I'm going to Australia (wollongong) for 4 months to study abroad and wanted to get a mobile phone while over there as was suggested. The school I'm going to sent at email to us that suggested vodafone and ordering a particular prepaid mobile through the school (I'm assuming they get a cut in this deal) but I was wondering if there was any other way to get a phone off of a different website and have it on the prepaid vodafone network. Can I just have any unlocked phone (even if it's from the states) and buy a vodafone red sim card or is it more complicated than that? Thank you in advance
2007-06-19 13:47:12 · 5 answers · asked by volleyballdawl 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
G'day,
Yeah... sounds like the uni got a deal with Vodafone ;)
You can bring any unlocked phones to Australia, just make sure that they have dual channel. Also you have to check whether or not it is 3G or 2G. Vodaphone only have 2G (www.vodafone.com.au).
3G is handled by Telstra (the biggest in Australia - www.telstra.com.au), Optus (2nd biggest, www.optus.com.au) and 3 (www.three.com.au).
To compare prices quickly, I suggest you to visit http://www.allphones.com.au/pre-paid.asp. AllPhones is a shop that deals with many providers, so it is easy to compare plans and prices there.
Hope this helps. Good luck on your study and welcome to Australia :)
2007-06-19 20:59:38 · answer #1 · answered by Batako 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-11 17:56:18 · answer #2 · answered by Hollis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy an unlocked phone and it should work in Australia with the vodafone connection...
2007-06-19 13:50:35 · answer #3 · answered by ShaH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rental or satellie phone.
2007-06-19 14:11:50 · answer #4 · answered by Michael M 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah you can do that.
2007-06-19 13:51:15 · answer #5 · answered by alomi_revolution 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋