 50, its biggest data offer with 1GB data for surfing and apps, plus free 300MB for video streaming on YouTube and iFlix, valid for three days at only P50. As an innovative feature, this 1GB data can be shared with other prepaid subscribers through the Smart’s Pasadata service.
SMART partners with Twitter to enhance their customer service for a faster feedback to the subscribers inquiry via @smartcares. Aside from that to help subscribers maximize their data experience, Smart is powering Marty the Smarty, everyone’s go-to guy for all kinds of questions and concerns about mobile data and the Internet, accessible via his website www.martythesmarty.com and official account on Twitter @martysmarty.
And aside from checking your account online or waiting for the billing statement, SMART enhanced their My Smart app that is available on Android and iOS to check your running balance, subscribed promo bundles or remaining load credit for both postpaid and prepaid. There’s also the Smart Life app, giving the subscribers daily exclusive digital perks, videos, music, and games for mobile users.
Lastly, for those who enjoy music and entertainment, Smart unveils Own It campaign a platform that encourages everyone, especially the youth, to share their passions to the world, giving them a voice larger than themselves. They partner with YouTube for Smart Launchpad, a program to help budding content creators upload their own work and broadcast it to the world via Upload Stations all over the country. And there is the Smart Music Live that will also feature perks and meet and greet events for upcoming concerts of hit artists like Selena Gomez’s on July 31; In the Mix featuring Third Eye Blind, Panic! At the Disco, James Bay, Elle King and Twin Pines on August 18; and Shawn Mendes’ in October.
