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Telstra Essential Smart
TeggieVictoria
- 7 reviews
- 2 likes
Great little phone for staying connected
I have been using this little device for a couple of months now and the one thing that sets it apart from many of the mobiles and devices that I own or that visit my property is the fact that this device stays connected to the Telstra network even inside my corrugated tin clad house. No other handsets have been able to do this. As this is a $79 handset I love to pull it out and leave messages for my mates when they visit with their $1000 - $2000 mobiles so they can get my message later once they return to civilization.
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Questions & Answers
normalasked
Are these phones easy to use? Looking for a SIMPLE phone for a senior with alzheimers and cant find one!
No answers
Rickasked
how do you get the back cover off a 4GX Essential phone to insert the Sim Card ?
Gezza H.asked
Bought this phone today from kmart and and was told I could use any of the other providers that use Telstra. Bought a Belong SIM, got the phone charged and ready to roll, not its saying we need to unlock the phone. What’s the dealio? According to the search I just did I need to spy $80 to Telstra to unlock it? Or I could have spent an extra $40 too start with and bought the unlocked version. Any advise?
1 answer
All Telstra Prepaid handsets are locked to Telstra. They own the unlock codes. If you contact them and are nice about it, sometimes they help out and unlock for free, but approach them any other way and they will respond in kind. The thing is Telstra have subsidised the Prepaid devices so they own the unlock codes.
The cost to unlock reduces with time / age of the device so contact Telstra and see what the real cost is if any.
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