Looking at the current Virgin Offer of a Samsung Galaxy S2 for $5 a month on a $29 a month plan with the first 5 months free and wondered if anyone knew of a similar deal which uses the telstra network? I would go with Virgin but Telstras coverage is a bit better where I live.
Doesn't have to include the phone and it can be prepaid or plan as long as its < $30 month for at least $300 worth of calls.
hope you know you can use your initial $30 credit to buy a browsing pack.
Yep yep, 700mb each month:) Wish you could just auto buy or something.
For the op, you could also get $20 + $10 talk plus packs… that would give you the equivalent of $300 in call value on Virgin… still doesn't get around buying the handset outright though…
Over 24 months, you'd still spend $120 on the handset on virgin… so if you are going to buy through Kogan or something for the handset, u r really only spending $3xx for the extra coverage over 2 years… with the flexibility of no contract… all depends on what you want.
To me having a phone means being able to receive calls, and I can only do that on telstra… so I have to put up with the rest of the crap.
Good luck getting that sort of data on a cheap Telstra plan.
Are the $20 + $10 talk packs just a prepaid recharge or some kind of special deal? The only deal I could find for Telstra was the woolworths one with starter packs for $10 but it has expired. Data doesn't really worry me but getting decent recption does.
Assuming you are going to go on the Prepaid cap encore, what you get everytime you recharge with $30 is:
$220 "bonus" credit
400mb Data
$30 real credit - this is what you can use to do anything pretty much, including buying a plus pack.
Have a look at this link to see what you can do with the plus packs.
http://telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/prepaid-mobiles/extras/
The $30 starter packs are a different kettle of fish… you can't really use them for a recharge - except for the first time you port ofcourse
I would love to know of a similar deal.
I'm currently on telstra prepaid $30 a month gets me $250 odd of credit - more than enough, 400mb data - not really enough, but managable and free calls after 6pm - who cares
I want a new phone… would be great if someone had some suggestions.