If you don't go very far out into the bush then coverage should be OK. They are on the Telstra network but they don't get the remote area coverage part of it.
Cruising Cruze said
01:55 PM Nov 7, 2015
Hi Allan
We have 2 from Aldi I've got a cheap 100 dollar one and my wife she has a 220 dollar one So far as phone part they all the same I think, they ring and you answer it
I use mine mainly to read ebooks so far no problem
as most products from Aldi they are not brilliant but good
we also use there prepaid phone plan only a few spots hey won't work on the Eastcoast for that we get a Telstra sim for internet only
The only place i found the Aldi service didn't work in my travels last year was Barcaldnie
I was more concerned with the phone itself how it compares with other smart phones for features
Allan
grahamg said
08:07 AM Nov 8, 2015
A friend had one of the Aldi phones on an oversea trip, most of the others on the trip were able to swap international sim cards into their smart phones and get local coverage but we could not get the Aldi phone to work. No problems when you use the Aldi sim cards in Australia.
03_Troopy said
08:25 AM Nov 8, 2015
Cruising Cruze wrote:
Hi Allan
We have 2 from Aldi I've got a cheap 100 dollar one and my wife she has a 220 dollar one So far as phone part they all the same I think, they ring and you answer it
I use mine mainly to read ebooks so far no problem
as most products from Aldi they are not brilliant but good
we also use there prepaid phone plan only a few spots hey won't work on the Eastcoast for that we get a Telstra sim for internet only
Not really. Some have very small inbuilt memory, so with newer apps being larger, they don't allow you to run too many. Some don't have an onboard GPS chip, so you can't use things like wikicamps when you don't have coverage.
Things I'd be looking at in a phone would be:
Does it have a GPS chip onboard.
How much onboard memory.
Does the OS allow you to shift apps to the SD card
What is the battery life, especially when using wifi and bluetooth
The problem is actually getting this sort of information from people who sell the phones, most don't have a clue.
Allany said
09:26 AM Nov 8, 2015
Thanks everyone
I was looking at upgrading the wife's iphone 3 and didn't want to spend a fortune as it doesn't get a lot of use
Allan
Wombat 280 said
10:09 AM Nov 8, 2015
If you only want a phone to do what phones do best "talk to each other" then cost doesn't enter into it , I use a Samsung Galaxy cheapie and never had a problem I only ever use it to talk and pair up with my computer when out their in the wilds. Mrs Wombat has an all time cheapie that I think runs on Kero and she has no problem, currently at Woolies $9.00
ruffnut09 said
03:14 PM Nov 8, 2015
I own an Aldi Medion E4002 and next to useless.........all the aspects that Troopy outlined it fails...........very limited internal memory, no gps, can't download apps because of limited memory, pathetic battery performance.......don't buy one you can have mine...........as it is used as a paperweight on my pooter table.
Cruising Cruze said
03:46 PM Nov 8, 2015
I've got the Medion P4502
It has GPS ( not important to me ) got a GPS unit on my dashboard
It does allow me to shift apps to the SD card
Battery life is good enough for me
it all depends what you expect from a phone I think
for me it is a phone what does everything I want it to do and like most people only use 10% of it capabilities
I wander how many people would use a phone more than 50% of what it can do
Cheers John
vanman said
08:01 PM Nov 11, 2015
Cruising Cruze wrote:
I've got the Medion P4502
It has GPS ( not important to me ) got a GPS unit on my dashboard
It does allow me to shift apps to the SD card
Battery life is good enough for me
it all depends what you expect from a phone I think
for me it is a phone what does everything I want it to do and like most people only use 10% of it capabilities
I wander how many people would use a phone more than 50% of what it can do
Cheers John
For me the same as John says.
I bought my phone off eBay. Just type in smart phone under $100 and there are heaps there. There are also some great phones available from Aliexpress.
Chris
03_Troopy said
08:50 PM Nov 11, 2015
So why wouldn't you just get a mobile phone instead of a smart phone, if that's all you want it to do?
Is anyone using the Aldi smart phone?
what do you think of them?
Allan
Hi Allan
We have 2 from Aldi
I've got a cheap 100 dollar one and my wife she has a 220 dollar one
So far as phone part they all the same I think, they ring and you answer it
I use mine mainly to read ebooks so far no problem
as most products from Aldi they are not brilliant but good
we also use there prepaid phone plan only a few spots hey won't work on the Eastcoast for that we get a Telstra sim for internet only
you can check it up where it works
https://www.aldimobile.com.au/#/overlay/coverage-tw
Cheers John
Now compare the Aldi coverage with the Telstra coverage.
I was more concerned with the phone itself how it compares with other smart phones for features
Allan
Not really. Some have very small inbuilt memory, so with newer apps being larger, they don't allow you to run too many. Some don't have an onboard GPS chip, so you can't use things like wikicamps when you don't have coverage.
Things I'd be looking at in a phone would be:
Does it have a GPS chip onboard.
How much onboard memory.
Does the OS allow you to shift apps to the SD card
What is the battery life, especially when using wifi and bluetooth
The problem is actually getting this sort of information from people who sell the phones, most don't have a clue.
I was looking at upgrading the wife's iphone 3 and didn't want to spend a fortune as it doesn't get a lot of use
Allan
I've got the Medion P4502
It has GPS ( not important to me ) got a GPS unit on my dashboard
It does allow me to shift apps to the SD card
Battery life is good enough for me
it all depends what you expect from a phone I think
for me it is a phone what does everything I want it to do and like most people only use 10% of it capabilities
I wander how many people would use a phone more than 50% of what it can do
Cheers John
For me the same as John says.
I bought my phone off eBay. Just type in smart phone under $100 and there are heaps there. There are also some great phones available from Aliexpress.
Chris