Tag Archives: Prepaid

Telstra has quietly added two new handsets to their pre-paid line, with the Oppo A57 and their own Telstra branded 4GX Premium phones now available to purchase. The handsets will set you back $269 for the Oppo A57, while the 4GX Premium is available for a slightly more sedate $149. …

If you have a low data usage 4G enabled device Vodafone has a great deal on 10 GB of long expiry data (180 days) for $25, half the usual price of $50. A perfect example of this would be the Huawei Watch 2 which is being released in Australia exclusively …

It can be hard to get a prepaid data SIM card in Japan, so many tourists are forced to rent expensive mobile phone hotspot devices. Thankfully NTT DoCoMo is now offering a way for foreign tourists to pre-organise a Japan Welcome SIM to be picked up at the airport upon landing …

If you’re thinking “Yes, I want to port my number to Optus prepaid”, there are two deals available right now to make it easier and cheaper for you to check the network out. Firstly until August 14 2017 you can get a free Optus prepaid SIM express home delivered. This …

If you’ve wanted to try out the Boost Mobile network and customer service, now is a good time as they’re offering a SIM with $30 credit for $10 via a Groupon deal. If you buy this via the Groupon app today 18 June you can get a further dollar off, …

Boost Mobile has added a new pre-paid mobile smartphone to its line up of devices, announcing the inclusion of the Boost Dex — made by Alcatel — for just $99. The Boost Dex isn’t anything to get too excited about; it is a budget phone, to be sure, but looking at …

The mobile carrier space is a minefield for users with trade offs everywhere you turn, data limits, call limits, coverage differences (and black holes in some cases) and of course the question of post paid (contract) vs prepaid services. All of that comes in before you consider going outside the …

Fancy yourself a cheeky little bargain this week? Head in to your local BP On the run and grab a Vodafone Prepaid Pocket Wifi kit with 8GB of data and a USB car charge adaptor for 19 bucks. As with anything there’s a couple of little catches, the main one …

Optus announced this morning that its My Prepaid Ultimate plans have increased data allowances (amusingly titled ‘Datafest’) with bonus recharge data, unlimited standard international calls to ten countries and an increased data rollover allowance on every recharge with a big focus on its $40 recharge price point. Until next May, …

Ready to start the new year with getting fit and updating your phone? Telstra are offering a Huawei Colorband fitness tracker with every purchase of a Huawei Y5 through the Telstra Pre-paid website all for $129. The deal, which is a limited time offer, appears to be an online only …

Telstra has added a new mobile device to its line up with its own branded tablet called the Telstra Essentials-Tab. The Essentials tablet is a pretty basic 3G-only mobile device, and its main selling point here is of course its budget price of just $99. The full list of specs include: …

ZTE Australia has added two new mobile phones to its line up of Australian devices, as Boost and Telstra prepaid offerings. The two mobile phones, which are the Boost INDY (ZTE B816) and the Telstra Smart Plus (ZTE T816), aren’t going to win any awards nor are they really anything special. …

Vodafone has quietly added the Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace 4G (that’s a mouthful!) mobile to their pre-paid line of phones for $149. The Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace 4G is slightly different from the already released Galaxy J1, which is available from Optus and Telstra. The phone is reasonably unremarkable but …

Vodafone hosted a media briefing at their North Sydney HQ this morning to reveal updated prepaid Cap pricing plans and a revamped activation and recharging experience for customers. Mehul Dave, Vodafone’s General Manager of Prepay & SIM Only, revealed that Vodafone’s new Cap plans offer two-to-three-times the data inclusion, with …

Optus has released new prepaid mobile plans starting at just $1 per day, with the added bonus that users only pay for days that they actually use. For most of us, this doesn’t offer too much, as we use our phones all the time, but for those more infrequent users …