Got my new phone today - ended up settling for the Samsung A501... Although I've never been particularly fond of Samsung mobiles - especially their gaudy menu systems, this one doesn't irk me as much as I thought it might.

I ended up signing up for a 24 mth contract on Telstra's NextG network (the penalties for my old CDMA contract waived), on a Business Talk 50 plan. The selling point of the plan being the $0.00/min call rate (+ 35c connection fee) - plus $12 mth for the Foxtel subscription. It's a little higher than I wanted to go, but hopefully it'll mean I'm more free to use my phone for longer calls 24/7.