From the latest Coles catalog:
Fingerprint scan
Limit 1 per customer.
Handset locked, unlocking fee applies
Optus: Gift Card: For customers who purchase a specially marked Optus X Spirit, activate included SIM and recharge with $30+ on first recharge by 04/02/18 to activate gift card.
Are you sure it has a fingerprint scanner?
It doesn’t. It’s a misprint.
I think only the X Smart has finger print scanner ? Not X Spirit.
Says Fingerprint scan on the ad, but you could be right. There is a similar $99 deal at Woolworths now for the X Smart.
I do enjoy that the ad lists 'fingerprint scan' as the only feature…
Only feature that doesn't even exist.
Optus doesn't have any 365 day recharges available in their pre-paid do they? My cheapie second / backup phone is on last legs and my 1 year (think it was $20) recharge with voda nearing end. This would be a decent deal if so, but i can only see a 28 day $30 one.
Optus My Prepaid Long Expiry
$10 - 45 Days
$20 - 90 Days
$60 - 365 Days
http://smb.optus.com.au/opfiles/Shop/All/cis/Cis%20Documents…
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Unless you specifically want to be on optus for their perks, you can get a $10 amaysim As You Go that lasts 365 days, just don't think of using their rip-off casual data at 15.4¢/MB. No need to unlock since they're on Optus
Edit: However since you'll have to do a $30 recharge to take advantage of the included gift card, you might as well pick long life option for 186 day expiry. That's what I did when i bought it when it was $49.50
I don't particularly care who it is with, but the idea of a decent enough phone that mainly sits in a drawer connected to home wifi and pretty much receiving calls only from anywhere I don't really want to know my main number + 1yr recharge for around $50 was appealing. At $80 after gift card.. well i can probably do better with something like the amaysim you suggested and getting a cheapo phone on its own.
The X-smart might be worth considering, but the X-spirit is pretty poor… have a look at the screen … 480x854.
"480x854"
whoa.. do they still make these screens today?
It all depends on the intended purpose.
Screen is fine indoors. 1GB imposes certain limits.
Absolutely, at the net cost of $20, it already paid for itself from the freebies such as HJ shake'n'win or the 7-eleven apps etc. etc.
You forgot to add cost of a $30 recharge to activate the included EFTPOS card.
@isdnman: ok here's my breakdown:
I paid $49.50 last year/month
So $49.50 - $50 +$30 =$29. 50
However i don't value the $30 recharge as nothing i value it at $10 as it's often discounted to $10 in the form of starter kits because i still get some use out of it so
$29.50 - $10 = $19.50
Sorry for the confusion
@bonz:
You can't use a $30 face value starter kit to activate the included EFTPOS card.
Must be a recharge voucher.
Unless you can buy a $30 recharge voucher for $10…
Nah, bonz is saying he values the $30 initial recharge at $10. His maths is good.
So for above, pay $69+$30, get phone plus $50 eftpos, plus starter pack worth $10 or so.
Unless you can buy a $30 recharge voucher for $10…
That is a typical discount price for a starter pack, ie recharge tied to a particular new SIM.
@manic:
Thanks for steering isdnman in the right direction manic, to make this clearer my kid had used up the $10 credit on the Vodafone 365 plus plan in just around 6 months, i was going to throw another $10 in or port to amaysim $10 AYG, or get an optus $30 starter kit for the $10, so why not take this opportunity to make use of the eftpos gc offer
Oh the 'X' saga…
Hey guys… what if we activate the new sim and recharge it with $30 all in sim + recharge kit..
it says 'From the 4th of October 2017 to the 4th February 2018, new customers will receive a $50 EFTPOS gift card when they purchase any of the below handsets online or in-store, active the included SIM and on their first recharge and recharge with $30 or more.'
So technically we are activating including sim and recharging with starter kit with a sim swap.. has anyone tried it
won't work according to their T&Cs, they're already one step ahead of you
Excludes handset upgrades, SIM swaps and Postpaid to Prepaid
So Spend $99 ($69 + $30 Recharge) and get $50 giftcard.