CDMA

Another indicator is the introduction of pre-paid NextG phones which are now available.

cheers
T.R.

Maybe they are doing it bit by bit? Or area by area>

Duncs

Amazing that - you rang the Telstra help line and managed to get hold of an honest guy!! Not only honest but obviously part of the senior executive of Telstra that just happened to tell you what know one else knows!
I want that number!!!!

Willie,
I think that's what I will do hang on as long as possible.
Telstra want $589 RRP to buy a new Mobile then put you on a 24 month plan,
That is for the Nokia 6120. Might even give up owning a mobile.
Have a camcorder,ipod,digital camera so don't need all the bell,s and
whistle,s on a phone
Brian

Brian,

Not quite correct matey.

Telstra will sell you the 6120 outright for $549 and you can select any length term contract you wish, (mine was 12 months) or you can choose to pay the phone out over the term of a contract. At 24 months thats an extra $23 per month thereabouts.

I think you could even choose a prepaid account if you wish, but with the $20/month contract, you get some really good savings.

Buying the phone elsewhere then taking up the $20 contract is another option but with the "personalized" flash software in each vendors phone, I wasn't game to take the risk.

Brian ,
I'm like you , I just want a phone that has a cradle for recharging and a connection for an external aerial - I don't need all the other crap .
Cheers ,
Willie .

Crikey, talk about Muddy Water; more like Sludge.
The Bride got (I can't say "bought") a Nokia 6300 today through 'Allphones'. rrp is$369 (cf Nokia 6120 @ rrp$449, outright.)
Deal is 24 months @ $20/month, $50 """Free""" calls/month.
BUT, can cancel contract after 6 months, and use any carrier: but she still pays $7/month for 18 months.

Eh????????.....So what glaringly obvious trap was I blind to? Why, for example, would a company request more $ up front, than on (effectively), time payment?

Like a lot of others here (AND Francis Whiting), we just wanted a phone. P.H.O.N.E. You hear the voice , Executives??

a PHONE!!
Enough (for now)
Jeff.

G'day Signman

3G is a 2100 megahertz UMTS mobile service originally marketed by Hutchinsons (spelling?) in Australia. The brand name was "3". Telstra also markets this service under the "3G" brand.

Next G is a 850 megahertz UMTS service provided exclusively by Telstra, and is Telstra's CDMA replacement. Some (all?) of Telstra's Next G handsets also process the normal GSM frequencies, although at a lower speed than Next G.

Just to confuse matters, UMTS is sometimes known as WCDMA.

I suspect that 3G services will only ever be available in the major centres of population. Next G has quite wide coverage. Last week I travelled from Melbourne to Mildura, Lake Mungo, Menindie, Broken Hill and Tibooburra, and the Next G coverage was far better that the CDMA coverage I experienced last year.

George