Telstra has been offering their own branded phone for a few years now, all of which have been manufactured by Chinese manufacturer ZTE and the Telstra Easy Smart is no different. The Easy Smart is a re-badged ZTE T809 which Telstra are now selling as a pre-paid smartphone for $99
The Telstra Easy Smart falls within the category of a budget Telstra pre-paid smartphone, with a price and specs to match.
The full list of specs are as follows:
- 4.0” (480 x 800) TFT Capacative Touchscreen
- 1.3GHz Dual-Core ARM Cortex A7 CPU
- 512 MB RAM
- 4GB storage, expandable to 32GB via microSD card
- 2MP rear camera
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0
- Connectivity: 3G (UMTS)850, 2100 MHz
GSM: 900, 1800, 1900 MHz - FM Radio, MP3 Player
- Android 4.2 with Telstra Easy UI
- 1500 mAh Battery
- Dimensions: 126 x 64 x 12.4mm. 137g
The Easy Smart mobile has been graced with Telstra’s own User Friendly design which Telstra advises includes ‘simple-to-use widgets for direct access to most functions’. Telstra has made a series of videos showing off how ‘Easy’ the Telstra UI can be. The videos focus on another Telstra phone with the Telstra Easy UI the Easy Touch 4G, you can find all the How To videos on their YouTube Channel.
The Telstra ‘Easy Smart’ is on sale now from Telstra through their stores or online for $99.
Are you in the market for a cheap ‘easy-to-use’ pre-paid phone? Does the price or the specs attract you?
Great phone even for its stats and price with good battery life and performance, not as good camera but thats ok. I do say it does have a issues with wifi tho as it will connect but after a while it will turn off the wifi and glitch and not turn it back off if you try I currently have one and had that issue, my grandma has it as well and had it a couple of times on hers but not sure if she does constantly as she never uses the wifi. Does anyone else get that issue at… Read more »