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Huawei's virtually unopposed big smartphone will reach Australia in February, offering a new mobile in a mostly unmatched size.

As the back to school season starts up, we bet your kids are pleading for a phone. There's lots to consider there, but our long mobile guide is made to help.

Sick of paying for mobile credit on a prepaid phone? If you’re on Optus and are happy to see an ad or two, you may have a way of cutting down the costs.

Smartphones tend to need a few accessories -- a case here, some headphones there -- and so to help with that, peripheral maker 3Sixt has a couple of boxes. Are they worth your time?

Your wallet could be a thing of the past, or at least the way you pay, as Optus allows anyone using its mobile service to start paying without taking out the card.

Phones shouldn't cost an arm or a leg, and with the help of a major mobile manufacturer, Optus is making sure features that would often be expensive may not be.

What happens to your phone after you're done with it, after you decide to upgrade? Does it collect dust waiting to be used or thrown out, because if it does, your mobile could serve another possibly higher purpose.

It might surprise you to still find button-based dumbphones out in the world still, or even a few not-quite-smart "feature-phones", but the gap is beginning to close, and that's partly because of price.

It's been just over a week since the Apple iPhone for 2016 was announced, and if you're getting one on its first day and you haven't preordered, good luck.

It's not only Telstra that believes streaming will be big, and if you're on Optus, you're about to get more mobile entertainment without as much money being handed over.