Looking for the best value for money Phablet or tablet that can take a sim card at the moment.
Want to use it as a dedicated 'Paypal Here' Access point so must have bluetooth, be android gingerbread minimum and support location services.
Need it in 3-4 days so has to be bricks and mortar or ships quick.
I think for your purpose, either a Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 or 6.3 phone is your best bet for a straightforward solution that will do the job.
Various reliable sellers on eBay, most offering an express delivery option, and there's a 60,000 coupon 15% off deal tomorrow, that MAY work on your purchase.
www.ozbargain.com.au/node/149368
I wouldn't exactly leave it too late on Sunday morning to make that purchase if you're otherwise keen, and the coupon does apply with any restrictions becoming apparent tomorrow.
Thanks but even cheaper if possible.
Something super basic! even under 5" if necessary. I just thought if the option was there bigger would be better/ less fiddly.It won't be used for anything other than for the new Paypal Here card reader.
I just don't want to tie up my main phone with this as other people will occasionally be using it.
Under 5 inches isn't 'phablet'.
The world is your oyster at the 4.7 inch screen mark. Virtually any phone will do, in that case.
Maybe a search for a 7 inch tab that takes a SIM (Asus-branded, or Nexus) will turn up something for you on eBay, or Gumtree…
If you find anything - of any description - right now, like that, for less than the price of a Mega 5.8, that would be a good result for you.
Look for a Kogan Agora phone then. 5 inches. Basic and does the job.
How about a chinese android with 3g and bluetooth with express shipping (DHL) $250
http://www.pandawill.com/q9599-smartphone-65-inch-fhd-screen…
Maybe tabs from this deal a few days ago will start turning up on eBay in the next few days, without too huge a mark-up…
There are also (lower than that spec) wi-fi tabs variously kicking around in stores for similar cheap.
I mention both, because you may not have considered just how easy it is to tether data from your own mobile, or a very cheap separate Android, or a cheap hotspot modem - to a basic 7 inch wi-fi tab?
I was under the impression that Kogan had sold the entirety of his batch of Agora-badged phones, but scrimshaw's suggestion is also a good cheap option in your circumstance.
I think the OP may want a 3g enabled tab and not just a wifi one because a Paypal here access point is going to be used by someone other than him (e.g he runs a store and employees will use it). As he said, other people occasionally need it to receive payments (and it might be on-the-go, where wifi access is not readily available and tethering is not convenient).
It's kind of like a portable EFTPOS machine.
Yeah, I didn't re-read his reply to me after coming back to the thread to add…
Assumed from the price imperative that he was putting on the situation, that he was a 'one man band' looking for the cheapest options, and that tethering might be feasible for him, if only on a temporary basis .
Thanks for the options and suggestions
Yeah pretty much a one man band, plus the missus sometimes one of the kids.
Oops pardon my ignorance, because I had never been interested in tablets before I wrongly just assumed they were all 3g capable, including the cheapies.
I will probably just get into Dicks or jb and grab a cheap phone with the biggest screen I can between $100-150 mark
Due to the current excitement over chinese spyware and trojans I won't go down the yumcha route for a dedicated banking phone.
Just got the Paypal reader and have only ever used a mobile eftpos before so it is just a trial really to see how it goes for the odd occasion.
Tablets with SIM slots are the exception rather than the rule and you almost always pay a big premium for the inclusion.
Some cheap wi-fi tabs reference being 3G 'capable' or 'compatible' in their specs. It almost always just means that they are compatible with a - usually very limited range - of usb modem dongles.
Read the last paragraph of this comment I made a few days ago here and then follow the link directly above it.
You could indeed do a great deal worse than a G526, if you can get one anywhere near that price. Has a 4.5 inch screen, which may be big enough for you, and is frequency compatible with all the telcos and their resellers.
Buying a phone from China online - and using its stock firmware - comes with now, acknowledged, risks. Phones likes Huawei and (usually re-badged) ZTE phones actually sold in Western markets like ours, face a whole other level of firmware scutiny - so no need to be quite as concerned in quite the same way, just because of the phone's origin.
Thanks Tas, that sale on the G526 for some reason didn't make it into QLD Kmart stores unfortunately - that's a cracking price!
Quite a bit dearer up here and by the time I added unlock fee + sd card there wasn't much difference so ended up going for a Grey 16GB Moto G that I got for $180 with the current 15% off ebay/paypal sale.
4.4 kitkat was a bonus
That's a good deal for the 16GB version. You'll be happy with the Moto G.
try nokia 1320, mobileciti was selling it for around 277aud