Following the footsteps of other telcos, Warid has also started offering free social services. This includes Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp ─ so now Warid customers can use these social media services free of cost on their smartphones. But is it really free? The answer is No!
How to get this offer:
The free social suite offer is limited to Glow and prepaid customers only. To subscribe you have to write “FW” in an SMS and send it to 7777.
So what’s the catch?
First of all, unlike other telcos this service isn’t available 24/7. Users will be charged as per their package plan from 9PM till midnight. According to some research in this time slot most of the people use social media services, so they will be charged.
Other than that, you’ll be charged for data consumption by applications running in the background. Most of the smartphone users know that some applications keep running in the background, syncing data or downloading updates without user’s knowledge. So you will be charged heavily and you won’t know it.
Even if you manage to limit the background data usage, here’s another problem. The free Facebook is limited just to the Facebook application. If you’re using Facebook Messenger or Pages Manager, you’ll still be charged as per package plan.
Also keep in mind that this offer is valid till December 31st 2014. So if are going to subscribe to this offer, be prepared for extra charges too.
