mobile phone

Barry
yes I got rid of mine yesterday. I was sold on the remote aerial socket,, and found that firmware, lockups, non functioning issues drove me mad. Mine was named "Telstra Dave". I went overseas for 18 days and came back, no missed calls. I thought, awesome, but no, it was locked up again.

So I bought a Samsung S5, last years model, try again. I reckon the deal is, buy the phone outright, at least you can move it if it isnt working out.
Falling for the external socket thing is best avoided. Just a party trick if the rest doesnt work properly. It has to be stable first off, I reckon. No good having a remote socket if it cant pass thru poor reception without locking up
Mine is in the drawer if anyone wants it. Skitzy heap of crap?
Remote, I will stick with the Sat phone, cost and all, at least it works, 100% of the time.
Hope you have a better run with yours, but the issues are not limited to just the speaker....
Jim

Contact telstra complaints, that normally gets things running. They will tell the local shop to lend you a phone via a notification number.

PS. They are masters at driving you to the point of suicide.

Barry,

I've had Max with me for about that long too, but as yet haven't had a fault.

But I have had dramas!!! When you're nearly 70 and you finally buy your first "smart phone", I've been more inclined to call it a &$@)(/$@ half-smart phone. :-)

There is another Telstra phone, a T96, that has an aerial socket. Very light, maybe a bit frail, but the old style and only about $50.

Bob

I've got Max's little brother Dave, he's been fine for the last 3 years. A bit slow, a bit short on memory but the external antenna works a treat! I've been thinking about upgrading to a Max, but might wait a bit longer and see what happens with them!

Had similar issues with a telstra dave tough phone. Telstra customer service were anything but that. They refused to warrant a near new phone that failed on me. Their claim was that it was just a smart phone and should be treatedas such despite being called a tough phone. I swore to never use telstra again never have. Moved to a provider called boost. They use telstra 4g towers and cost half as much. I dont have the option of the hardwired external antenna but have the satphone for real emergencies, got my pride intact after telling telstra where to go and saving $$$$ as well.
Tim