Recommendations: Which phone and plan for $35 per month?

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  pyramid on 07/12/2017 - 12:30

  Take kogan plan for a year which will cost you ~$250 for year for 11GB data and UNLMTD call/text per month. So two years, it will take away $250*2 = $500. So you will be left with $840-$500 = $340. So for $340, get xiaomi or second hand Galaxy S7. $340 wont get you too far for good cam..

  You will also need to figure out how much data call etc you need and then based on that look for the plan and phone..

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  ausdday on 07/12/2017 - 14:30

  Depends on how much call (local + international) and data you use monthly.

  Amaysim has $10 per month plan, which gives you 1GB of data + unlimited local call, but no international call allowance. With that, you would have $600 to buy a nice S7 outright, or and iPhone 6/6s or SE.

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  Kangal on 07/12/2017 - 14:37

  What I was doing:
  $460 - LG G6 (H8750DS Unlocked Grey Market)
  $35/month - Jeenee (Optus 4G+)10GB Data (8GB +2GB Bonus), Unlimited, No Contract

  …now (since 2 weeks)?
  $59/month, 24month locked, Unlimited, Telstra (4GX slightly slower than Optus). 20GB (15GB +5GB Bonus). Free Samsung Galaxy S8, which I sold for $800, and still using the LG G6 because it's more sturdy and value for money.

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  Strahany on 08/12/2017 - 01:51

  How long is a piece of string? You won't get any kind of directly helpful answer unless you detail specifics, such as how call/text requirements, data requirements, handset requirements. For example, if you need a lot of data and are happy to sacrifice on phone quality or happy to take a secondhand device, then the above can work. But if you have minimum needs, the you could even get away with an actual contracted plan (e.g Virgin $40/m 3GB with iPhone 6 or SE, currently $100 free credit so total cost is $860). Not to mention you might not have a bolus of cash to purchase a phone and go on a SIM Only option, so something like the contracted plan I mentioned may be a necessity.