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| Thread ID: 103309 | 2009-09-18 04:23:00 | Prepaid mobile phones | Driftwood (5551) | PC World Chat |
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| 811547 | 2009-09-18 04:23:00 | I've been looking at buying a new mobile to use as telecom prepaid. The same models are available on price spy for $100 less than from telecom. I have contacted several of the sellers & they assure me they will work on the telecom network. Are they just cheaper or is there some other item required to make them work on the network. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 811548 | 2009-09-18 05:32:00 | Anything from telecom will be marked up to salaried executive levels. Try a comparison of their battery prices - one example was $198 vs the one purchased for $32 (TradeMe 2 years ago, it's still going fine.) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 811549 | 2009-09-18 08:42:00 | "Are they just cheaper or is there some other item required to make them work on the network" That's actually the bit I was after an answer to. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 811550 | 2009-09-18 09:33:00 | Did you factor in the price of a SIM card (for XT)? ;) | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 811551 | 2009-09-18 10:15:00 | "Are they just cheaper or is there some other item required to make them work on the network" They should just work on the network so long as they aren't parallel imports - thats when you might run into problems (phones being locked). |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 811552 | 2009-09-18 10:40:00 | Did you factor in the price of a SIM card (for XT)? ;) No I didn't, is that needed for a prepaid? This is the sort of thing I need to know. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 811553 | 2009-09-18 10:44:00 | They should just work on the network so long as they aren't parallel imports - thats when you might run into problems (phones being locked). These cheap ones will be parallel inports, but they are listed with all the others. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 811554 | 2009-09-18 20:20:00 | No I didn't, is that needed for a prepaid? This is the sort of thing I need to know. You need a SIM card for any phone on the XT network. CDMA phones (the older network) don't need them. |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 811555 | 2009-09-18 23:31:00 | Ok, so presumably the phones from Telecom, Bond & Bond, Leemings, Dick Smith, Warehouse etc will come with a sim card ready to be connected. So I need to ask the cheaper suppliers if their's do & if not find out how much they cost. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 811556 | 2009-09-18 23:39:00 | "Are they just cheaper or is there some other item required to make them work on the network" That's actually the bit I was after an answer to. Allot of imports won't work on Telecom's XT network Look for HSDPA 850 on any handset specs. If you don't see it then assume it's GSM only and won't work. Ok for Vodafone and 2D.. |
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