Crazy Johns articles
December 15, 2011
Here you go folks, a comparison of the $59 (or close to) plans from each of the carriers selling the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. As usual it’s the VHA carriers getting most of the green with Telstra sitting on 1 good cell — they do have the best network though. Let us know what you think [...]
December 15, 2011
Update: The preorders are now open. Have at it! I knew it was coming from Crazy John’s sooner or later and now the Galaxy Nexus will also be available from them on their $55 Value Plan for zero, zilch, none, null dollars upfront — one of the cheaper offers out there. The $55 Value Plan [...]
November 14, 2011
Looks like I was a little behind on this one, Huawei apparently launched the Ideos X3 on the 3rd of November. It appears to be another decent entry level phone from Huawei, however this little fella runs Gingerbread right out of the box and as a bonus it also supports the Huawei Handset Over-the-Air and [...]
September 12, 2011
We’ve finally got confirmation of the in-store release dates for the HTC EVO 3D on both Vodafone and Telstra. The former (Voda) being this Wednesday, the 14th of September, and the latter (Telstra) being next Tuesday, the 20th of September. Basic pricing from Vodafone is $5/mo on their $65 Infinite Plan — Telstra will be [...]
September 7, 2011
I think Crazy John’s saw that Vodafone’s pricing for the HTC EVO 3D hit the web earlier today, so they raised to bar to open preorders for HTC’s first 3D-capable device. If you don’t even want to read the rest of this post, you can head over to Crazy John’s via the source link below. [...]
July 21, 2011
Now that all of the major and minor carriers have announced their pricing for the Galaxy S II superphone, we thought we’d do what you guys seem to enjoy – or at least enjoy arguing over – and that’s to do a brief comparison of what each carrier will offer you at a certain price. [...]
July 6, 2011
The ‘Facebook Phones‘ have been a long time coming, but one of them is finally here! The HTC ChaCha is readily available from Crazy John’s for $0 upfront on their $25 plan which includes $200 of credit and 400MB of data, as well as free calls to other phones on the VHA network (Voda, Three, [...]
June 3, 2011
The ever appearing Red Defy is now ready to make another break for cover, this time landing on Virgin. We reported a number of weeks ago that it was likely to hit Virgin, only to then find out it was Crazy John’s who got the little Red number, well now it’s Virgin’s turn like we [...]
May 23, 2011
Last week we posted about some information we received, regarding a Red Motorola Defy and Virgin. We then updated that article to say, that there was definitely a Red variant floating around but Virgin wasn’t going to be the exclusive carrier. Well it turns out the update was on the money. Crazy John’s have just [...]
April 19, 2011
The Huawei IDEOS X5 was, and still is, the cheapest device around with such amazing specs. I mean you can pick up this device for just under $300 at your local Crazy John’s and you’ll get virtually the same specs as an HTC Desire Z minus the $500 price tag. I’ve been quite excited to [...]
March 12, 2011
With the Google Nexus S available for purchase online from both Vodafone & Crazy John’s, the price war between these two friendly companies begins. Chances are you haven’t yet looked in great detail at what each plan from these companies comes with, so we’ve done it for you, so you can choose which plan suits [...]
March 7, 2011
” There’s no doubt the Huawei X5 is the must-have, mid-range Android device at the moment. It’s selling like hot cakes at Dick Smith and Crazy John’s stores. Now (if you’re quick) you’ll be able to get your virtual hands on an IDEOS X5 by ordering through Crazy John’s website. We’re certain there is a [...]
February 25, 2011
It seems it’s not just Dick Smith getting in on the Huawei X5 action, this amazingly spec’d, low-cost device is headed to Crazy John’s stores from tomorrow (26th) and online from next week. CJ’s have pointed out on Twitter that there will only be ~300 devices in stock across stores, so you’ll have to get [...]

















