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[theducks]

I've done some poking around on various websites, including virginmobile to see how much I currently spend, and am looking at iPhones, of course.

Currently, I'm spending about $30/month on phone calls, and I own my own phone outright. I paid $600 for it at the beginning of 2005 I think. I'd be looking at purchasing a 16Gb iPhone for (gulp) $849 and going on the $50/month cap, then in two months time, getting it unlocked for free.

For $50/month prepaid, I'd get calls at 78c/minute, vs 80c/minute on the $49/month contract, 500MB of data (vs 250MB on the $49/month contract).. I fail to see why one would want a contract...

Further reading also shows it will be cheaper to call the UK, USA, Canada or Singapore than it would be to call another Australian number (wtfbbq?)

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[pennae.livejournal.com]

Prepaid calls are charged _per minute_ and not per 30 seconds, so if you're 2mins 1 second you'll get charged for 3 minutes. the "yes" plans in comparison have very cheap call rates.

The $59 cap + $7 handset repayments is the best deal for postpaid.

But I _really_ like prepaid and how you can't possibly get a scary bill. And your unused calls do rollover to the next month if you recharge by the end of the 30 day period. Plus you can ring up at any time and find out how much credit you've got left.

I'm really torn about which way to go. Or just to wait a couple of weeks - another carrier might come out with it outright for less than $849. Or will they?

Arrrgh!