4G Optus X Spirit $49.50 + $50 EFTPOS Card (after Recharging $30) @ Woolworths

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  MadMaxBargainRoad on 04/12/2017 - 18:30

  $28.5 after 5%.

  Man, wish telstra hasn't cancelled carrier billing.

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  macrocephalic on 04/12/2017 - 18:30

  That's an incredibly shit phone, but I guess it's good if you need something disposable. Is it locked? It seems to have B28, so it might make a good phone for when you're in the boonies and need to make a call, or setup a wifi hotspot.

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    battler on 04/12/2017 - 18:35

    +1

    Can unlock for a few $ on ebay

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    pennypincher98 on 04/12/2017 - 19:57

    +3

    That's an incredibly shit phone.

    Of course it is, look at the price. This is great for old people, kids or a backup phone/hotspot. It isn't suppose to replace your iPhone or flagship Android.
    You can get like 20 of these for the price of one iPhone X.

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      macrocephalic on 05/12/2017 - 10:41

      I'm aware, that's why I said that it might be good for a disposable or a hotspot.

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  pennypincher98 on 04/12/2017 - 19:59

  +1

  Great deal OP!

  Assuming the $30 recharge's value is $30, you are essentially getting a free phone. No it's not great. But it makes calls, sends messages and browses the web.

  Note: The $30 recharge value is mostly suited to older people or kids with the first phone. Might see if my gran wants a new phone, they are currently on the $29 Tempo lol.

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    bargaino on 04/12/2017 - 20:11

    Er, no.
    A $30 initial charge is worth about $5 or $10 normally. https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/342069

    You pay $50+$30, and get a $50 gift card back.
    So $30 net plus jumping through hoops.

    So yes, a cheap phone with usable 1GB and Android 6.
    Use it for kids games, a backup device, bomb detonator, spy camera, tracking device, mp3 player …

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      pennypincher98 on 04/12/2017 - 20:54

      A $30 initial recharge is worth about $5 or $10 normally.

      While that is true, I'll point out a few things.
      a) You can have both the $30 recharge (for $30) and the starter sim for $5 yeah? Use the starter sim first, then activate the sim in box (note this is important to do - states in the terms of the eftpos promo) and recharge $30. Hence you get a $99 phone with $60 worth of recharge and a $50 eftpos card for the total sum of $84.50
      b) Using the $5 starter packs isn't exactly error free, but if you do activate successfully then that adds to the deal.
      c) A lot of people (not OzBargainers) will not think it's worth it seeing as you have to activate the included sim - so therefore they will value it at face value - $30.

      I prefer my reasoning of $99 phone + $60 recharge + $50 eftpos card = $209 value for $84.50. You can save a further $2.48 on the phone using 5% off wish gift cards. Not sure if this works for phone credit, but if it does there is a further saving of $1.50.

      That in my opinion is an awesome deal. But not an awesome phone.

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  Traveller107 on 04/12/2017 - 20:19

  +9

  Bought it during the Auspost sale for the sole use of making calls and sending occasional texts. Tried using it for a few days and now its collecting dust in the garage and sim is back in my good old cheapie Lumia 532.
  I don't use any apps and still this is a seriously terrible phone. Takes forever just to boot up and making basic calls and sending texts is a huge effort. Plugging in for the entire night does't fully charge this waste of matter but it sure drains after a couple hours unplugged. Microphone and speakers are useless and very hard to get the message across. Randomly turns itself off and the battery goes from 60% to 40% to 20% to off within a matter of minutes. Not worth the time. This is the second Alcatel I've ever bought unknowingly in a rush and both didn't fail to disappoint. Would've thought it was a lemon but both have had the same issues and equally terrible. Not a coincidence.

  I did not have high hopes and expectations of buying a "smart phone" when I bought this. But failing to perform basic calling functions a phone should be able to is pathetic. Good for a gift for someone you'd like to frustrate.

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    lgacb08 on 04/12/2017 - 21:14

    +3

    Same, bought this phone to use for 7-Eleven fuel lock app and at least it does the job, gps lock up lags a bit so it does the trick. Other than that this phone sucks, battery drain quickly, boot up and app loading takes forever.

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    AbhiC on 05/12/2017 - 02:29

    +4

    You saved my money mate.

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  iSamurai on 09/12/2017 - 21:08

  bought this today after seeing the catalogue… should be an alright backup phone.

  I was wondering if you could get the current offer of the $30 sim for $5 and activate that instead of recharging $30 with real money.

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    headphonejack on 10/12/2017 - 12:33

    That probably wouldn't work, there is a 'control number' on the outer boxed packaging of the phone which matches the 'control number' on the sim card inside, so they can probably track the serial number. I ended up buying the recharge from Woolworths with 'Woolworths dollars' I had saved up on my rewards card.
    Let us know what happens if you try it though!

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  bargaino on 10/12/2017 - 17:02

  +1

  Got one as toy, backup.

  It is an Alcatel U5 5044T, MediaTek MT6737M .
  Display is surprisingly acceptable, considering the price and low pixel count.

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  Ricky83 on 11/12/2017 - 15:20

  When it say's new customer, do they mean a new service, or a completely new individual?

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    bargaino on 11/12/2017 - 15:29

    Fine print says "excludes handset upgrades and sim swaps". Also mis-spells "Andriod" :)

    I would create a new account, with either a new number, or ported from non-Optus network.

    The main thing is to activate the included SIM and $30+ on the first rechagrge, before 4/2/18.

    I can't imagine they will exclude past customers. That'd be nearly everyone over 25.

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      bargaino on 13/12/2017 - 12:02

      reply to self: I forgot about the formal ID process in activation.
      Possible they exclude anyone with an active optus account?

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  steven6 on 15/01/2018 - 11:13

  I activated my eftpos card a week ago and just noticed today when I went to use it that no money was added to the card. Just emailed optus now. And yes I recharged $30. Any one else had this trouble?

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    headphonejack on 15/01/2018 - 13:52

    Sorry to hear it, I had no trouble activating mine.
    Hopefully Optus will be able to sort it out for you.

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      steven6 on 15/01/2018 - 14:06

      +1

      Their email back says some sort of processing error and they tried to ring me, which I believe, but I didn't answer as this sim was being used for data/outgoing calls so I thought it was telemarketer ringing me. Sending a photo of the card to them now and I believe it will be sorted out soon.

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        steven6 on 16/01/2018 - 10:00

        +1

        Problem solved: $50 is now showing on eftpos

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    bargaino on 15/01/2018 - 14:20

    Some support here:

    https://yescrowd.optus.com.au/t5/Blog/Optus-Prepaid-Christma…