Hey guys,
Who offers the best value/cheapest 365 day/1 year prepaid mobile SIM which also has access to 5G frequencies?
I've seen a lot of other threads and deals on here where there's some cheap yearly prepaid plans but often they're limited to 4G bands. I want 5G in order to utilise some of the lower frequency bands which have been repurposed from 3G to 5G for coverage rather than speed, thus I'd prefer a plan which has access to 5G.
Edit: I probably use only 2-3GB/month of data.
Fo u get network issues with voda?
Thanks mate!
The cheapest 365 days prepaid mobile with 5G access that I can find is Vodafone $45 Pay and Go Starter Pack — $45 + 3ยข per 512kB data. It is impossible to say if it is or isn't the best value because we don't know how much data you will use. If you use less than 512kB and don't make calls & text then this plan will only cost $45.03 for the year.
Thanks and apologies, I should have specified how much data I use. Will update the post.
From my investigations there are 2 flavours of 5G, 5G SA and 5G NSA. Vodafone has access to 5G SA and NSA (tested with prepaid), while MVNOs might only have access to 5G NSA (tested with lycamobile).
5G SA means you can connect to 5G without being connected to 4G, but 5G NSA requires a 4G connection to work. Therefore 5G SA has better range but you probably won't notice this in the real world. With 5G SA you can also force your phone to 5G only, that won't work with 5G NSA.
From my testing (using Samsung S25) sometimes 5G SA on Vodafone is slower than 5G NSA on Lycamobile, likely due to the Lycamobile phone also being connected to 4G and doing carrier aggregation but the Vodafone phone only connecting to the 5G bands. Although the Vodafone phone stays connected to 5G more often than the Lycamobile phone, which falls back to 4G frequently.
Vodafone is 5g. Woolworths regularly do them for half price.