2degrees Mobile Review
2degrees is one of New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services companies. It offers a varied range of different pay monthly and pre-paid phone plans as well as broadband services.
2degrees is the current winner of Canstar Blue’s Most Satisfied Customers | Mobile Monthly Plans Award. It’s 2024 award marks the ninth time in ten years that 2degrees has been rated No.1 by Kiwi phone users, who rate it the best in the market for Value for Money and Customer Service.
What phone plans does 2degrees offer?
2degrees offers eight prepaid monthly plans, plus four two-week plans. And each, except the cheapest $8 monthly plan, comes with a great perk: a free hour of data each day to use at a time that suits your data needs:
Prepaid (calendar month)
$8 Plan
- Features: 100 Rollover Minutes & Unlimited Texts to NZ and OZ – 150MB Rollover Data
$13 Plan
- Features: 100 Rollover Minutes & Unlimited Texts to NZ and OZ – 600MB Rollover Data
- Extras: Daily free hour of data
$19 Plan
- Features: 200 Rollover Minutes & Unlimited Texts to NZ and OZ – 1.5GB Rollover Data
- Extras: Daily free hour of data, 7.5GB of free Rollover Data on join-up
$25 Plan:
- Features: 250 Rollover Minutes & Unlimited Texts to NZ and OZ – 3GB Rollover Data
- Extras: Daily free hour of data, 7.5GB of free Rollover Data on join-up
$35 Plan:
- Features: 300 Rollover Minutes & Unlimited Texts to NZ and OZ – 4.5GB Rollover Data
- Extras: Daily free hour of data, 7.5GB of free Rollover Data on join-up
$45 Plan
- Features: Unlimited calls & texts to NZ and OZ – 10GB Rollover Data
- Extras: Daily free hour of data, 7.5GB of free Rollover Data on join-up
$60 Plan
- Features: Unlimited calls & texts to NZ and OZ – 25GB Rollover Data
- Extras: Daily free hour of data, 7.5GB of free Rollover Data on join-up
$85 Plan:
- Features: Unlimited calls & texts to NZ and OZ – Endless capped at 120GB max speed
- Extras: Daily free hour of data
Prepaid (fortnightly: 14 days)
$11 Plan
- Features: 100 Rollover Minutes & Unlimited Texts in NZ – 1GB Rollover Data
- Extras: Daily free hour of data
$19 Plan
- Features: 150 Rollover Minutes & Unlimited Texts in NZ – 3.5GB Rollover Data
- Extras: Daily free hour of data
$20 Plan:
- Features: Unlimited calls & texts to NZ and OZ – 7GB Rollover Data
- Extras: Daily free hour of data
$34 Plan:
- Features: Unlimited calls & texts to NZ and OZ – 20GB Rollover Data
- Extras: Daily free hour of data
All plans offer unlimited calls to other 2degrees mobiles, hotspotting, free voicemail and are 5G ready
Pay monthly (calendar month)
2degrees offers four monthly plans that also come with a daily free hour of data. Three of the plans also allow you to add up to five extra people at discounted rates to form a group plan:
$40 Plan: 5GB Rollover Data:
- Features: 300 Rollover minutes & unlimited texts in NZ
$50 Plan: 10GB Rollover Data
- Features: Unlimited calls & texts to NZ and OZ; add extra members on group plan from $30/month
$60 Plan: 16GB Rollover Data
- Features: Unlimited calls & texts to NZ and OZ; add extra members on group plan from $30/month
$80 Plan: Endless Data
- Features: Unlimited calls & texts to NZ and OZ; add extra members on group plan from $35/month
All plans offer unlimited calls to other 2degrees mobiles, hotspotting, free voicemail and are 5G ready.
Do 2degrees phone plans offer value for money?
2degrees plans offer good value for money, as . The hour of free data each day is a good perk, and any regular plan data that you don’t use can be kept for up to a year and shared with other Carryover Plan holders.
2degrees also charges per calendar month for its prepaid, meaning you only have to renew 12 times a year, as opposed to 13 times a year on plans that charge every 28 days. And 2degrees pay monthly plans are some of the cheapest in the market for the data on offer.
Its group plans are also good value, and allow you to add up to five people onto your plan, which is perfect for large families. The telco also offers discounts for seniors and extra data for students.
Prices correct as of 02/07/2024.
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