Looks like a great deal if you are on Telstra (Currently $199 @ JB-HIFI unlocked) and includes $10 prepaid sim kit. Features 5.5" HD 16:9 display, 4000mAh battery, Android 8.1 Oreo (Go edition) and duel speakers. Would make a great basic phone running new software however only has 1GB RAM.
You might have a better experience if you spend the $30 more and get a Samsung J2 Pro.
https://www.telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/prepaid-mobiles/sam…
It has 1.5gb of ram, and 16gb of storage.
And AMOLED display.
Much better overall.
If you want to unlock this and use on Vodafone network, beware no B5 for better 4G here.
4000mAh
Note 9 feeling ashamed
How much to unlock it from Telstra? It is a nice backup phone.
$80 for devices never activated or only active for 6 months or less
$25 for devices activated for 6 months to 2 years.
After 2 years unlocking is free.
https://www.telstra.com.au/support/category/mobiles-tablets/…
Thank you
Would this work with belong mobile?
Yes. I use a telstra locked phone on belong as a backup and for referral credit/data hacks
Looks good - shame about the RAM though
Yeah could have really been a solid phone with more RAM
They don't bother to mention it a 1gb ram phone which cannot handle many of the apps
What apps can't it handle?
Its run everything ive tried.
People don't know about android GO!
Hi,
Do you still have this phone available ?. I ordered two of these. Telstra didn't not send them. I contacted Telstra Chat team, call customer care and finally visited the store to know the status of orders but no body couldn't find the orders details, they said invalid order number. And after waiting a week I had to seek help from PayPal to get my money back and got my money but not phone. What a shame!!!
Red leader is not associated with telstra
Dont rush too much guys, this is the normal telstra locked price for this handset.
Everywhere says sale or special, but i love my nokia phones, and its been this price since locked launch.
This was posted weeks ago as a side note to the similar Essential Plus 4G for half the price.
Nokia has a better screen? But same ram and storage limits.
The 1GB RAM kills it with the modern Android OS.
Android Go. Google it.
Can you install Android Go on any device or does it require custom recovery?
Ended up getting the J2 pro instead. Don't know anything about it but presumably a better phone for my old. Pair it with a $10/month Belong deal and it should do the job for the light user.
Anyone tried playing Pokemon Go on one of these? Have an LG for my son to play on but its GPS chip is getting a bit weird and taking leave regularly