Turn your iphone into a sat phone

Hi Bantam, The Australian dollar is $1.04au to $1.00us so it would be cheaper.
I've had an Iphone for as long as they have been out and never had a problem with it. I think it is a great idea, one phone for all.
Andy

I have had an iPhone for years, never had a problem.
Maybe it's just another tall poppy that needs knocking down?

I think you will find that he is technologically challenged from reading previous posts. He has probably heard from his mates best mans exwifes sister in law that they were no good. Nothing like talking wallop when you have no first hand experience.
Also appears that his abacus is not good with exchange rates.
iPhone also fine here too. Won't touch anything else until something better comes along.

Brett.

Regardless of the exchange rate, unless you are buying in the US, we always pay grosely inflated prices compared to the US.

Often twice or 3 times the US retail.

I have proof that in many cases we pay more than the US retail price, when buying dealer wholesale in this country.

They have been having a lend of us for years.

cheers

Just as a matter of interest.

I have looked at the pricing

a thuraya SO2510 is about $1000 outright purchase in Australia, in the US the same handset is about $750.
& that is an IP54 rated tough phone.

I am most certainly not technically chalenged.....I am just not interested in spending my like squinting into a tiny screen and youtwitting my life away.

I have friends with their little pocket toys.....my phone cost 1/4 what theirs did, gets singnal where theirs does not, and I run for days on a charge where they are always looking for an opportunity to recharge

remember you buy one of these gadgets......both devices have to be working and both probably need charging

cheers

With the Govt contribution you can get an Isatphone here for less than that and pay only $1.00 per minute per calls on a prepaid plan. Why would you bother?

Cheers

I wouldn't TTT, but I am interested in the options for others. Bear in mind:

• Not everyone is eligible for the subsidy.

• The present subsidy closes 3rd June this year, and a replacement subsidy has not yet been announced with no guarantee that any further subsidies will be offered.

We chose a satellite phone on the Iridium network, purchased full price without subsidy. This can be activated on a short term plan through a provider when needed for outback travel. It could be used with a SIM card, but as we do not have mobile phones on plans we would not go down this track.

I don't have an iPhone or Smartphone. I use mobile internet for all communications when travelling in a Next G area, and have the satellite phone when activated for emergencies and for family to be able to get through to us if they have emergencies.

Mh

toffy,

good on ya,

i think most of us carry sat phones for emergency use. i dont care if i have to pay $10 a minute for the call. its the up front phone cost which makes people bork at purchasing sat phones.

if you have received your phone for free and only pay $1 per minute, your a lucky man. fortunately my house is within range of a mobile network and i doubt ill be able to get the deal you have.

well done.

Thanks for info on sat phone will wait until they hit oz