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#269936 15-Apr-2020 20:26
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Our son has a new phone, his first, soley so he can contact us and us to contact him. He is 11 in a few weeks, and will ride to school soon.

 

We want something cheap but functional in terms of plan, for this ability to receive and send calls. Exceptionally low volume, doesn't need data, but if it had a little that would be good.

 

He won't be using it for now, as anything other than a voice calling device.

 

Cheers

 

 


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  #2462141 15-Apr-2020 20:33
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Is the phone currently locked to a network?




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  #2462144 15-Apr-2020 20:41
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kiwiharry: Is the phone currently locked to a network?

 

Nope.

 

 


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  #2462149 15-Apr-2020 20:57
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maybe the $9 pre paid plan from skinny?? - https://www.skinny.co.nz/pricing/plans/








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  #2462185 15-Apr-2020 21:38
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Or this $10 per month plan  from 2 degrees 

 

https://www.2degreesmobile.co.nz/mobile/prepay/

 

 

 

Or perhaps Warehouse mobile 

 

$4 for 200 voice minutes which includes 16 countries.

 

https://www.warehousemobile.co.nz/pricing/  a MVNO using the 2 degrees network.


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  #2462200 15-Apr-2020 22:40
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My family are all on Warehouse mobile. Free texting and calling between warehouse mobile customers.

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  #2462223 15-Apr-2020 23:45
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We put the kids (about the same age as your son) onto a 2degrees $9/mth plan (now $10).  Then added them to the data sharing thing on my wife's 2d account.  Their plan has data roll over which builds up as they are not often using the phones away from WiFi. But if they do run out it just takes it from my wife's account (IIRC she's on the plan with 10GB...maybe the 25GB one).  This approach works great for us.

 

When they start using more and more we'll likely move to one of the 2degrees shared pool plans.  Might do that when my mobile comes back to us (currently work pays for it)


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  #2462240 16-Apr-2020 06:55
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As a number have suggested above, Warehouse Mobile is what we use for my 12 YO son’s phone, which is similarly hardly used. Pay as you go rates are fine for this purpose - think it’s 8c per unit for text, calls and data. Requires a minimum top up of $5 every 90 days to keep credit; my son doesn’t even spend that. So can’t complain about total running costs of a bit over $20 for a year. Always the option of adding packs for one-off needs like holidays or if usage changes, but at this point it works fine.




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  #2462244 16-Apr-2020 07:34
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The data connection drops frequently for me on warehouse mobile, which is a deal breaker. Seems to be a common issue. https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=42&topicid=249262

 

Since you don’t mind about the data, warehouse mobile should be the cheapest choice on the market.


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  #2466464 20-Apr-2020 17:22
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Kogan Mobile 365 days Small plan may suite the purpose. It will cost only $163 for an year with unlimited calls and text.

https://www.koganmobile.co.nz/

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binijo123: Kogan Mobile 365 days Small plan may suite the purpose. It will cost only $163 for an year with unlimited calls and text.

https://www.koganmobile.co.nz/

 

That promo on Kogan mobile ending soon then goes up to $185 for a year.

 

 


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binijo123: Kogan Mobile 365 days Small plan may suite the purpose. It will cost only $163 for an year with unlimited calls and text.

https://www.koganmobile.co.nz/

 

That promo on Kogan mobile ending soon then goes up to $185 for a year.

 

 


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  #2466481 20-Apr-2020 17:26
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Thanks for the tips, I'll take a look at warehouse mobile.

 

 


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