Optus Mobile Review ALDI Mobile Review Amaysim Mobile Review Belong Mobile Review Circles.Life Review Vodafone Mobile Review Woolworths Mobile Review Felix Mobile Review Best iPhone Plans Best Family Mobile Plans Best Budget Smartphones Best Prepaid Plans Best SIM-Only Plans Best Plans For Kids And Teens Best Cheap Mobile Plans Telstra vs Optus Mobile Optus NBN Review Belong NBN Review Vodafone NBN Review Superloop NBN Review Aussie BB NBN Review iiNet NBN Review MyRepublic NBN Review TPG NBN Review Best NBN Satellite Plans Best NBN Alternatives Best NBN Providers Best Home Wireless Plans What is a Good NBN Speed? Test NBN Speed How to speed up your internet Optus vs Telstra Broadband ExpressVPN Review CyberGhost VPN Review NordVPN Review PureVPN Review Norton Secure VPN Review IPVanish VPN Review Windscribe VPN Review Hotspot Shield VPN Review Best cheap VPN services Best VPN for streaming Best VPNs for gaming What is a VPN? VPNs for ad-blocking Ultimately, whether you choose Telstra or Vodafone will depend on whether you want a wider-reaching, future-proofed mobile network or whether you want better value in your mobile phone plans. Similarly, while Telstra never really used to compete on price or dollars-to-data value, that’s been changing in the last year as part of Telstra’s recent plan refreshes across mobile and NBN plans. Have a gander at how Telstra and Vodafone compare for popular plans with at least 10GB, then read on for the full breakdown across core categories. While Vodafone has a respectable network reach of more than 23 million, Telstra’s 99.2 percent becomes 25,521,184 using those ABS figures, which is 2.5 million more than Vodafone’s minimum network reach. That’s a lot of Aussies who can’t tap into the Vodafone mobile network. If you’re interested to see whether the Telstra or Vodafone (or Optus) mobile networks are servicing your area, use the interactive map below. Telstra currently has Australia’s largest 5G network, with 41 percent of Australians already covered, and the goal of reaching 75 percent of the Australian population by 30 June 2021. In short, expect the Telstra 5G mobile network to be a lot bigger than Vodafone’s by the end of 2021. Following Vodafone’s latest plan refresh, we’d err towards its new $65 Large plan. Both plans come with 300GB of monthly data. However, where Telstra’s excess data is speed capped at 1.5Mbps, Vodafone’s alternative is slightly faster and cheaper. Using an iPhone 12 64GB handset as a guide with 24-month repayment terms and at least 10GB of data, Vodafone comes out on top for the cheapest way to pay off that particular Apple handset. Vodafone has a couple of similarly priced options. The cheapest is the $40 Lite Plan, which normally costs $96.20 per month and comes with 10GB of data (speeds are capped at 2Mbps if you go over) and access to the Vodafone 5G mobile network. Feel free to shift plans or telcos with these no-contract plans, just remember that you’ll have to pay off what’s owed on the handset cost as an exit fee. You can see a mix of Telstra, Vodafone and Optus plans below that are updated based on the most popular ones on offer. To simplify things for our comparison, both telcos offer $30 Prepaid plans. Vodafone has the better value in its $30 Prepaid Plus Recharge offering, which comes with 15GB of data, 5G access, and you can get $5 off every 28 days if you opt-in for automatic recharge ($325 first-year cost). According to Vodafone, this Prepaid plan also is capped at 1.5Mbps if you go over your monthly data allowance, instead of having to purchase more data.
