It was mentioned in a few comments for this deal but I thought it deserved a forum post, as it could be a really good deal for those who live alone:
I do this. I live alone, so when I'm out I don't need an internet connection at home. So my phone is just a phone when I'm out and I take it. And when I'm home its both a phone and the internet connection for my PC. I previously had a 4G phone and a 4G modem for the PC. Paying for one 5G service is cheaper than paying for 2x 4G services, and a lot faster.
A small correction to what the OP suggested though. It is my ROUTER that connects to the phone at home, not a "modem". The phone is the modem. A 5G modem.
Thanks for the correction haha. Now is it a 5G hotspot or a 5G modem providing a WiFi hotspot?
I did it for a while by USB tethering my phone to my router. It worked extremely well, and also charged the phone. But there was just the nuisance that every time I unplugged the phone and plugged it back in I had to turn USB tethering on again. So I tried using wifi tethering because it saved having to do that, and allowed me to leave the router where it was most conveniently located, and put the phone somewhere else in the house where it got more reliable 5G reception. It wasn't a success. The router kept dropping the connection overnight. That was surprising because it was a router with a solid reputation. So I'm back to wifi tethering to the router.
But this time I've left the wifi turned on on the phone to provide a hotspot for something else to connect to the internet using, as well as the router being USB tethered to it to connect all the stuff on the LAN to each other and the internet through it using the phone as a modem. If you want everything to connect to everything else you either need to have the phone act as a wifi hotspot for everything, that is, being your router, or have the phone acting as a modem tethered to your router and everything connect to the router.
Pay $85/m you can get Telstra 5G home 1T data.
Or pay $35/m you can get unlimited voda 4G data with felix
5G home internet is just a modem. You can't use it for your mobile (plus its >$30/month more).
The felix plan would work but 4G vodafone internet at home is… not ideal.
Felix limits the speed to 20Mbps. There is no point to have 5G.
20Mbps is far more enough for one person 4k streaming.
The obvious problem with this idea is that you have to have something that costs $900 that you intended to buy from JB HiFi for it to be a bargain. If you don't then you'd just have to waste the $900 gift card buying something that you wouldn't have bought if you hadn't had the gift card. Of course you could sell the gift card to someone else who does want to buy something that costs $900 from JB HiFi, but then you wouldn't get $900 for it.
That's true, but you'd usually use that $900 to buy a phone at the same time. Even if you don't, they sell a wide enough variety of products at competitive prices (or price matching) that you shouldn't really have a problem spending $900 there over 24 months. JB Hi-Fi HOME is basically a general department store. Worst case, like you said, you can always sell it for slightly less.
Go for it if you take advantage of the $51.50/month plan. Otherwise, even if it's $41.5 or $31.5, it's still a waste of money.
Hi All.
Considering this… would look at an iphone 13 (mini) but I have no idea how to "Use your phone as a 5G hotspot that your router automatically connects to when you're home"
Router is a set of Google Nest wifi mesh, currently plugged into an NBN black box. Working well.
I live alone, and have no need for the home wifi connection when I am away.
I am currently paying for both a mobile phone connection and the NBN… if the 5G was up to the task, then $89 (or $79) charge per month will be a saving… and $900 off the price of a new iPhone an attractive bonus. 24 months is not an issue, because I'd be planning on keeping my current NBN and a mobile phone connection for that amount of time anyway.
So… Can anyone point me in the direction of some notes or help in connecting an iPhone to a Google Nest wifi, to use the phones's 5G as the internet connection?
Many Thanks
Use your phone as a 5G hotspot that your router automatically connects to when you're home.
Bit confused how that part works, is the router necessary or would connecting to the pc/ laptop wifi be the same?
Isn't this the reverse of the old Orange Mobile solution, where you had a handset that was a mobile when out and about, but reverted to be a "home phone" (replacing a landline) when at the residence?