Re: (Pre-pay) mobiles for UK / Australia?

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From: Mr. Michael J. Ellis
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 00:00

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> It's a little more expensive to get the handset in Australia than the UK.
> At the beginning of 1999 they were never sim-locked in Australia (check
> this).  Basic phones were around A$300 with a payg sim, may have fallen
> since.

They were NEVER that expensive.

The most expensive phone on Telstra was $ 199. Now they have dropped to as
low as $ 99.

> could use it in Australia.  Dual-band phones are still rare there (it's
all
> GSM900, with recent exceptions in Sydney).  Don't get a GSM 1800 only
phone

No. Dual band is quite common in Australia, although we don't yet have any
GSM 1800 only networks.

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