½ Price Telstra 4GX Plus $49.50 @ Big W

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Band 28
Notification LED
What more could you want? (Rhetorical question)

5.0" 480 x 854 pixels, capacitve touch
1.1GHz quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU
3G UMTS 850, 2100 MHz with 42Mbps data (HSDPA)
4G LTE B1, B3, B7, B28 (2100, 1800, 2600, 700) with 150Mbps Downlink
Android 6.0
1GB RAM
8GB ROM with >3.5GB user space, plus up to 32GB expandable external memory using microSD card
Rear camera: 5MP, 5x digital zoom. Front camera 2MP
Accelerometer, Light, Proximity
Battery 2240 mAh Li-ion, non user-replaceable
Locked to Telstra, cheap to unlock on eBay

Link to the specs

Historical Price Information thanks to Price Hipster

Previous deals for this phone here & here

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  willyroo on 01/03/2018 - 17:30

  +9

  Got these for the kids. To make them work:

  1) 16Gb micro SDHC - $9.85 on eBay - the 8Gb just doesn't work
  2) Case and tempered glass protector - $11.99 on eBay - it's not that strong a phone
  3) Unlock so it works on Telstra MVNOs eg Aldi - $2.99 on eBay *
  4) Disable TouchPal, it's the source of the ads
  5) Ignore the OTA update, it does the full download of all your info to China

  Great deal. I bought one last week from Coles for $69

  • These are now fully locked to Telstra - the Aldi SIM won't work unless you get an unlock code. Not sure about Boost…
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    King Tightarse on 01/03/2018 - 17:55

    "it does the full download of all your info to China" joke right?

    • 

      willyroo on 01/03/2018 - 18:44

      +1

      No joke. The update asked for 3 different sets of permissions - access contacts, camera, email, phone, calendar etc etc. Any reason this is needed?

      • 

        King Tightarse on 01/03/2018 - 18:46

        +3

        To re-write them after the update? Just guessing…

  • 

    loki niflheim on 03/03/2018 - 01:55

    4) Disable TouchPal, it's the source of the ads

    OMG. Is that what that was? The ads were driving me bat-shit crazy! I disabled TouchPal because it kept crashing, but I guess I never noticed the ads also disappeared after that. Thanks for the tip!

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  Joey Jo Jo on 01/03/2018 - 17:33

  +3

  Better than an iPhone 6

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  kronicmacstigator on 01/03/2018 - 17:39

  +1

  I paid $20 for one and thought I got ripped off (don't ask… once off…)

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  WatchNerd on 01/03/2018 - 17:42

  +2

  Great description, upvoted.

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  Pixus on 01/03/2018 - 17:55

  more pixels

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    pennypincher98 on 01/03/2018 - 18:15

    That's exactly what Telstra needs. How fitting :D

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  King Tightarse on 01/03/2018 - 18:01

  +2

  Cant argue with that one star rating

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  gimli on 01/03/2018 - 18:03

  +2

  Does it have a headphone jack?

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    headphonejack on 01/03/2018 - 18:05

    +6

    That's it's best feature ;)

    • 

      AstroPhysic on 01/03/2018 - 21:49

      +1

      The 3.5mm jack on mine (bought last year) sucks. It doesn't recognise AUX cables, but headphones are fine. Just really annoying if I want to plug it into a stereo. At this price though, probably worth the hassle as everything else is solid. I've dropped it heaps, and the screen and phone are fine.
      Also, it accepts a 32gb card no sweat.

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  pennypincher98 on 01/03/2018 - 18:06

  +1

  Phone is fine?

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  David76 on 01/03/2018 - 19:08

  +3

  Had this as a work phone. It's a piece of shit.

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  Chopel on 02/03/2018 - 20:39

  Anyone tried pokemon go on this?
  Would like to get one but they are asking if this can play pokemon go.

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    headphonejack on 03/03/2018 - 09:24

    From this website.
    'The Telstra branded ZTE handsets are nothing to really get excited about but for the right price they could do for a nice little secondary Pokemon Go handset if you’re that way inclined.'

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  sysmaster on 05/03/2018 - 12:15

  Sold out at my local BigW Campise, NSW.