Southern Phone mobile phone plans

Compare Southern Phone's standalone SIM-only plans as well as its contract phone offerings.

Southern Phone

Southern Phone provides mobile services on either a SIM-only basis with 12-month contracts or with a range of bundled mobile handsets on 12- or 24-month terms.

Southern Phone provides service on the 4G network from Optus via its Green Plans or on parts of Telstra's 3G and 4G networks via its Orange plans.

Southern Phone Green plans

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  Southern Phone's Green plans are postpaid offerings with either month-to-month or 12-month contracts. You'll be billed each month for your base plan price plus any additional usage over your existing quota. For these plans, your additional usage will most likely be data usage since all Green plans offer unlimited standard national calls and texts.

  In terms of base pricing, here's the rundown of Southern Phone's 12-month Green Plans:

  • Southern Phone Green 12: Unlimited calls and texts, 1GB data, $12
  • Southern Phone Green 22: Unlimited calls and texts, 7GB data, $22
  • Southern Phone Green 35: Unlimited calls and texts, 18GB data, $35
  • Southern Phone Green 50: Unlimited calls and texts, 23GB data, $50

  And here's the pricing for the month-to-month Green variants:

  • Southern Phone Green 12: Unlimited calls and texts, 500MB data, $12
  • Southern Phone Green 22: Unlimited calls and texts, 3GB data, $22
  • Southern Phone Green 35: Unlimited calls and texts, 10GB data, $35
  • Southern Phone Green 50: Unlimited calls and texts, 15GB data, $50

Southern Phone Orange plans

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  Southern Phone also offers SIM-only plans on parts of the Telstra 3G/4G network if that's your preferred choice, although rather predictably, you're generally going to pay a little more for a little less value on these plans. Unlike the Green plans, you can only take up the Orange Plans on a month-to-month basis.

  Here's the base pricing for Southern Phone's Orange plans:

  • Southern Phone Orange 15: Unlimited calls and texts, 1GB data, $15
  • Southern Phone Orange 30: Unlimited calls and texts, 5GB data, $30
  • Southern Phone Orange 45: Unlimited calls and texts, 15GB data, $45
  • Southern Phone Orange 60: Unlimited calls and texts, 30GB data, $60

Southern Phone contract plans

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  Southern Phone also offers a range of handsets on contract terms. It has a strong focus on affordable feature phones and budget smartphones, but it also features some premium phones. These match the existing Green or Orange plans to a 12- or 24-month contract term with handset repayments added onto the cost of your plan. Those repayments will vary depending on your handset choice; for example, here's what you'd pay for a Samsung Galaxy S9 on Southern Phone plans:

How does Southern Phone compare?

Southern Phone's plans tell two different stories, depending on whether you need access to the Telstra network or wish to use the Optus 4G network. With Optus, you'll get substantially more data with each plan tier, but that's mitigated by the fact that if you don't have good Optus coverage, it's not going to do you much good.

• Budget plan comparison

  Southern Phone is one of only a few providers to offer plans at the $10 price point. Here's how it compares against other providers at that price point:

• Midrange plan comparison

  Here's how Southern's plans compare if you're looking to spend $20-$30 per month:

• Samsung Galaxy S9 plan comparison

  And here's how its Samsung Galaxy S9 plan pricing compares:

Why should you consider Southern Phone?

Southern Phone offers flexibility in carrier terms, although you can't switch between Optus and Telstra without fundamentally changing your plan on a month-by-month basis. It's also one of only a few carriers to offer simple feature phones on contract terms if you're not keen on having a smartphone and just require simple mobile phone services.

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