Demand continues to be strong for the Enhanced Touch ‘n Go card, which has been found to be on sale through online resellers for considerably more than the RM10 retail price, even before it officially went on sale on April 22.
That demand apparently has become even greater, as prices for the Enhanced Touch ‘n Go card now appears to have increased even further. Through a quick search, we have since found that the new cards could sell for up to RM100, with one such example listed on Shopee.
Of course, there are other levels of pricing should one choose to buy from an online reseller, though one certainly should be sure of the listings’ authenticity before making the purchase if waiting for stock through official channels isn’t an option.
As for making purchases of the Enhanced Touch ‘n Go card through the Touch ‘n Go eWallet app, responses by the company through comments on its Facebook page state that the next batch of the NFC-enabled Enhanced card will become available around June. This is reflected in the eWallet app, as the card remains out of stock at time of writing.
The RM10 retail price for the Enhanced Touch ‘n Go card is the same as the previous version without NFC functionality, and the new version essentially adds the ability for users to top up credit by near-field communication with their compatible mobile devices.
To do so, each new card needs to be linked to the app by holding the card to the back of the compatible smartphone for five seconds, and then the balance check or reload can be done by again holding the card to the phone.
We have managed to get our own unit of the new Enhanced Touch ‘n Go card. Read more here as we run through the card’s new functions and compare it with the previous version.
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Since it’s a NFC, can TNGo discard the card and use our own NFC enabled phone instead? Owh..it’s RM10 but using our own phone no money come in.
The NFC is only for top ups. For payment transactions its still using T&G proprietary system.
Do you ever heard Samsung Pay?
Using Huawei Pay means 10% goes to CCP
BooHoo… Gobar lovers won’t get a single cent :D
Just wait patiently for it. Do not feed the scalpers
I’m doubt anyone dare to buy as those nfc card bought from other ewallet and might already tied to that user, can u re-tie that nfc tng to ur ewallet?
No, when it arrives you have to add it to your wallet manually.
Why not allow eWallet payments for physical reloads at Petronas Stations, pharmacies, Touch n Go kiosks, etc? Then at least we don’t have to rely on the NFC functions as not all smart phones have NFC functions except for the top of line phones which are out of reach for most people.
I can scalp that for you. Meet me at Petronas station near you.
For you, just get the regular TNG card. Simply reload at otc or automated machines. Easy.
Mende ntah, dah ada teknologi xnak pakai, xkan pakai henpon cokia kot xde nfc. Hp murah skng pun dh ada nfc. Baik kau maintain je pakai old tng card. Ayam kfc
With the major push to use RFID, what is the rational to maintain the TnG cards? The manual lanes are slowing down traffic and creating traffic jams. They should increase more RFID lanes and reduce manual TnG lanes so that more people would use them. In addition, the RFID tags should be given free since money has already been deposited in the ewallet and the company has access to the money to make placements in the financial instruments to generate more revenue.