- Available to port-in customers only.
- Total minimum cost $1287 for S9.
- Total minimum cost $1437 For S9+.
Mobile plan offer available instore only. Offer valid until 11:59PM AEST 04/05/18.
Update: Offer extends until 26 May.
Samsung Galaxy S9 ($699) or S9+ ($849) When You Port Your Number to Telstra BYO 25GB $49 12 Months Plan @ JB Hi-Fi
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Yes, the phone plan is same as https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/372623 but instead of $200 gift card you get the discount on the phone.
My wife wanted a new Apple Watch with cellular.. so they ported her iPhone X from aldimobile onto the plan, she got the $200 voucher and they took that immediately off the price of the new apple watch.. Was surprised they did it, but they did. So she is happy as a pig in mud - so to speak.
Based on the thumbnail, I thought this was another dell desktop
Basically, you have to pay $849 for the phone and then $49 for each month for 12 months for this Telstra plan. You are saving $500 off their RRP.
Just a heads up. The offer email has this in the terms
The offer price will be transacted via the use of a $500 JB HIFI Gift Card at point of purchase.
but the web page doesnt.
Sorry, do you mind elaborating and posting a screen cap of the email? From what I understand is that If I switch over to Telstra and sign up for their 12 month contract @49 - JB HI FI is offering a $500 credit for my next purchase?
Yes that's right. Atleast according to the email. See terms in screenshot below. So you have to pay $1199 for the S9 and switch over to Telstra for their 12 month contract to get a $500 gift card. But the website doesn't mention this. Don't know which one is correct.
It says $699 upfront, which is legally all you have to pay
I got one today, you just pay the $699 as they apply the $500 gift card to your purchase.
This is awesome for TRS purposes… means you get the GST rebate for 1199, but can claim on the return that it is only worth 699 because of this deal XD.
Anyone got the receipt to confirm that this is the case?
Good way to bring down your $49 monthly if you are already on that plan. Purchase a phone and sell on scumtree.
You have to port your number over.
Buy a $2 optus sim
Best possible way if I'm already with Telstra??
port out to Optus, wait 24 hours.
Really? I thought they had safeguards for this, in that you had to wait a certain amount of time. Good to know if it works though, will keep it mind
I think they say 30 days but I’ve heard people port out and straight back in
I tried porting out of Telstra to Optus with the $2 sim, went to JBHiFi a couple of ays later, it didn't work (it was still showing that I was with Telstra at JBHiFi).. Optus claimed it was because I didn't have any credit on the sim and it wasn't "activated" on a plan. Telstra claimed it was released from their side. I very reluctantly put $10 credit onto Optus, tried again, same. Called Telstra, eventually got someone to release the number or discharge it or some term. Tried a couple of weeks later and it then showed I was with Optus.. BUT it showed I'd only recently ported. As I had so many issues with Optus on chat, my wanting to get back to Telstra was enough for them to say it was ok for me to have the deal.
So short story is that it may depend on the store you try, and you mightn't show as porting out as quickly as others experience.
Every time I have to deal with Optus when registering a new SIM, it's always a clusterF. They are truly incompetent.
@Wickadz: Yeah, wish I had done that. Only went with Optus because people seemed to be suggesting it, and Vodafone reception in rural areas crap if I had to stay on it long.
UPDATE:
went to Vodafone, ported my number in 10 mins. Walked to jb and got the deal. Total time 1.5 hours.
New fone who dis
Was the discount given as a JB Hi Fi gift card?
Technically yes, only usable for purchase of an s9
@Wickadz: Oh, that's ok then. I thought you pay full price then they give you a JB Hi Fi gift card with the difference.
@Wickadz can you report back that your phone Telstra Service is still working now a few days after? Going Telstra to Vodaphone to Telstra in the same day?
Pretty good deal!
Do jb have the exynos duos dual sim Version?
No, Australian Stock only has Single Sim Version
They've lost me..
That is more Samsung then Telstra. Telstra won't sell non-australian tested and proven on their network
Yes you are right. Yet there's been no recent issues using overseas models of phone manufactured from various brands that support all of telstra 3g and 4g bands
What happens when your exynos version breaks? You're probably gonna return it to Telstra. Who's Telstra gonna return it to if the exynos version not supported by Samsung in Australia? As asa79 said, it's Samsung, not Telstra.
@nomadspartan: not sure where that's relevant to the discussion. Happy to get blue a tick stock but if its not dual sim which I need, I'll go international. Origin doesn't bother me. I already have a plan in place on their network anyway just not as much data as what's on offer.
@ro0sta: Telstra has a very strict Quality Testing Routine for phones before they release them on their network, to cover for any issues associated to network
@ro0sta: But when it doesnt work on the Telstra network after an upgrade etc, they will say sorry we dont support that model
does the wifi call works with dual sim version?
the wifi call is useful in poor lte reception are but good wifi, but it will usually cut off the call when changing from wifi to lTEOf course it does. This concern between s9 models is purely network dependent… Though you need to be certain of one thing, there is a difference between telstras uncapped 4g network offering VOLTE or WiFi calls vs using Ai Woolworths sim (mvno of telstra network, uses part of 4g network) where volte isn't enabled for its customers.
Remember to pay for the S9/S9+ with JB Hifi vouchers to save an extra $35/42
Got discounted jb voucher? The eBay one yes?
But that only 1% atm how did you get $42 ?
No, not the ebay one. I wasn't quick enough to score 10% off.
But you can get 5-7.5% off with egift cards if you're with AGL, entertainment book and other organisations as listed in the above ozbargain egiftcard wiki link.
So the minimum 5% off the S9's price of $699 comes to roughly $35.
The minimum 5% off the S9+ price of $849 is then $42.45, which I cba typing and rounded it down to $42.
Not a bad deal at all.
Does the price include all the 'services' Telstra sign you up for without your knowledge and then will only offer a refund if you contest them?
I have never been signed up for anything extra.
But if you were these services will be in the contract that you need to sign which you would have read before you signed it…
That has nothing to do with what your post indicated.
Premium direct billing services have nothing to do with Telstra, all they do is pass on the charge.
They do not sign people up for it, any charges are there because the user signed up to a service.Yesterday, the Federal Court fined Telstra $10 million for the rip-off after it found that Telstra “did not adequately inform customers it had set the Premium Direct Billing service as a default on their mobile accounts. If customers accessed content through this service, even unintentionally, they were billed directly by Telstra
@Icecold5000: the "access unintentionaly" is what got people , they were probabalt buying stuff, not being asked for credit card and thought it was free ….. normally they would have been asked for credit card details or paypal for stuff like ringtones or in-app purchases for games.
Sure we will issues with surcharges on tap and go at some stage as it just asks you to tap and not what the surcharge is which varies from place to place , some suck it up, some pass it on … hence use Aldi and they it clear "surcharge for using credit".
did not adequately inform customers it had set the Premium Direct Billing service
Being enabled has no cost to the customers.
It is no different to 1900 number access being enabled by default. There is no cost for it to be enabled but if you call a 1900 number you will be charged.
customers accessed content through this service
People did not read the details for the content they were purchasing to see that there was a cost.
I'll go with the Federal Court and the $10 million fine on Telstra who have decided not to appeal the decision. Your opinion is just a opinon and is wrong because the Federal Court's opinion is the law.
I have not given my opinion. I have given a summary of the case and what the service/issue was.
I guess you don't know or don't care to learn what Premium Direct Billing is.
But the issue was customers purchasing things and not realising there was a cost. Telstra did not sign anyone up for anything
The opinion of the Federal court is not law…
You don't seem to be aware that Australia is a common law jusrisdiction.
I guess you don't know or care to learn what a contract is with offer and acceptance and inconsequential crap like that.
I guess telstra can flip the bird and not pay the 10 mil fine if what you say is corrrect but I guess reality is something different.
You don't seem to be aware that Australia is a common law jusrisdiction.
I know exactly how our law system works. But an opinion is not a judgement.
I guess you don't know or care to learn what a contract is with offer and acceptance and inconsequential crap like that.
Nothing I have said should have led you to believe that, but believe what you want.
Telstra acted as the billing party (like PayPal). The contact for the charge of service was in place between the consumer and ringtone etc vendor.The Federal Court issued a judgement against Telstra. You seem confused as to what this signifies. An opinion is arguement issued by a lawyer which has yet to be tested in Court.
"By introducing and operating the Premium Direct Billing service, Telstra generated substantial profits by exposing customers to unauthorised charges,” Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Rod Sims announced in a media statement."
So Telstra introduced and operated the billing service. Seems a lot more involved that what you would have us to believe.
You can carry on this line of argument until you are blue in the face but it doesn't change anything. Its not a matter of belief but of the Federal's Court's judgement. That's all that counts. So what you say is an utter nullity.
People did not read the details for the content they were purchasing to see that there was a cost.
Actually while I agree with your statement in a general sense, the problem was often due to a thing called HTTP Header Enrichment. Translation of that - Telstra/Optus and potentially others were sending your phone number to "partner" websites with every single web request without your knowledge or approval.
What this means is you might accidentally click an ad on your phone to a mobile gaming website, and every single hit on the ad's website contains your phone number for them to view.
Some of the less than honest web sites, would use your number to automatically subscribe you to a premium service, or internationally poorly design their website to force you to accidentally click a link which "agrees" to you using their premium service.
There is discussion of it here:
* https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2418905
* http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-26/optus-and-telstra-shar…These sites rely on most people not knowing how to unsubscribe correctly, or just accepting the previous charges once they do unsubscribe - that is their whole business model. 20% ask for refunds which are refunded immediately and they pocket the rest.
It is no different to 1900 number access being enabled by default. There is no cost for it to be enabled but if you call a 1900 number you will be charged.
Using your analogy, it's like calling a 1800 free-call number and accidentally pressing 1 instead of 2. This behind the scenes takes your caller ID and signs you up to a $10 a week service when at no time you actually told them your phone number or clearly knew pressing the wrong button would have that effect.
The Federal Court issued a judgement against Telstra.
Yes it did.
You seem confused as to what this signifies.
You are the one who is confused. You are the one who claimed "the Federal Court's opinion is the law."
Some of the less than honest web sites, would use your number to automatically subscribe you to a premium service, or internationally poorly design their website to force you to accidentally click a link which "agrees" to you using their premium service.
That's true, and a good point.
PDB does still have a place I think. For things like the app store, Netflix and carrier services the single billing is a simple and easy service. I'm sure there are other reputable services that are still allowed to charge using PDB.
This is a BYO plan so it won't have aggressive extras. That said, I've signed up for plans with Telstra 5 times and not once have they signed me up for extras.
I think the user meant all the horoscopes and trivia junk
Same page offers a Pixel 2 or Pixel 2 XL for $59 a month over 24 months. https://www.jbhifi.com.au/Global/images/2018/03/jb-au-201803… Similar total cost to the S9+. Which is the better phone?
It's a 24mths plan for the pixel. Min cost $1,416.
It will cost $2,025 for s9plus assuming you stick with the $49 plan over 24mths.
Samsung is better device other than camera although both are priced for idiots if you look at every other brand.
Samsung by far. Camera is better too
I have both and the camera on the s9 is terrible compared to the pixel.
I would have to disagree. The S9 camera is top notch and works so much better than the Pixel 2, especially at night
Really? I have compared them side by side and its night and day, unless my unit is faulty.. all the comparisons online confirm this.. i really want to keep the S9 as everything else is better on it bar camera and battery life, but i use the camera a lot
@jjsnacks: dxomark shows the S9+ as better. Youtube reviews are a mixed bag.. if you want faithful reproduction of the scene, Pixel 2/2XL is better, but if you're ok with punchy saturated colours, the S9+ is great, its video is great.. You get free photo storage (with time limitations) with the Pixel. With both from JBHiFi you'll be getting a single sim phone, so that won't help differentiate.
I've looked at reviews of both, plus the Huawei P20 Pro, though for S9+ and Huawei I'd be buying an international version to get the dual sim. Its a touch choice, they're all in the ballpark but each have their pros and cons.
I actually have a sealed Pixel 2XL from earlier deal that I'm trying to sell to fund one of the other two, so I don't have personal experience with any of these phones yet.
The final score on dxo is higher for s9 for photos but you should really dig deeper in the results and you'll see which camera is better. S9 has a better score because of zoom and bokeh. For every stat that actually matters from a photography perspective the Google pixel 2 is much better.
Pixle 2 beats s9 in the following :exposure and contrast, auto focus, texture, detail, color and artifacts.
Id take the pixel 2 over s9 any day of camera performance is important to you.only buy the s9 if zoom is important.
Pixel2 also has a better video score on dxo compared to s9
Why isn't anyone considering the Huawei Mate 10 pro? All of you are drown by these 2 giant companies.. Samsung and Apple.
UI on Huawei is deplorable. I'm using a p10+ right now
Gave up on galaxy back when I trialled the s6 for a few weeks…. Now considering the s9 exynos particularly if we get xposed and systemless root running.
The good phones lack infrared blasters and decent led notification lights, which are both so cheap and easy to include, luckily s9 has 1 of these… But I really can't understand why manufacturers drop these cheap and useful features
Huawei P variety phones cannot be compared with their Mate models. My Huawei Mate 9 has a notification LEDs which has a variety of colors depending on which apps is making the notifications. My mate 9 also has a infrared blaster which I used for changing channels on my TV.
I don't know what you are saying about the UI but that problem can be solutioned by installing launchers.
I like removing the bloat {if any} and keeping as close to stock as possible. The UI is aweful compared to LG and Samsung.
My iphone X broke a little while ago and had to go back to my old (4 or 5 yo) Sony Z3 for a little while. It has Dual Sim + dedicated microSD slot + headphone jack + notification LED + the battery lasts days but it is just stuck on android 5.
It was hard to tell which was the better phone!
Like sonys latest phone and s9 which have cameras supporting super slow Mo shoots… I'm sure this will be on the iPhone in 2 years time and marketed as innovative first, lol. Apples model last year was boasting features of an even older feature that Came as standard on the s7!
Never trusting Huawei again after the shortcuts they took with the 6P battery.
Besides my own prejudice, post hype reviews by many people have said it's not as good as it was cracked up to be.
They offer bootloader unlock for all of their phones (or most) but without systemless root, putting up with their sh*tty interface is hard to deal with as a 1 year Huawei user… Can't update without reflashING and re rooting after unlocking the boot again which defeats the purpose of putting it on in th be first place. Still not all the way there yet with s9…
It takes a while but you can also convince them to give you extra 5gb data and the $10 port in discount. This brings the plan to 20gb data for $49/month with a pixel 2 xl
Any reason this wouldn't be available on the Samsung deal?
True, you can definitely try with this plan.
Talk to telstra CS to get $10 off and extra 5gb data. Works for the pixel but not sure about the samsung. Can't hurt to try though.
$1.2k for the 24mo plan/p2xl/google home/crappy earphones.
Versus
$1.3k for 12mo plan/s9.
Talk to Telstra? Isn't this deal only available through HN?
What did you say to get this discount?
Dont remember exactly. Asked about a $10 discount and 5gb extra that I saw mentioned here and the person got it for me.
12 months of earlier freedom is much better for extra 100 dollar.
You do realise you get the extra 12 months of Telstra service for $100 less, right?
@lowrider88: it’s an excellent deal, friend of mine just took it up today. Moved across from Voda and upgraded from their Galaxy S6.
If that your prospective on costs between the two deal. For me 24 months lock in contract is too long especially on Telstra policy. It more expensive to bail out on telstra, payout for the phone AND the contract. In there 12 months, Tpg be entering the mobile market and there will be another sweet competition again.
If you care about the headphone jack, get Samsung.
Damn need a new phone but already on a telstra contract :(
Ask about it on the Telstra chat. Sometimes they waive fees if you are 'upgrading' to a new contract.
Is the phone unlocked?
@Riadosss
Unlocked
I'm seriously considering the S9, and this deal looks tops. Will wait a couple of months though to see what prices do as other phones release.
25GB is included per month