Best Google Pixel 8 plans in Australia (February 2025)

The Google Pixel 8 is far from the latest and greatest Android phone on the market, but it's still one very much worth considering. With better charging, cameras and battery than the excellent Google Pixel 8a, it offers a near-premium experience at an affordable price.

With the Google Pixel 9a on the horizon, you wouldn't be wrong to think that it might be worth waiting for, given it's likely to match, if not exceed, its flagship predecessor. However, the best Pixel 8 plan is only a touch pricier than the Pixel 8a's best plan – making it a whole heap cheaper than the Pixel 9a when it eventually releases.

Still retailing for a hefty AU$1,199 – AU$150 less than the Google Pixel 9 – the Pixel 8 is still an expensive piece of hardware. So, while you can grab one of our best SIM-only plans and buy the Pixel 8 outright from JB Hi-Fi and the like, paying for it in small monthly payments is likely to be more attractive to many buyers.

If that's you, it can take quite a bit of time and research to find the best SIM-plan for you from Vodafone, Optus and Telstra. Luckily, we've found the best Google Pixel 8 plans for you – all you have to do is take a look down below.

Best overall Google Pixel 8 plan

Google Pixel 8 Pro (128GB) | 100GB data | 24 months | AU$88.95 (first 12 months) + 3 mth Binge

Right now, you can only get the 128GB storage model in the Rose colourway – though the 256GB is available in all three – but this price is worth it even if it's not your favourite. With a AU$10 discount on the first 12 months of your plan, combined with double data for your entire contract, this is by far the best Google Pixel 8 plan. Oh – and you get three months of Binge for free.

Total cost over 24 months is AU$2,254.80

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Best premium Google Pixel 8 plan

Google Pixel 8 Pro (128GB) | 360GB data | 24 months | AU$98.95 (first 12 months) + 3 mth Binge

Again, this storage model is only available in Rose, but you'll get the same deal – at a more expensive price – with the 256GB models. If you don't mind the pink colour, this plan earns you a whopping 360GB of data, in conjunction with a AU$10 discount over the first 12 months of your contract. You even get a free three-month Binge subscription to use all that data on.

Total cost over 24 months is AU$2,494.80

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Compare Google Pixel 8 telco plans

Not sold by the best Google Pixel 8 plans above from Vodafone? We think they're the best by a long way, but you can compare the Pixel 8 on a 24-month contract offerings from Optus and Telstra below to see for yourself.

Outright Google Pixel 8 deals

Because of the Pixel 9, as well as the popularity and excellent performance of the Google Pixel 8a and Google Pixel 8 Pro, the Google Pixel 8 isn't as easy to find as it once was.

That said, the Google Pixel 8 is available to buy outright from the following retailers:

• Amazon
• Google
• JB Hi-Fi

Google Pixel 8: Key information

Since it's launch in late 2023, Google has continued to update the Pixel 8 with new features, and the latest Feature Drop added Google's improved Gemini Nano LLM to the Pixel 8's onboard AI features. We weren't sure the base model Pixel 8 would get all of the best AI features found on the Pixel 8 Pro, but so far Google has managed to keep the two phones in line.

The Pixel 8 has a 6.2-inch screen. If that's not an issue for you, the phone's newly-named 'Actua' OLED display finally enjoys a peak refresh rate of 120Hz, even if the refresh rate isn't dynamic like the 8 Pro's, and has to be manually switched on and off as desired.

As ever, the promise of Google's Tensor chipset isn't more power, so much as more room for AI-based wizardry, which is most tangible on the Pixel 8 in the camera experience, and the powerful tools integrated into the Photo app. The Pixel 7 took great pics from its main 50MP camera, and there was already a decent level of versatility, but the refinement of the photography experience on the Pixel 8 is evident.

The 12MP ultra-wide lens of the Google Pixel 8 boasts autofocus, unlocking a macro shooting mode that, that was previously exclusive to the Pixel 7 Pro. Paired with Google's top-tier image processing, even when zooming in and despite the lack of a true telephoto lens possessed by the 8 Pro, the camera system delivers impressive versatility that most users will be more than happy with.

You also get access to powerful new corrective tools, like Best Take, which helps you collate the right combination of faces from a burst of group shots, as well as Audio Magic Eraser, which as the name implies, leans on the Tensor G3's AI smarts to iron out unwanted background noise against the wanted audio of your video's subject. These are the kinds of features that help set the Pixel experience apart from the rest, and the number of features the standard model possesses isn't anything to be sniffed at.

A surprisingly large battery and decent all-day battery life round out an impressive handset that is a predictable upgrade over the Pixel 7 – priced more affordably than Apple's and Samsung's latest baseline flagship phones– the iPhone 15 and Samsung Galaxy S23.

No matter what you're looking for from a phone, the Google Pixel 8 has something for you – even if it's missing the telephoto lens of the 8 Pro, and is now in competition with the Google Pixel 9 is. .

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