Maxis BlackBerry Playbook plans and pricing revealed ahead of launch

The Maxis Blackberry Playbook plans are finally revealed with the official launch happening on Saturday, 16th July 2011 at KL Convention Centre. For those who want to be the first to own it, Maxis is opening its pre-booking for the Playbook their site. There are a total of 3 Playbook models available with outright pricing as follows:

16GB PlayBook – RM1,599
32GB PlayBook – RM1,899
64GB PlayBook – RM2,199

So how are the plans like? They are 2 PlayBook Data plans with 1.5GB and 3.0GB data quotas at RM30/month and RM50/month respectively with a choice of 12 or 24 months contract. For current BIS subscribers, the PlayBook bundled pricing are as follows:

If you pair it with a brand new BlackBerry Bold 9780 or BlackBerry Torch 9800 device, you’ll get a further RM100 off on the playbook above.

For non-Maxis BIS subscribers, they are offering pretty much the same thing since they require you to buy both PlayBook and BlackBerry smart phone as well.

As an additional promo offer, they are also giving a limited edition BlackBerry PlayBook convertible case and HDMI cable kit worth RM288 with Free Maxis WiFi access throughout your contract period for the first 600 customers that purchase at the event.

To book yours, head to Maxis BlackBerry site. If you haven’t read it, check out our PlayBook First Impressions.