KDDI, au Start selection of "au buy-side select" that you can choose how to buy mobile phones

The other dayKDDI will add a plan to raise the terminal price of au mobile in November and lower the call chargeToday, KDDI finally chooses how to purchase au mobile phones "How to buy auWe will announce to start from November 12 (Monday).

What exactly is it?

Details are as follows.
KDDI Company Information: News Release> About "au How to Select How to Buy"

According to this release, "au buy-in select" to be launched this time has two types of "full support course" and "simple course" depending on the use period of mobile phones and support, You can choose according to your choice. The features of each course are as follows.

Full support course
Course to aid purchasing support of "21,000 yen including tax" from the retail store set price on condition that it is used for 2 years at the time of purchasing au telephone terminal. In case of cancellation / temporary suspension / model change etc. during the contract period, payment of "full support cancellation fee" is required, and "full support cancellation fee" is reduced according to the use period as follows.


·Rate plan
It is the same as the current price plan (Plan LL, Plan L, Plan M, Plan S, Plan SS, Daytime L, Daytime S, Support Plan etc). If you subscribe to a regular discount service such as "Everybody Discount", the contract cancellation fee for the discount service is free. In addition, it is also possible to change to "Simple Plan L" "Simple Plan S" by paying "full support cancellation fee" after use of the same model has passed for 2 years or in the middle of the period.

· Au point program
Au Increase the grant rate of "Monthly Point" granted according to the monthly usage amount from 4 points to 7 points according to usage amount from the current 2 points for the usage amount of 100 yen (tax excluded). The accumulated au points can be used for payment of "full support cancellation fee" in addition to the discount of the terminal price at the time of changing the conventional model and exchange with the optional item, discount of the repair fee at the time of failure etc. I will.

In addition, the validity period of points will be eliminated, and instead it will be up to 40,000 points per line.

The grant rates according to the usage amount of "Monthly Point" are as follows.


Simple course
When purchasing au phone "Purchase support" can not be received, but instead of choosing an inexpensive price plan.

·Rate plan
Simple plan L "and" Simple plan S "at low prices are prepared, and a conventional rate plan can be selected.


· Au point program
In the case of "Simple Plan L" and "Simple Plan S" there is no "Monthly Point" etc. granted, but when using the normal price plan, the same points as "Full Support Course" will be given.

In addition, when contracting with "Full support course" "Simple course", membership service "Safety mobile phone support" of 315 yen per month, which aimed at enhancing after-sales service so that it can be used with confidence, was started and the same "Battery pack free service" which gives 1 battery pack for continued use for more than 1 year, full discount service of repair fee, cell phone renewal fee at the time of water wetting and total loss will be charged up to 5250 yen, as well as lost · There are benefits such as reduction of full support cancellation fee at theft.

It is a drastic plan, is it that au avoided installing installment sales? Also, starting on November 12 (Monday) may mean that the release date of the autumn / winter model may also be the same day.