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The Blog The Business Phone BlogIts not good for anyone when you come home and find the massive International Roaming bill. Heres a few tips to help avoid a massive bill when traveling.
1. If you have a smart phone turn off roaming data. Roaming data is incredibly expensive and it will ruin your holiday to find those few days on facebook or emails while away have cost you a $1000 or more. Use WIFI when you need to access data over seas. When on WIFI you can get emails, use Facebook and free text message services like Viber for free.
2. Divert all calls to message bank immediately. This way the VM calls don't leave Australia and attract roaming charges and you can stop people leaving long winded messages which you then have to pay for.
3. Leave a Voice Mail Message to the effect " I am traveling OS and not taking calls . If it is urgent please send me a text". This way you can control the cost as a text is 5c and you can manage how many of them you send. Its free to receive a text while roaming.
4. If you have to make calls get a SIM card from the country you are in....much cheaper and there are pre paid travel SIMs around with discount calls back to Australia.
5. This may make some people squirm but consider leaving your phone at home and have a real holiday. Not a great tip for those traveling for work but its one less thing to worry about while traveling and if you leave the phone at home there is no chance of losing it after a night partying in Bangkok or Bali.
There is detailed instructions on saving money while International Roaming here.
Today we had a browse on the Telstra & Optus websites and we compare our $79 Fleet Plan to the offerings on the Telstra & Optus Websites. The big carriers have 60 second billing increments which we estimate lowers the included call credit by approximately 25% when compared with 30 second billing increments on an average 2 minute call.
While it appears Optus offers the best value with the $900 included call credit, Telaustralia wins out with the 30 second billing increments and the inclusion of $2000 worth of call credit for calls to mobiles on the same account. Effectively $2850 worth of call credit. Optus includes the 1st 5 mins of calls to mobiles on the same account but after the first 5mins of the call, these call get charged at the Standard per minute rate. A Samsung Galaxy S2 handset is included by all 3 providers.
TELSTRA OPTUS TELAUSTRALIA
INC CALL CREDIT $800 $900 $850
FLEET CALLS ZERO 1ST 5 MINS $2000
BILLING INCREMENT PER MIN PER MIN PER 30 SECS
SMS UNLIMITED UNLIMITED UNLIMITED
INCLUDED DATA 2GB 3GB 3GB
INCLUDED HANDSET SAMSUNG GALAXY S2 INCLUDED ON ALL PLANS
With the much anticipated release of the iPhone $s last week we have had a quite a few customers ask us which phone is better ...the Samsung Galaxy S2 or the iPhone 4S...
It really depends on user preference and in particular for us what type of PCs you have operating at home or in your office. If you have Windows PCs go with the Samsung. If you have Apple PCs go with the iPhone.
From purely technical Specification the Samsung has it over the iPhone.
Available Networks. Both Phones operate on HSDPA 850/900/1900/2100 3G networks however The Samsung S2 has 4G capability while the iPhone doesn't. Whys is this important? With Both Telstra and Optus promising to roll out 4g networks from late 2011 having a 4G capable phone will make it somewhat future proof. Initial testing is showing LTE 4G networks running at around 4-5 times the speed in both download and upload speeds so it is a noticeable difference in speed if your device is 4G capable.
Size. The Samsung Galaxy S2 is larger than the iPhone 4S but lighter and has a longer and wider 4 inch Screen as opposed to a 3.5 inch screen on the iPhone doesn't sound like a lot but when it comes to web browsing the extra space really counts.
Power. The iPhone 4s has a Dual Core 1Gb processor with 512mb Ram. The Samsung Galaxy S2 has a faster Dual Core 1.2G processor with 1gb of Ram. In built storage is where the iPhone triumphs with 64Gb while the galaxy S2 has 32Gb but can also take a 32gb Micro SDH Expansion Card.
Battery Time. Talk time on the Galaxy S2 8hrs 30 mins. iPhone 8hrs. The Samsung has a 1650mah removable battery while the iPhone has 1420 non removable battery. Standby time on the iPhone 4s is 200hrs while on the Samsung Galaxy S2 its an enormous 700hrs
Support . Both companies have outstanding support centres both on line and in store within Australia.
Cameras. Both Come with a 8mp primary camera however the Samsung gets a 2mp secondary camera supporting 1080p, 30fps video while the iPhone has a VGA secondary camera. The Samsung Galaxy S has Flash Support while the iPhone electronically adjust the light for low light situations.
Price . Both 16Gb versions are priced within $20 of each other.
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