In Papua New Guinea , Mobile Phones and their usages are becoming expensive and users are warned of unpredictable impact they have on daily living. In Papua New Guinea, Mobiles Phones were recently introduced not a decade ago and had been selling as hotcakes.Many people including husbands, wives, students, children are sacrificing their family budgets, School fees, savings, lunch moneys etc to buy Mobile phones and call/data units.
On the assumption that a couple who are working and have two children/ (daughter, Son) may spend their entire family money on mobile phones.
Purchasing Phones
Husband : K200 - K3000 worth Sumsung Galaxy /S7,8,9 etc average K1000
Wife : K200-K3000 worth of Sumsum/Blackberry/Huawei average K1000
Son: : K200- K3000 worth Sumsung/Huawei/Iphon/Blackberry/Nokia/ average K1000
Daughter : K200-K3000 worth Sumsung/Huawei/Iphon/Blackberry/Nokia/ K1000
so on average the family is spending about K4000 on purchasing mobile phones.
Buying Data and Voice Calls
Husband : @K20/day for Voice and Data
Wife @K10/day for Voice and Data
Son: @K10/day for voice and Data
Daughter @K10/day for voice and data
So K50 combined for the family per day, that is equivalent to K50 x 2weeks = K700/fortnight.
So this family may spend on average K700 for a fortnight x 26 fortnights in a year is roughly around K18 000/year. This is just an example we detailed here.
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We at PNGeHow understand that Mobile carriers in the country are robbing phone users by stealing or there are claims of disappearing units (here is a claim of video example: View here). We will publish an article about mobile phone carriers in the country soon.
So Papua New Guineans have to be very wise in using their phones. Cut down on use of mobile phones and accessing social media and unnecessary calls, save money for yourself and do something good for yourself or your family.
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