Australian telco guy here. No they won't. Here's the law: https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2024L01103/asmade/text https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2024L01103/asm

Australian telco guy here. No they won't. Here's the law: https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2024L01103/asmade/text https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2024L01103/asmade/text When a telco IS CERTAIN that a phone won't work, they are obligated to tell the person, and offer them a free phone to replace it (subsidised by the government, it's mentioned in passing in the act linked).