Does Your Life Stand Still Without Your Mobile Phone?
Today more than ever mobile phones have become a very important means of communication. How many times have you started to go somewhere and remembered you left your mobile phone behind. What did you do? The odds are you turned around and went back for it because it has become such an important daily necessity that you can longer do without. You almost "feel naked" without it.
From the young to the not so young, people are using mobile phones to make calls, to text messages, take photos, listen to music, hop onto Face Book, Twitter, LinkedIn or one of the other social network sites, download the newspapers, books, recipes etc. Almost anything you can do on a computer is available on mobile phones today.
Are You On The Right Plan?
So how do you choose what you need? Let's take a look at some scenarios that you need to consider;
How will I use my mobile phone? Will I be calling friends, family, work contacts etc on a regular daily basis, or maybe only making one or two calls a day? Will I be talking for long or short periods? Will I be downloading music etc?
Do I only need a phone for emergency? I don't intend to use it unless I am in trouble.
What incentives do I want or need and how important are they? All the benefits are really only designed to get me to use my phone more, so do I really need them?
Would pre-paid be a good option? Consider that pre-paid is probably the most expensive way to make mobile phone calls, because there is no lock in of the customer to the provider.
Will I have good coverage in my area? Ask around, talk to users in your area to find out the strength of reception. If reception is a bit iffy, consider getting a dual band handset, which will help improve your coverage.
How much can I afford to spend? This is very important, because, if you go over on your plan you could be up for very high charges. Make sure you know your limits, and stick to them.
Competition in the market place is intense and ever changing - telecommunication providers keep adding more and more options to the mobile phone plans. Gone are the days of simply paying for the calls you make. Mobile phone pricing plans are now so complicated and variable that consumers are becoming frustrated just trying to understand what they are really getting for their money. They are often shocked when hit with unexpected charges because they do not understand the 'cap' that they have signed up to, or they are not able to check their usage during the month. Checking your usage can be a huge advantage in saving you money.
Whether you are a small end user or a large end user there is a mobile phone plan for you.
Let Us Look At A Mobile Phone Plan For The Small End User - If you are happy to enter a contract for up to 24 months then a small mini cap could be the answer. It has a $ value of calls and maybe a certain amount of minutes talk free. Talk free just means that you can talk free to any consumers on the same providers' service. This adds value to the mobile phone plan. Just check out what is being offered because some plans give only limited free talk minutes.
Generally you can choose a phone FREE over a 24 month plan. To give yourself even more added value, find a provider who sells time in 30 second increments instead of 60 second increments.
Lets Us Look At A Mobile Phone Plan For The Large End User - If you make a lot of calls or if you are conversationalist and like to give your vocal cords a good work out, then the ideal plan for you could be infinity with its unlimited minutes of standard voice calls to local, national, mobile and standard video calls to Australian mobiles. Maybe you are a heavy user of text & MMS, then you will have unlimited standard SMS & MMS to other Australian mobiles on an infinity plan. Again check out what is available as you can also get infinity plans that include an allowance for mobile internet data.
If you are you a social networker who enjoys sharing interest and/or activities with other people then maybe you need a mobile phone plan that has Face Book, Twitter and LinkedIn etc available. Find the one that gives you the best value for your money and then you will be able to keep in touch with these people day or night, right around the world.
Whatever your needs are do your research and find a mobile phone plan to suit your budget.
Today more than ever mobile phones have become a very important means of communication. How many times have you started to go somewhere and remembered you left your mobile phone behind. What did you do? The odds are you turned around and went back for it because it has become such an important daily necessity that you can longer do without. You almost "feel naked" without it.
From the young to the not so young, people are using mobile phones to make calls, to text messages, take photos, listen to music, hop onto Face Book, Twitter, LinkedIn or one of the other social network sites, download the newspapers, books, recipes etc. Almost anything you can do on a computer is available on mobile phones today.
Are You On The Right Plan?
So how do you choose what you need? Let's take a look at some scenarios that you need to consider;
How will I use my mobile phone? Will I be calling friends, family, work contacts etc on a regular daily basis, or maybe only making one or two calls a day? Will I be talking for long or short periods? Will I be downloading music etc?
Do I only need a phone for emergency? I don't intend to use it unless I am in trouble.
What incentives do I want or need and how important are they? All the benefits are really only designed to get me to use my phone more, so do I really need them?
Would pre-paid be a good option? Consider that pre-paid is probably the most expensive way to make mobile phone calls, because there is no lock in of the customer to the provider.
Will I have good coverage in my area? Ask around, talk to users in your area to find out the strength of reception. If reception is a bit iffy, consider getting a dual band handset, which will help improve your coverage.
How much can I afford to spend? This is very important, because, if you go over on your plan you could be up for very high charges. Make sure you know your limits, and stick to them.
Competition in the market place is intense and ever changing - telecommunication providers keep adding more and more options to the mobile phone plans. Gone are the days of simply paying for the calls you make. Mobile phone pricing plans are now so complicated and variable that consumers are becoming frustrated just trying to understand what they are really getting for their money. They are often shocked when hit with unexpected charges because they do not understand the 'cap' that they have signed up to, or they are not able to check their usage during the month. Checking your usage can be a huge advantage in saving you money.
Whether you are a small end user or a large end user there is a mobile phone plan for you.
Let Us Look At A Mobile Phone Plan For The Small End User - If you are happy to enter a contract for up to 24 months then a small mini cap could be the answer. It has a $ value of calls and maybe a certain amount of minutes talk free. Talk free just means that you can talk free to any consumers on the same providers' service. This adds value to the mobile phone plan. Just check out what is being offered because some plans give only limited free talk minutes.
Generally you can choose a phone FREE over a 24 month plan. To give yourself even more added value, find a provider who sells time in 30 second increments instead of 60 second increments.
Lets Us Look At A Mobile Phone Plan For The Large End User - If you make a lot of calls or if you are conversationalist and like to give your vocal cords a good work out, then the ideal plan for you could be infinity with its unlimited minutes of standard voice calls to local, national, mobile and standard video calls to Australian mobiles. Maybe you are a heavy user of text & MMS, then you will have unlimited standard SMS & MMS to other Australian mobiles on an infinity plan. Again check out what is available as you can also get infinity plans that include an allowance for mobile internet data.
If you are you a social networker who enjoys sharing interest and/or activities with other people then maybe you need a mobile phone plan that has Face Book, Twitter and LinkedIn etc available. Find the one that gives you the best value for your money and then you will be able to keep in touch with these people day or night, right around the world.
Whatever your needs are do your research and find a mobile phone plan to suit your budget.
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