Mobile Phone Plans

[FrangaR33]

Hey guys my girlfriend is interested in getting the HTC Desire on the Telstra $49 cap plan but she's a student so i'm not sure if she will get approved or not. She gets youth allowance so she has an income but i'm not sure that will be enough for them to let her have the phone. If any of you know what the actual deal is with getting plans from Telstra when your a student that would be great. Also if any of you know if the Desire is coming to Optus soon that would be even better so that way she could put it on her dad's business plan.

Thanks

[SECURITY]

get her to lie about her income to something more sustainable (50k+ pa) if shes definite she can make the repayments, they cant check if its true or not - and they only use it to calculate if she is able to make the repayments.

[t5iv]

noone will be doing the desire besides telstra. Noone has any plans for it either.

if she has an established credit history, then youth allowance my be fine. from my recollections, telstra is pretty relax on credut checking protocol.

I just bought my desire outright from mobicity.

Cost $750 about 4 months ago and its unlocked. works better imho.

but awesome phone nonetheless.

[FrangaR33]

Thanks for the info guys. I just got the phone in my name with Telstra and just transferred her number over. Was the easiest thing ever, I expected to be grilled about my income etc, all I had to produce was a phone bill, passport, debit card and that was that. Of course the customer service is brilliant when you buy the phone but when you actually want anything else your pretty f**ked unless you understand Indian.

[dan_the_man]

get her to lie about her income to something more sustainable (50k+ pa) if shes definite she can make the repayments, they cant check if its true or not - and they only use it to calculate if she is able to make the repayments.

they don't ask for this info for phone contracts.

They will ask

residential status

time at residence

occupation

and the relevant identification details.

it will do a credit check with veda, and as long as she has no black marks on her credit report, it should be passed.

[SECURITY]

vodafone asked me what my income was before everything else. my contract is $125 a month minimum charge though.