When it comes to mobile phones I’ve been pretty consistent: some type of iPhone, on Telstra. Seemed pretty simple to me. But I’m starting to see some cracks — my iPhone 4S is starting to look a little dated and I’m not sold on the 5. As for Telstra? Well, the service is decent, but it’s bloody expensive. What are you guys and girls packing?
Off Topic: Mobile Phones, What Do You Have, What Plans?
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62 responses to “Off Topic: Mobile Phones, What Do You Have, What Plans?”
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sox
Yeah I’m using a HTC One XL on Telstra for $64 per month.
Works well but the battery is weak (lasts a working day with moderate usage).-
vaegrand
Had a One XL was great for frying eggs, but I don’t want something that is good for cooking, I want a phone. So I got Razr HD on $60 EDC, haven’t looked back.
Sold my One XL a couple of weeks back for $300, good deal for who ever bought it I guess.
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doubleDizz
Cooking eggs? Right. Guessing you wrapped it in a rubber phone protector too. Genius. Or it sounds like you had a dud. I know 3 other people with this phone and haven’t had any problems.
Also, 4G data connection chews more juice than your regular 3G network connection. Use a button widget to turn your mobile data off when you’re not using it. My phone battery lasts two days that way.
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perforatedear
I’m at about 18 months of a 24 month contract with Crazy Johns with the Desire HD.
Does yours have strange connection issues, and random freezing?
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spaghett
I am with Telstra
I just buy credit, I have a Nokia Lumia 800 after my HTC HD7 took a bath in the toilet *It still works after submerging it in dry rice*
“Late Novemeber” I am looking to get a Nokia Lumia 920 on a plan with Telstra
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ayin77
Patiently waiting for the 32Gb S3 LTE.
On a TPG Mobile plan. $18pm ($550 calls / 1.5Gb data). -
Craig L
Just about up on my $29/m Vodafone cap with a HTC Legend.
About to buy a Nexus 4 outright and grab the $11/m prepaid with Vaya.
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whitepointer
You get what you pay for with the Aussie telcos. Optus and Vodafone are cheaper, sure, but their coverage is far inferior to Telstra’s. And honestly Telstra’s been pretty competitive with it’s plan pricing lately. I’m willing to pay a little bit extra for a service I know is the best available.
I’m currently using an Xperia Play on Telstra and am very happy with it.
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mattroe
Currently using an iPhone 4 which has survived surprisingly well considering how often I drop it. But I’m getting a bit tired of Apple. Thinking of getting a Nokia Lumina 920. Sadly Virgin doesn’t carry them so I’ll have to fork out for an unlocked one.
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Monkey Butler
Just switched from Optus (where I had literally no service in my own home) to Telstra. Got myself an iPhone 5 cos I didn’t want to wait for wp8 and I’ve already got about $100 worth of iOS apps. Not sure if I regret my decision or not yet
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nebarik
samsung galaxy note, $39/month amaysim unlimited
optus network, so it works fine in melbourne. but went up to brisbane the other week, horrible coverage there. basically became unusable.
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MrGaz
Previous Optus customer and now with Telstra. I was paying a premium for my iPhone 4 and wasn’t getting the coverage and speed I wanted. The black spots for the commute to work was tedious many times especially the peak ride home.
So, I went with the provider that works best and I have never looked back. -
beneckeboy
I’ve got a Nokia Lumia 800 on Optus.
The OS shits me to tears due to its limitations, the XboxLive store is overpriced and most games play poorly. The 800 is also one of the select few Nokia’s which cannot be upgraded to Windows 8.
Optus is fine – no real issues. I get free calls/txt to my GF so thats handy -
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braaains
Samsung Galaxy S3 32Gb (3G version, not 4G). Had it a few months, absolutely love it so far. They can be had (relatively) dirt cheap, too – you can get a 32Gb blue one from Kogan for $519, which is a damn good price for the amount of phone you’re getting, especially compared to the pricetag of the roughly-equivalent performing iPhone 5.
I bought my phone outright then went on a SIM only plan with 3. I pay about $20 a month, but that’s just on a month-by-month basis, not a long term contract. Can’t remember exactly what I get in terms of calls, data, etc on that, but I’ve never hit the limit, whatever it is. There is a bit of a discount applied to that which I was able to haggle when I went into the 3 store, so whoever you go with, definitely ask them if they can do better rather than just accept the standard advertised prices.
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Rhombohedron
Galaxy S on Optus (Virgin).
I find myself using my tablet for more and more stuff that I used to do on the phone, so all the bells and whistles are becoming a lot less important. Phone is pretty much for talk/text, weather app, maps app and run tracker app these days.
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crispus
I don’t know what it’s called but I have the CHEAPEST phone – some $40 Nokia thing….
I spend $10 a month which gives me 70 texts and that is legit all I use all month.
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negativezero
Have a HTC Mozart 7 on an Optus $49 iPhone plan which has probably been grandfathered by now. Waiting for the situation to stabilize around the Windows 8 phones and then will get a new one toward December or so, as this current handset is barely adequate (would prefer something larger b/c I have fat fingers, and also need better battery life). Undecided still between the HTC 8X and the Lumia 920.
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christian
Htc one x – prepaid Vodafone 30 cap
Might jump into Redbull 180 plan for 6 months to try. Thoughts on red bull? -
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shane
I have some Nokia phone so old it has a four colour screen and no text predict. On a $15 Telstra plan (with $5 rebate each month for loyalty), so am paying $10 per month.
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beeawwb
iPhone 4, $20 cap plan from iiNet. I’d perhaps consider an iPhone 5 but I don’t want iOS 6. Soooo maybe a Galaxy something might suit me. I’d need to get an iPad though so I don’t lose my app investment.
First world problems. :S
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bumblebee_tuna
At the moment, Im using an age old Nokia 6210C whilst my iPhone gets repaired, once it is returned I’ll be selling it to fund my purchase of the Lumia 920. Contract wise, I’m currently out of contract on Optus $59 cap, waiting for the Lumia to drop/money to be had before looking at either continuing with my current plan (I get free calls to my partner) or dropping Optus, going to Telstra for the subsidized 920 and loosing the free calls.
My life is so hard…
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distantdrop
I have a LG optimus its a $30/month plan I only use the phone to receive calls/SMS or make important calls.
Edit: Optus plan.
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hayden
Acer Liquid Metal with a 365 day Telstra pre-paid broadband sim. Then I buy MyNetFone VoIP credit when I need it. So far $20 has lasted me almost a year with call prices the same as a land-line, but with the stability of a Telstra mobile connection. Only expensive part is the Telstra credit… $180 for a year! Arseholes.
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lf1mtank
$29 woolworths prepaid, $500 call value inc 5gb data. Optus network. Using my two year old HTC Desire HD, hoping to grab one of them new nexus 4s when it’s out 🙂
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kermitron
iPhone 4S on Telstra with 1gig of data. I think it’s $64.month (x2 since my wife has one as well).
I think I will probably want more data next time I upgrade, but for now 1 gig is fine. I usually don’t stream a lot of media while out and I use wifi at home, but I am trying out spotify as I type this and I have NO idea what kind of data streaming music chews up.
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lambomann007
HTC One X on no plan…
Just using it sort of as a mini tablet xD
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darthphikl
huewai Ideos x5 on the tpg 15 = 550 worth of calls plus 1.5 gig of data. have yet to use even half of my alotment, phone runs on andriod 2.3. can complain but thinking of getting a galaxy s3
TPG uses optus network, is ok where i live and work
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mrtaco
Nice to see others like me around the place 😛
Still sporting the Nokia 6100 I “upgraded” to back at the start of 09, when the microphone on my 8250 stopped working for no reason. Got a Vodafone prepaid SIM from 2002 or something, I recharge that with $50 and it lasts me about 7 months.
At the moment I think I have like 2000 Vodafone minutes racked up on it from all the rollovers. That’s all I use for calling, to the rest of the family’s mobiles usually when I need to get a lift or something. Disappointed they’re going to cancel the rollover thing in February next year, and I’ll lose my mins 🙁 Might be able to get one more recharge in though, get a top score.
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unicron
2 year old Nokia N900 on Optus, but when i upgrade i’m tossing up between the Samsung Galaxy S3 4G, or the Nokia Lumia 920. And with Telstra too, Optus is shithouse, can’t even get proper reception in my own house.
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virus__
Currently have an iPhone 3G and with Telstra on their prepaid Encore Cap+ or whatever it is. Free calls & texts between 6pm to 6am to any standard Australian number is always welcomed!
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Ledbetter14
iPhone 5 on telstra. LTE is cool, data allowance isn’t. 77 a month for calls etc and 1gb. Not cheap but for 20 bucks a month more its better than when I was on voda.
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wonko
SGSIII with woolies prepaid 30AUD. But seriously considering switching to Telstra since the Optus coverage in Canberra is awful!
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Badger
Yeah, when I lived in Canberra about 5 years ago Telstra was pretty much the only viable choice. Sad to hear that it hasn’t really improved.
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Salavatore
Galaxy S3 on LiveConnected $11.99 plan. Absolutely phenomenal value, paid $747 for the phone at DSE outright and this plan gives me 1.5GB of data and more calls/text than I can use. Very happy to have made the switch from iPhone.
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Badger
XPeria Play on TPG’s $10/month plan. Never even approach my limits.
The effect of hardware controls on gaming cannot be overstated. They just make everything better. If you have a Play, I’d recommend checking out GameKeyboard, which lets you map hardware keys to touchscreen positions, and also re-map buttons for emulators (like DOSBox). Definitely worth the money.
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Darcy
Currently using a HTC One X on a Optus $60 business plan. Telstra wouldn’t give me a One XL so i had to go to Optus.
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toraneko
I just upgraded to a HTC One X from a crappy old HTC Aria, on Optus with a $50 plan. Best phone I’ve ever had so far!
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dire_wolf
I have some sort of cheap Samsung pre-paid phone with Telstra. The phone’s not that great, I rarely get round to buying credit, the credit I do have expires before I can use it all and it’s way too expensive to browse the app store and download games, so the phone’s mainly used as a clock.
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oldmatenate
Just ordered a Nexus 4 (my Galaxy S 1 is long past its use by). Was on $49 a month with Virgin Mobile, but I’ll be dropping down to the $19 BYOP plan at the end of the month.
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Mr Unicorn
Galaxy S on Telstra’s $49 cap + $10 monthly added 1GB data pack. Two generations of Galaxy S’s have been released since I started on this plan… Bloody stupid 24 month contracts! If I can help it I won’t jump get one ever again. I’ll just buy a GSIV or whatever’s good at the time outright.
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mythamphetamine
I have a Telstra branded, Samsung manufactured $49 jobbie, which sees maybe $60 of credit pass through it per year.
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light487
Galaxy S2, Vodafone $45 Unlimited. I actually qualified for a 10% discount so it’s actually only $40.. and that includes the phone repayments. It’s unlimited everything, except data, 1300/1800 calls and international calls. Everything else is unlimited.. even sending SMS to overseas mobiles is unlimited.. It’s a pretty sweet deal for me, who is someone who is someone who doesn’t use a lot of 3G internet.. if I was a user of 3G, Vodafone would suck as a provider.. but I’m not.. so it’s a sweet plan for me.
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Ben J
I have an HTC Mozart which will soon be upgraded to a Nokia Lumia 920. I’m on the Telstra prepaid simplicity offer. I hardly ever use it for phone stuff though. Facebook is just so much more convenient.
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stu
Galaxy S3 ouright, with the Vodafone $3- cap.
I love the phone, basically. I don’t like Apple and the S3 is it’s best competitor, to my eyes. Vodafone’s service is … well … serviceable, given that I live in the inner-west of Sydney and travel through the CBD for work. Whilst I’d like it to be a little faster, it does the trick and I don’t run out of credit or data. Overall, for me it’s a great combination. -
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ghazarios
Black iPhone 4 S
Telstra $59 freedom connect plan. 1.5gb data, $550 of calls and mms, unlimited sms. -
sora3
Samsung Galaxy S3 with Optus $35 plan. It’s okay but we’ll see how it goes when in Melbourne and other places next year…
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shannon64
I’m using an iPhone 4S which I purchased outright, using it on Telstra’s Pre-Paid cap. I only ever need to spend $30 a month due to the unlimited calls/text after 6pm. Have never actually used up all the cap credit yet..
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cordigle
I got an iPhone 4S 64GB on an “upgrade from 3 to Vodafone and keep your plan” type deal. Phone is good, Vodafone phone service and customer service are both absolute shite.
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tiggyspawn
I have an old iPhone on Redbull Mobile, which is amazing. $25 a month for 15 months gets you:
Unlimited Calls
Unlimited Texts
5 GB of data per month.
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