So, having decided to buy a the new Samsung Galaxy Note 3, I waited for Globe Telecom, my personal choice of carrier here in the Philippines (since I have been a loyal user ever since I was handed a Nokia 3315 cellphone merely 10 years ago), to release the phone on their Postpaid Plan.
In their offer, see page: http://beta.globe.com.ph/galaxy-note3, for an ordinary worker like me, the Note 3 is best selected with the Plan 999 unlisurf with 800 monthly cashout totalling to a P1,799 monthly payment.
BUT because there is an option to get the new Samsung Galaxy Gear, the Smart Watch to accompany your Note 3 so you won't need to pull it out of your pocket every time there is a notification or a call, you'll start to think if you can afford one and here is where the error/controversy happens. The cashout does not add up accordingly.
So it seems, that if you want the Samsung Galaxy Gear, it is best to buy it not from GLOBE with your postpaid plans. If you find the difference for Plan 999, 24 Months lockin (38,600 - 19,200) you'll be buying the Galaxy Gear for 19,400, which is a lot considering that the Smart Watch retails only for 13,000+, which do not make sense and it would be very dumb to select the Note 3 + Gear on the Postpaid plans. If you continue comparing the prices the Smart Watch is worth 14,900 on the average except for Plan 999 - 24 months and Plan 999 -30 months with 19,400 and 18,700 accordingly.
With what I discovered, I believe that the Plan 999 Note 3 Only Postpaid Plans is a Promo, that is why if you add up the gear, you'll get its original price. So I would suggest to not get the gear with the Plan 999.
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