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Aldi Mobile - Pay as You Go - $5 for 365 Days - with $5 Credit

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Aldi Mobile - Pay as You Go - $5 for 365 Days - with $5 Credit
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Js bne on 05/04/2015 - 07:54 aldimobile.com.au (7856 clicks)
Last edited 05/04/2015 - 11:34 by 2 other users

FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW (I CAME TO KNOW ONLY COUPLE DAYS BACK)

Pay As You Go

All new SIM cards come with $5 of included Pay As You Go (PAYG) credit loaded onto them.
You can add a Value Pack or Data Pack to your PAYG base plan to get extra value.

Casual calls, SMS, data
Use your credit on what you like, whenever you like
Long lasting credit
Our Pay As You Go plans give you 365 day credit expiry.
Great value
Calls 12c per min, SMS 12c each, international calls from 10c per min

Thanks to SamR

From 8th April, instead of being charged per MB, you will be charged per 25KB. This applies to all of our PAYG plans, Value Packs and Data Packs.
Also a new XXL $45 plan, included value:

The following services are provided for 30 days within Australia:

  1. 43,200 minutes to standard national fixed lines and standard national mobile (on other networks), 13, 1300, 1800, and voicemail;
  2. 50,000 standard national SMS (on other networks) without charge;
  3. 20,000 MMS to standard national mobiles (Video MMS excluded) without charge;
  4. 4GB of data; and
  5. Free ALDImobile to ALDImobile calls and SMS
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    • Stingo on 05/04/2015 - 22:30
      +1

      Sure, Amaysim and Aldi accept on-line orders. Just bear in my that while Aldi mobile uses a part of Telstra's network roughly equivalent to the Optus network used by Amaysim.

      • Riczter on 05/04/2015 - 23:19
        +1

        Ah, cool, thanks

  • xfiledavid on 05/04/2015 - 21:50
    +5

    been on it for over a year.

    use wifi at home / work.

    when calling someone, hang up before they answer..
    they will ring you back ;)

    • [Deactivated] on 05/04/2015 - 22:34

      when calling someone, hang up before they answer..
      they will ring you back ;)

      What if they don't?

      • davidl2 on 05/04/2015 - 23:43
        +10

        never ring them again..they are not your friend!

  • [Deactivated] on 05/04/2015 - 23:49

    So does the data last a year too? Can I buy 4gb and have an entire year expiry? Which network to aldi use?

    • Stingo on 07/04/2015 - 05:51
      +1

      Nope. Your best alternative is probably Vodafone, purchasing 500MB of data every 28 days since the data will roll over. Unfortunately, if you choose the long expiry call plan the calls are expensive and your up for a calling plan too at the beginning and at least annually unless you want to make all your calls via VoIP or use callback. Vodafone will give you 4G too. A Red PAYG plan from CMobile would probably be in the same ballpark and work out cheaper if you make enough calls. Another good option are 500MB data packs from Kiss Mobile on their Keep it Simple Plan, AFIAK data doesn't roll over.

      Aldi uses a part of the Telstra network. The other plans I mentioned use Vodafone.

      • [Deactivated] on 07/04/2015 - 15:35

        The Telstra network is really the only one worth using. It is the only network which has any coverage at my beach house.

        • Stingo on 08/04/2015 - 06:38

          But will Aldi have any coverage there? Telstra MVNOs apart from Boost (which is Telstra) don't have access to the whole network only a part of it which gives the product a similar population coverage to Optus but covering different areas. Which network is best depends on where you are.

    • cheapy on 01/05/2015 - 15:04

      Amaysim Data 10GB/$99 lasts the whole year.

  • [Deactivated] on 06/04/2015 - 02:28

    The only problem is that they do not allow Auto Recharge on the Pay as you go plans, only on the 'value packs', so when you use up the credit you have to manually recharge.

  • JStar73 on 06/04/2015 - 08:54
    +1

    I am really interested whether or not the 'free ALDImobile to ALDImobile' will be available on the other plans (and PAYG) after the 8th of April.
    I cannot see why you would need 'free ALDImobile to ALDImobile' on the XXL plan with so much available credit.
    I have five [5] ALDImobile SIMs in my family and would really appreciate the benefit of having this feature and I'm sure that more people would also sign up to ALDImobile.

    • Kevan2 on 06/04/2015 - 09:57

      AND with the ALDImobile does the data expire if add more data before end of period? and Can you keep /rollover unused credit? If not I would guess you are very busy with essential downloads at the last week of life of credit?

      Just to be lazsy - who do Auldi piggyback.

      I have Westnet [yes optus piggy back provider] and I have 3 early plans that give free social, westnet to westnet $1500, good data and other non westpac. Later plan is $10 more no peer to peer and lower data, just a little cheeper than telstra with move mobile usage?

      works in most locations except target stores [for me and may be my crappy handset - will have to unlock the ozB specials]

  • sirob1 on 06/04/2015 - 12:29
    +3

    FYI for those that are thinking of this SIM for long term use in a mostly dormant device, i did the same thing with my tablet and Aldi were charging me a few data blocks per day even with my data service COMPLETELY turned off. I was getting stung for a block of data randomly and it drained the credit pretty quick for doing nothing at all.
    Same tablet with an Amaysim SIM and all is good - no erroneous usage over many months.

    • ddhytz on 06/04/2015 - 13:42
      +1

      I actually called Aldi to turn off my data on their side. So my Aldi sim is for voice and sms only, no data or MMS at all.

    • hallo123 on 06/04/2015 - 18:06

      Isn't that the tablets fault?

      • sirob1 on 06/04/2015 - 19:01

        Well thats what Aldi would say :) but no, the tablet didnt even have an ip address. Its not fair to charge for data when your not even on the IP network. Other cariers ive used have done it correctly ( amaysim and tpg with the same and other devices have never charged like that).

    • Gravy on 06/04/2015 - 21:20

      I think this might be due to location services being enabled, was it an iPad or Android? Location services on iPad still appear to use small amounts of data even when the data switch is off.

  • ozzie freddo on 07/04/2015 - 05:54
    +2

    TRU SIM have even better rates at 9c per minute and they seem to charge in half minute blocks with no flagfall. Texts are 9c too. Free voice mail is also included (also free to retrieve). Roaming rates are much better than the main carriers and if you are in the UK or USA then Aussie rates apply. Credit doesn't expire but does go to sleep after 6 months of inactivity.
    Only downsides are that it uses Optus in Aust so coverage will not be as good as Aldi's which uses part of the Telstra network and startup . is $30 of which $15 is credit. Customer service is excellent and available 24/7

    • Stingo on 07/04/2015 - 06:19

      Thanks for the recommendation I hadn't considered TRU phone as local carrier looks like a good option if data isn't required or when traveling to or calling the 8 TRU phone countries. Only downsides I can see is the SIM "tax" for a new SIM and the cost of data. Excellent option for a dual SIM phone.

    • Polak on 06/05/2015 - 10:23

      Worth considering this for overseas travel.

  • ethanol on 07/04/2015 - 15:56

    I'm planning on going overseas and need a long expiry cheap way of being able to receive SMS whilst abroad (e.g. for 2 factor authentication, ….)

    Any suggestions? Any carriers who can forward SMS for cheap to international #s or even use an online portal to avoid the need to forward?

    • Stingo on 08/04/2015 - 06:43

      Take the SIM with you if the country has roaming coverage. Alternatively, run an app on a smartphone to forward the SMS to another phone. Some organisations can alternatively authenticate via a voice call and you could easily forward those if you have an Australian DID.

      • ethanol on 09/04/2015 - 16:08
        +1

        I don't think Aldi offers Roaming coverage.

    • retiredfeline on 02/05/2015 - 00:06

      Receiving SMSes is free even if the rest of roaming is not. So any carrier that offers roaming can be considered. If the account is with Citibank, they have a mobile app that generates time synchronised OTPs so no Internet is needed for that bit.

  • cheapy on 01/05/2015 - 15:02

    Is the Data cheaper than Amaysim?

    • Stingo on 02/05/2015 - 00:00

      Casual data is provided your sessions are long enough that the per MB rounding doesn't bite you. amaysim has upped the casual data rate and moved to per KB rounding. Otherwise amaysim looks to be better. If you're buying data packs amaysim or Dodo prepaid or Vodafone are better options though calls should be avoided on the Voda 365 day plan.

      • bonz on 02/05/2015 - 00:43
        +1

        Actually AldiMobile charges per 25kB now so if your session is under 200kB it should work out to be 1c

  • bragains on 02/05/2015 - 14:50

    Their call centre is in the UK. The VoIP quality is terrible and is far worse than talking to centres in Philippines or India. Bear in mind when signing up should you ever need to request assistance from this organisation. I gave up my $10 trying to get them to re-deliver the 2xSIM cards as they never arrived, yes 10 business days.

    I'll stick with Amaysim for my dormant numbers. $40 ($10 every quarter) a year doesn't seem to bad when paying for a platform that actually works.

    • Stingo on 02/05/2015 - 17:08
      +1

      If you were on postpaid it could be as low as 1c per quarter per service with usage.

  • jm48 on 03/08/2015 - 15:13

    Just wondering if anyone knows if there is anywhere online that states the current cost of the Aldi prepaid starter pack ?
    Is it still $5 ?

  • [Deactivated] on 28/02/2017 - 17:44

    Any1 taking forever to get ported to aldi?

    My order is stuck on awaiting completion and if I miss the deadline it'll be pretty crappy for me to switch back lol

  • apokalypsez on 24/01/2019 - 14:45

    great for parking phone number?

  • Embaloo on 12/02/2019 - 17:07

    Can I check - are there any charges incurred if people only ring/text you?

    I would like this as the spare in my dual SIM phone, and if never made calls or texts, but people rang me, would it be just $5 for the whole year?

    • lookwithin on 05/01/2020 - 10:14

      a very late reply - but you do not incur charges if people call or text you.

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