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Cheapest 4G Phone - Telstra Frontier 4G / ZTE T81 @ JB for $99 (was $149)

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Cheapest 4G Phone - Telstra Frontier 4G / ZTE T81 @ JB for $99 (was $149)
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Pandylch on 30/09/2013 - 00:45 imgur.com (2797 clicks)

Probably the cheapest 4G LTE phone. But locked to Telstra, with $10 prepaid credit.

Found in Sydney Eastgarden JB Hi-Fi.

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  • theguyrules on 30/09/2013 - 01:44
    +4

    Ugh, I'm sworn off ZTE phones, this might make a decent modem however.

    • turbo77 on 30/09/2013 - 13:57

      same when i had the zte urbane it did my head in. but i got this at OW 119 few weeks back as a temp phone. so far so good not much lags or freezes compared to the urbane. but the 4g on this isnt really noticeable compared to say like a S3 4G. good back up phone at least this time the LED can be a flashlight not like the urbane.

  • rambokid on 30/09/2013 - 06:25

    Can this be unlocked?

    • DH on 30/09/2013 - 12:15
      +1

      Probably for $100 directly from Telstra, apparently all Tesltra devices are now locked for 2-3 years.

    • sk3iron on 30/09/2013 - 13:11
      +2

      I've never had trouble unlocking a phone by telling the carrier I'm going overseas for a period and need to use an international SIM,
      worth trying the same thing

      • OBone on 30/09/2013 - 20:30

        I tried that a few months back on a near 2yo Telstra phone and they still wanted to charge me $27.50.
        I waited the full 2yrs and it was done for free.

  • Posts on 30/09/2013 - 07:33

    Does it work with boost mobile?

    • JimmyF on 30/09/2013 - 12:07
      +1

      It should be fine…. You won't get 4G/LTE though as Boost customers are not allowed on the LTE network.

  • Phoenixsun6 on 30/09/2013 - 08:12
    +1

    Pricematch at officeworks http://m.officeworks.com.au/mt/www.officeworks.com.au/retail…

  • Bappy on 30/09/2013 - 08:38

    what's the cheapest price to unlock this phone?

    bagman can unlock this for ~$18, I don't know if this is the cheapest price around.

    • ryang on 30/09/2013 - 09:51

      The real question is: do you need to unlock if you can root and CWM as above?

      • Bappy on 30/09/2013 - 09:56
        +2

        As far as I know - "Rooting" or "installing CWM" doesn't unlcok a phone
        However if you flash a 3rd party ROM, it "generally" unlocks the phone

        • fchis on 30/09/2013 - 10:04

          Exactly. I installed a custom ROM after rooting and CWM on the Y201 and it became unlocked.

        • ryang on 01/10/2013 - 07:25

          No, it doesn't… But if you can "Root" and "install CWM", then the phone is completely open and you'll be able to install a custom ROM.

          I guess next time I'll be sure to spell out every step of the process.

      • Posts on 01/10/2013 - 09:47

        A better question is: Is your time worth more than $18 to unlock a phone?

        • ryang on 01/10/2013 - 10:27

          Depends really. If you're loading a custom ROM, you'll also ditch Telstra's bloat and potentially speed the phone up and increase battery life.

          So it's potentially more than just a network unlock. On the flip side, some ROMs have issues, so it may increase your frustration levels whilst using the phone. :)

  • fchis on 30/09/2013 - 10:27

    There is a guy on Whirlpool saying the phone is laggy when he tried it out at a Telstra shop. So before you buy it, better try it out at the shop first. I couldn't find any custom ROM for the phone so I will give it a miss. Very good price for a 4G phone nevertheless.

    • [Deactivated] on 30/09/2013 - 11:18

      Probably is with the Telstra bloatware installed.
      When you install another rom such as CWM, it'll probably run quite nicely.

      I found the same with a HTC Wildfire, it still runs nicely as a game toy on CWM 7,
      the telstra rom was really really laggy.

      • fchis on 30/09/2013 - 11:20

        exactly. Have you found a custom ROM for this phone by any chance?

      • Bappy on 30/09/2013 - 14:26

        it still runs nicely as a game toy on CWM 7

        CWM (ClockworkMod) is not a ROM, its a recomery tool
        Maybe you are referring to CM (cyanogenmod) ?

  • rambokid on 30/09/2013 - 11:37

    Does this work with Vaya service ?

  • rambokid on 30/09/2013 - 11:37

    Vaya 3g or 4G service, that is ?

    • scud70 on 30/09/2013 - 11:44

      its a Telstra phone you would need to unlock it and then it would work with anything

      • Flyerone on 30/09/2013 - 12:14

        Would it not depend on whether you need 900mHz 3G which as far as I can tell this phone doesn't have.

        • [Deactivated] on 30/09/2013 - 12:48

          I think Optus have 2100MHz in city areas, so you'll at least get that.
          4G will be fine.

        • scud70 on 30/09/2013 - 13:43

          yep you are correct sir.. but if your going to go with vaya and their less than pathetic customer service (im with them so i know) its only to get cheap access to 4G no other reason!… loll but yeh if it switches to 3g unless its 900 compatible (im not sure of) it will switch to 2100. I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't have 900 and instead has 850 (voda and Telstra)

        • scud70 on 30/09/2013 - 13:49

          Yep this is the networks - so its 4G then 2100 3G
          Network: 3G: 850/2100 (MHz) GSM/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 (MHz) 4G: 1800/2600 MHz

  • rambokid on 30/09/2013 - 13:53

    Thanks guys. do we have this in any officeworks around Souith East Melbourne? I cant seem to find any in the four stores that I checked.

    • fchis on 30/09/2013 - 14:44
      -1

      there was one on Bourke st this morning then i cancelled it :P

  • Mossy on 01/10/2013 - 00:13
    +1

    I bought one from Officeworks a couple of weeks ago for $119. VERY impressed by it. Little to no Telstra bloatware. Have only noticed tiny spikes of lag and not very often. I'm thinking the ones in the Telstra shop that are laggy may have been running for a quite while without a restart. Have not played action games, but Simpsons Tapped Out runs fine! Not as nice a screen as a Galaxy S2, but for $119 I am cheering. Drop Juice Defender on it and I get about 60 hours normal use leaving 4g enabled. YMMV. Might pick up a spare at $99!

  • daver on 01/10/2013 - 06:01
    -1

    Coming out with some appealing new things the big T, but gonna take more than 1,1gb by ur 20mbit_4G: *used up in 8 min, to convince over ma wallet.

  • rambokid on 01/10/2013 - 13:21

    hi, I cant find it in any JB's in South East Melbourne. Anyone know a JB where this is available.?

  • erroorfree on 01/10/2013 - 15:37

    we can unlock the phone for $22

    goto www.idroid.net.au

    goto unlocking and telstra unlocking

    • JordanM on 01/10/2013 - 16:25

      Any chance of a deal? Another member is doing it for $18

    • unlockoz on 06/11/2013 - 16:41

      bullshit, you couldn't unlock my phone. probably you can only unlock monkeys! You're full of shit and a time waster! if I didn't resorted to a PayPal claim, I'm not going to get my money back. WARNING - DO NOT USE, I REPEAT, DO NOT USE www.idroid.net.au - THEY CANNOT UNLOCK THIS PHONE!!!

  • hardik1us on 02/10/2013 - 10:32

    Bought one from OW Chadstone(VIC) yesterday.
    I must say it is very good 4g phone at this price.
    They had 3 in stock. 1 New, 1 Customer return(not suitable for customer), 1 display.
    After little bit of talking supervisor was happy to do either display one or customer returned one for 100. Bought customer returned one as this was like brand new just sealed was open.

  • daver on 06/10/2013 - 08:59

    Did anybody keep theirs on Telstra 4gnet. What approx latency are you getting ?

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