Hey everyone I'm looking to buy a plan with a mobile phone.
▪I want 6-15gb.
▪ Battery on the phone has to be good.
▪ I live in perth suburbs
▪ I'm fine to try any of the providers
▪ I earn close to $400 month but spend half of it lol
▪ I would be using the phone daily for stuff like facebook and most social media sites/apps
▪currently have a 5s
▪ I'm on a shared plan with my parents on telstra
If anything is missing please let me know. I do mean a phone on a plan.
I'm Looking for a Plan with a Mobile. Looking to Pay $50-65
Lockster on 07/10/2017 - 15:47
Last edited 07/10/2017 - 15:49
Last edited 07/10/2017 - 15:49
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Any recommendations on an Xiaomi?
How old are you? Are you going to move out soon? Don't know your circumstances or anything but I wouldn't be committing to a plan for the next year or two if I only earned $400/month (unless you meant $400/week, even then probably I wouldn't)
Only 14. Ok I might see what my parents can do for
Me :)You can't get a phone contract under the age of 18.
You could have it under a parent's name, but then they bare the consequences if you fail to pay (bad credit, overdue fees) so they probably would not want to do this.
You might have to just save up for the phone you want and buy it outright, and go on prepaid. The good news is you're earning very well for a 14-year-old and if you can curb your spending habits you'll have enough saved up pretty quickly!
You will be better off financially doing this, if you actually compare the total cost of a phone plan with the same phone outright and a sim-only plan with the same number of GB of data (luckily nearly all plans and prepaid are unlimited calls/texts so easier to compare). You'll see that you are paying an outrageous amount more for the phone plan than sim-only and buying the phone outright. The 'handset repayments' part is only a fraction of the extra you're paying for having the phone plan. For example, you might see a plan for $60 + $5 handset repayments that actually translates to the same benefits as a $30/month sim-only plan. On a 24-month plan that translates to $840 and you might find you can buy the phone outright for $479. This isn't based on any true combination of plans but it's an example of what might be the case. Once you find a phone you like you can do the comparison yourself and see how much extra you'd be paying. Given you're on OzBargain I assume you want to the best bang for your (hard-earned) buck and not be taken for a ride by the telcos.
Thanks for the advice. I do put clpse to half of my earnings in a separate account and have a spendings account. I also get paid weekly.
Buy an Xiaomi and an Aldi Sim.