Smart Launches O+ Presto 700 LTE Prepaid Kit for Only Php2,188

Smart Communications Inc is still not finished with its #SmartphoneForAll campaign to bring Android smartphone experience to the masses for a very affordable price that comes with lots of data and prepaid load rebates for one full year. Today, they are launching a new installment to the program following the super successful run of the previous MyPhone My28 and Starmobile Play Click offerings, this time it's from O-Plus and the device is called the O+ Presto 700 LTE.

Just like the previous Smart Prepaid Bundle offering under this program, Smart is partnering with new smartphone manufacturer, O Plus this time around, to offer the O+ Presto 700 LTE smartphone for a subsidized retail price with the following data and load rewards for 12 months.

• Free 100MB data every month
• Free Php30 prepaid load for every accumulated load of Php100/month

This device is initially released in Davao City starting October 15, 2016 which was the same day Smart officially unveiled the "Faster LTE" connectivity in the city after months of system enhancements and new cell tower installations.  Additionally on this same date Smart also held the Connected Davao event at three major malls in Davao City namely NCCC, GMall, and SM Lanang Premier to formally and publicly kick off these latest milestones alongside displaying latest products and services of Smart and PLDT.

PLDT-Smart Team and Partners at Yesterda's Official "Faster LTE" Launch in Davao City

There are two main reasons why the Smart O+ Presto 700 LTE Prepaid Bundle was first launched here. First is, Davao is the first in the entirety of the Philippines to have a much wider, stronger, and faster LTE coverage and speed, thanks to those system updates and upgrades PLDT and Smart have been doing in this region for the past couple of months. Second reason is, Davao City has the most number of 700MHz cell towers already activated. As of August of this year, Smart had already fire up five 700MHz-powered towers. And those are in Matina, in Barangay Ma-a near DBP Village, along San Pedro Street near Osmena Park, at the PLDT Building along Ponciano Reyes Street, and at Kilometer 4 near Davao City Golf Club.

In connection to the second reason and as you may have already noticed, the O+ Preston 700 LTE is one of those newest smartphones in the country that is already 700MHz-ready. If you can recall, 700MHz bandwidth is one of those new spectrum awarded to Smart and PLDT and this type of frequency is much more powerful as it can reach wider coverage and even indoors. In other words, anywhere you go now in Davao City you should have LTE signal available on your device.

But don't worry, if you are outside of Davao City, you can still buy this new smartphone from Smart Online Store (see link below). And I was also told that this will be released in physical stores outside Davao in a week or two.

O+ Presto 700 LTE specs:

• 5-inch FWVGA Display
• 854 x 480 resolution
• 1.3GHz quad-core processor
• 512MB RAM
• 8GB Internal storage
• Supports microSD card up to 32GB
• 8MP rear camera with flash
• 5MP front camera
• Android 6.0 Marshmallow
• WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS
• Dual-SIM
• 3G, LTE
• 700MHz LTE Ready
• 2000mAh Battery
• Php2,188

The O+ Presto 700 LTE Smart Prepaid Bundle Kit is currently available in Smart Wireless Stores in Davao and via Smart Online Store for a only Php2,188 with an additional Php300 prepaid card load purchase. That's a total of one-time pay of Php2,488.This promo is offered until December 31, 2016.