amaysim mobile phone plans

2019 Finder Awards

Winner: Best Prepaid SIM (Under $40)

amaysim 4G ($40 plan)

amaysim has always offered a strong value proposition for its customers and the $40 postpaid SIM is no exception. Unlimited calls and texts, international call inclusions and plenty of data at a bargain price is hard to go past.

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amaysim prepaid plans

amaysim postpaid plans

amaysim's postpaid plans explained

amaysim's primary SIM-only product is its range of post-paid "Unlimited" plans. Post-paid means that you're billed at the end of each recharge period based on usage, with any excess usage (most likely data usage since plans have unlimited call and text) added to the amount paid. amaysim operates on a month-to-month rolling contract basis for all of its plans, with no ongoing commitment beyond your current period. All of amaysim's plans operate on a 28-day billing period, which means you actually incur 13 recharges across a full calendar year.

• Read more about amaysim's postpaid plans

  Currently, amaysim offers four different postpaid plans, all of which offer unlimited standard national calls and texts as well as a quantity of data to use in your 28-day billing period:

  • $50 plan, which includes 60GB of data as standard with 28 days expiry.
  • $40 plan, which includes 45GB of data as standard with 28 days expiry.
  • $30 plan, which includes 30GB of data as standard with 28 days expiry.
  • $20 plan, which includes 5GB of data as standard with 28 days expiry.
  • $10 plan, which includes 1GB of data as standard with 28 days expiry.

  While amaysim also operates its much more budget-centric MVNO Vaya in the value space, it also runs frequent promotions that offer bonus data or other calling features to entice new customers.

amaysim As You Go plan

amaysim's As You Go plan explained

If you're not a heavy phone user, then instead of an amaysim unlimited plan, you may be better served by amaysim's simple As You Go plan.

The As You Go plan operates on a simple credit basis, with standard national calls to mobiles or landlines charged at 15 cents per minute (including voicemail retrieval) or 29 cents per minute to 13 numbers. SMS is charged at 15 cents each, while MMS costs 49 cents and data is charged at 15.4 cents per MB unless you also bolt on a data plan.

• Read more about amaysim's As You Go plan

  The minimum recharge amount you pay on the As You Go plan is $10, but unlike its Unlimited plans, you get more than 28 days to use your credit. Quite a bit more in fact, as your credit lasts until exhausted or for 365 days, whichever comes first.

  While long expiry plans aren't uncommon, amaysim's approach to its As You Go plan has one rather unique quirk. You can opt to sign up to an As You Go plan on a prepaid basis, in which case you hand over your recharge amount and then have your 365 days to spend it, or you can opt to be billed at the end of each month instead. The choice is yours.

How does amaysim compare?

• Competitive pricing, especially at higher data caps
• International call inclusions are a welcome bonus
• 28-day expiry will cost you more in the long run

amaysim's services all operate on the Optus 4G network with no particular speed restrictions beyond the quality of service in your area and any limitations of your particular mobile device. As an MNVO, amaysim sells on the value of its plan offerings, which also extend to quantities of international calling on selected plan tiers.

• Low data, heavy call plan comparison

  There are many competing MVNOs in the budget space, so it really comes down to picking a comparison that makes sense for your needs. If you're a heavy caller but don't need much in the way of data each month, then amaysim's $10 plan is worth comparing. There aren't that many providers in this space, but there's still value to be had from amaysim's plans:

• Mid-tier plan comparison

  If your data needs skew higher, though, you're looking at a larger monthly spend. Here's what you can get for between $40-$60, including amaysim's top-end $50 monthly SIM-only Unlimited plan:

• Long expiry prepaid plan comparison

  If you favour more of a long-term prepaid approach, amaysim's As You Go plan compares well, but you do have options from other providers such as ALDImobile, Vodafone or Kogan Mobile:

Why should you consider amaysim?

amaysim has a long reputation for delivering quality mobile services on a no-commitment basis, so if you're dissatisfied with your existing provider, it's well worth considering an amaysim plan.

Like many MVNOs, the focus for amaysim is on a simple, limited-ongoing-obligation set of plans with its Unlimited plans, but amaysim does have a unique point of flexibility in that you can select plans on a prepaid or a postpaid basis. The key difference here for most users is data usage. If you opt for a postpaid plan, where you're billed at the end of the month, and you go over your data quota, you're topped up with 1GB of data at a flat $10 rate. If you opt for prepaid, you can buy data top-ups at $10/GB if you go over, but they're not automatically applied.

amaysim does sell smartphones with a wide variety of available models sourced from both local providers and overseas sources, but it does not explicitly pair those handsets with any contract. You're free to use them with amaysim SIM-only plans, of course, but you're not required to or tied to any long-term contract when doing so.

In terms of international calling inclusions, many plans provide unlimited standard calls to China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the USA. Higher tier plans also include calling minutes to Austria, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam. Other calling destinations will incur additional call charges.

How to switch to amaysim

• 1: Pick your plan

  

• 2: Click 'buy now'

  

• 3: Choose whether to keep your old phone number or get a new one

  

• 4: Enter your address and payment details

  

• 5: Wait for your new SIM card to arrive in the post

  

• 6: Activate your new SIM

  Simply load up amaysim's SIM activation page and enter the 13-digit number located on your new SIM card.

  

• 7 (optional): Wait for amaysim to port your old phone number across to your new SIM.

  This usually only takes a couple of hours, and you can continue to use your old SIM in the meantime.

That's it!

Now you're all set to start using your new amaysim mobile service. Congratulations!

amaysim mobile deals

Postpaid deals

	Save $25 - pay $15 instead of $40 for your first month. T&Cs apply.	View eligible plans

amaysim 4G Postpaid SIM-only 45GB $40 28 Days

Unlimited standard calls

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Prepaid deals

	Save $25 - pay $15 instead of $40 for your first month. T&Cs apply.	View eligible plans

amaysim 4G Prepaid SIM-only 45GB $40 28 Days

Unlimited standard calls

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amaysim recharge options

amaysim provides multiple hassle-free ways to recharge your prepaid mobile service.

• Recharge online. amaysim provides its "My amaysim" portal for customers to recharge prepaid services or purchase additional services such as data top-ups. You can make payments using a major credit card or PayPal. You can also set your service to automatically recharge on a regular basis.
• With the amaysim app. amaysim supplies a free app for iOS (download here) and Android (download here) platforms for you to manage your recharges.
• Via voucher. You can purchase vouchers to recharge your amaysim prepaid mobile service. Once you’ve purchased a voucher, it can be applied through the "My amaysim" portal. Alternately, you can text your recharge voucher number to 568 from your amaysim mobile phone or use the amaysim app.

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Alex Kidman

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Alex Kidman was the tech and telco editor at Finder and is now a freelance technology writer. He's been a technology writer with experience spanning more than 20 years, writing and editing at Gizmodo, CNET, PC Magazine, Kotaku and many more. Alex has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New England and a serious passion for retro gaming.

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