Airtel quietly hikes the price of its popular 1.5GB daily data plans, now starts at ₹899
Airtel prepaid users will now have to pay a little extra when they buy the 1.5GB per day plan. The company has hiked the the price of 84 day validity plan while the popular ₹799 plan that offered 1.5GB data per day for 77 day validitity has been discontinued.
Airtel prepaid plan price hike:
Airtel’s ₹859 plan with 84 days validity will now costs Airtel prepaid users ₹899. The plan continues to come with the same benefits which includes 1.5GB data per day, unlimited calling and 100 SMS per day. Once the daily 1.5GB data limit is exhausted, users are automatically downgraded of 64kbps experience.
The pack also offers 12 months of Adobe Express Premium subscription along with free Hellotunes and spam alerts from Airtel. However, the pack does remove the RewardsMini subscription that the company had earlier added with the ₹859 plan.
Here’s a list of some popular Airtel plans after the price hike:
How does Airtel plan compare to Reliance Jio and VI?
After the price hike, Airtel’s 84-day validity plan costs slightly higher than Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea, both of which are priced at ₹859 and offer 1.5GB data per day. Meanwhile, Reliance Jio also offers Google AI Pro subscription for 18 months which gives users access to latest Gemini AI models along with other Google benefits like 5TB of storage.
VI, on the other hand, offers unlimited downloads from 12AM to 6AM that doesn’t include the 1.5GB/day data limit. It also offers “Vi Hero Unlimited” benefits that allows users to save their unused weekday data over the weekend.
