buy phone locally or have one sent from oz?

[patient]

so i am undecided...

my mate needs to send me back my ipod that got repaired back in oz. and thought to get a phone to hotspot the ipod ...needs good reception abiltiy.

phones are cheaper back home but maybe wise to get one from ais shop or local dealer or thai website... which do u recommend please..

saw some iphone 4s /has good reception/ quite cheap so aassume they r second hand but will easily hotspot the ipod.

anotheroption is something cheap but jst as effective antenna eg nokia 520 has good reputaion

in oz telstra give blue tick to fones tiat test well in remote locals.

another option is huawei ascend g300+ or motorola defy+