Hello everyone!
For those who are interested in the HTC One M9, Vodafone has them for oddly low 12-month contract prices. Doing some contract math,
95 x 12 = $1140
RRP of the HTC One M9 = $1099
RRP of Telstra's HTC One M9 = $936
1140-936 = $204
204/12 = $17 per month
$17 per month for 3gb of data (4gb if you sign up online before 9/4/15), unlimited calls / texts, 300 standard international minutes in Oz and 6 months free spotify / SMH access is a pretty good deal, in my eyes anyway.
If you were to go on their equivalent 24 month contract (70 + 10), you'd still be better off taking the 12 month contract and then going on Vodafone's $50 Red for the other 12 months
$80 x 24 = $1920
1140 + 600 (50x12) = 1740
EDIT - It's probably better value to go for the $100 pm (80 + 20) if you're going to use the 12 months of spotify - the extra $5 over 12 months = $60, while the extra 6 months of spotify = $72. (Plus an extra GB of data!)
Not sure how long this'll go for. Thanks to whirlpool for raising it up!
MMS - wtf? I don't know anyone that's ever sent an MMS. 4G data seems like a bigger drawback on lyca, but I guess you couldn't be argumentative by using that as your drawback.
Sure lyca might pull the promotion, but it's running for a few months now and some other company (amaysim, hello, lebara, vaya) will run another promotion down the line.
Signing up for this 'deal' just to get a cheap calling plan seems like a lot of hassle.