Thread: Telstra Nokia N95 on 3

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My iphone on optus was just astonishingly bad. To fit all the stuff in that they did in the ad it would take 30 minutes and a lot of swearing.

I switched the same handset to telstra and it worked just like in the ad.

My wife despite being a IT worker gets frustrated with phones and the likes. She just picks up the iphone and can use pretty much all of the functionality on it.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I've told my wife that unless she's using the features, any of these phones are overkill.

I've been loaned a tiny candy bar NextG phone for our trip to WA next year so I'm right. It has more features than I'll ever use.

I just prefer to not make phone calls from a mobile - it costs too much. A recent 5 minute mobile phone call in across town cost me more than a 30 minute fixed line call to the USA. That is patently ridiculous.

I really don't know how any private individual could afford to surf the net and send email, etc. The rates for data are appalling. I saw one plan on Telstra that was effectively $1 per Mb.

It costs me $20 a month for the phone. That includes no calls but calls to Telstra mobiles or any fixed line is 30c untimed. Non Telstra mobiles are about 30c a minute. Not cheap but not over the top either. On balance I'd rather not have $25 worth of included calls that cost $1 a minute. I'd rather just pay a reasonable amount for what I actually use.

I also have a $30 data pack which gives you 300mb. It is enough for me. I hope the novelty wears off I and I can go back to the $10 150 mb plan.

I agree with what you're saying. If you get these phones unless you're going to get data on them and enjoy them for what they do then it's a waste. I've met two people so far who have Iphones with disabled data. They bought them just to be trendy. That's like having a defender and never leaving the city.