Electric Kiwi started as an independent utility company offering just great power deals. Since then Electric Kiwi has grown, and now offers mobile, power and broadband. And its dedication to great prices and customer service has seen it win Canstar's Bundled Utilities Award three years in a row.
Canstar looks at Electric Kiwi's mobile plans:
What plans does Kiwi Mobile offer?
Kiwi Mobile's two phone plans deliver unlimited data, capped at download speeds of of 1.2Mbps once you hit one of five data caps. The plans are unique because once you hit your data cap, if you don't want your data speed slowed to 1.2Mbps, you can opt to move up to the next data tier. You can do this manually through the Kiwi Mobile app, or do it automatically. If you opt to increase your data limit, the daily cost of your plan rises accordingly for those days of additional data.
However, whatever data/price tier you end up on by the end of the month, when the next billing cycle comes around (there are 12 per calendar year), your plan automatically resets back down to your original plan.
Choice Lite Plan
Data Tiers | Cost |
|---|---|
1GB | $0.59/day ($17.95/m) |
1.5GB | $0.89/day ($27.07/m) |
2GB | $1.19/day ($36.20/m) |
3GB | $1.49/day ($45.32/m) |
4GB | $1.79/day ($54.45/m) |
Choice Plan
Kiwi Mobile's Choice plan allows you to link up to four users. If there are two linked plans, both receive a discount of 15c per day, and if you link three or four plans that saving increases to 30c per day:
Data Tiers | Cost for 1 Plan | Cost for 1/2 Plans | Cost for 3/4 Plans |
|---|---|---|---|
5GB | $1.30/day ($39.54/m) | $1.15/day ($34.98/m) | $1/day ($30.42/m) |
10GB | $1.60/day ($48.67/m) | $1.45/day ($44.10/m) | $1.30/day ($39.54/m) |
20GB | $1.90/day ($57.79/m) | $1.75/day ($53.23/m) | $1.60/day ($48.67/m) |
30GB | $2/day ($60.83/m) | $1.85/day ($56.27/m) | $1.70/day ($51.71/m) |
100GB | $2.10/day ($63.88/m) | $1.95/day ($59.31/m) | $1.80/day ($54.75/m) |
Each plan features:
- Endless data – all plans have endless data till max speed limit, then reduced to 1.2Mbps
- Talk & Text – unlimited NZ/OZ
- 5G – plans are 5G ready
- Hotspot – included with all plans
Electric Kiwi mobile: Is it a good deal?
Even if there's only one of you, Electric Kiwi's deals offer good value. However, Electric Kiwi's plans really stand out when you do the sums on its group-plan deals.
Also, the flexibility offered across the sliding data/cost scale provides possible additional savings if you, or fellow plan members, are not consistently heavy users of data every month.
