Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

Ever since its merger completion with Idea Cellular, Vodafone India has been launching new plans every now and then to lure the smartphone users. Unlike Jio which has a feature phone in the form of JioPhone, Vodafone doesn’t have any such, and to concentrate on its existing 2G customers who’re still using a feature phone, the telco has introduced a Rs 597 prepaid recharge. The plan, which is valid for both feature phone and smartphones users comes with benefits of 10GB data, unlimited voice calling and 100 SMS per day. For smartphone users, it’s valid for 112 days, and for feature phone users, it ships with 168 days validity. Idea Cellular is yet to launch this prepaid plan and Jio’s Rs 98 prepaid plan for six months also costs the same.

Vodafone Rs 597 Prepaid Plan Benefits
Talking about the benefits offered by the plan, users will get unlimited local, STD and roaming calls within India, 10GB of 4G/3G data and 100 SMS per day for 112 days. Sadly, Vodafone is limiting the voice calls at 250 minutes per day, 1000 minutes per week and the calls can only be made to 100 unique numbers during the entire validity period.
As mentioned above, the validity for smartphone users is 112 days, and for feature phone users, the same benefits can be availed for 168 days.
Vodafone Rs 597 vs Airtel Rs 597 Prepaid Plan
Airtel was the first operator to launch the Rs 597 prepaid plan. Airtel is offering this plan for prepaid users in some circles, and it offers unlimited voice calls without any FUP limit, 100 SMS per day and 10GB data for 168 days. While Vodafone is offering the same plan for 112 days for smartphone users, Airtel is providing the same for 168 days. It’s unknown whether Airtel has any special validity for feature phone users. Airtel’s Rs 597 prepaid plan is also valid in select circles like Vodafone.