New Aldi Mobile Plans Boost Data, Add International Calls

Aldi Mobile will refresh its SIM only phone plans in December, with big bumps in data and generous new international calling inclusions.

All current plans and prices will remain the same after the refresh, but the Medium, Large, X-Large and XX-Large plans will include more value than they do currently. The new inclusions kick in on 16 December 2015.

Medium Plan: Calling credit increases from $30 to $40 per month, or up to 200 standard calls per month. Mobile data also increases, from 700MB to 1GB.

Large Plan: Included credit will increase to $70 per month (currently $50). At $0.10 per minute, customers will get 700 minutes on the phone each month. Data remains at 1.5GB but Aldi will also add an extra 500MB to use on weekends.

X-Large Plan: Included data boosts to 4GB (up 1.5GB) and the plan will include 90 minutes of calls to eligible international countries. There is also 1GB extra to use on weekends.

XX-Large Plan: Will include 6GB after the refresh and come with 180 international calling minutes. The plan also comes with 1GB of weekend data.

There are 42 countries that customers with an X-Large or XX-Large recharge can call, but calls to mobile phones can only be made to 14 of the eligible countries. The full list can be found on the Aldi Mobile website.

How do the new plans stack up?

This is a bold product refresh from Aldi Mobile and positions them well next to the stiff competition in the SIM Only space. The new $35 X-Large plan is pretty much on par with the market-leading Kogan Mobile 5GB offer. Aldi is cheapest for plans with this much data and unlimited calls, though there are a couple of other providers (SpinTel and Jeenee Mobile) with 4GB plans too.

For plans with international calls, the new Aldi plans stack up very well. The XX-Large plan costs the same as the Amaysim plan with similar overseas calling, but comes with an extra 1GB each month (2GB if you count the weekend data.)

The real competition is the Optus $50 SIM Only My Plan Plus. For the extra $5, you get 300 minutes on the phone to family overseas. There is less data included though, so it will come down to what your priorities are.

Joseph Hanlon

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