cheapo phone for usa?
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steveo3002 said:
so 29$ and its got credit ? any hassle making it work or will they work out the box
as far as I recall it came with $10 credit (you can buy $10 top up cards anywhere if needed) and yes, it'll work straight out of the box.Make sure you have your passport on you as they'll take a photocopy when you activate the phone - they'll do all the activation for you so it'll work straight away.
I actually chose to keep mine long term - I top up $100 once a year and that keeps the phone live.... so far it's done 8 trips to 25 different states and never missed a beat.
The last time I went I put the sim in my smartphone, bought a $10 data top up and had full 3G for my 3 week trip.
This is what you want... I bought a Nokia but that's no longer available.
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K50 DEL said:
as far as I recall it came with $10 credit (you can buy $10 top up cards anywhere if needed) and yes, it'll work straight out of the box.
Make sure you have your passport on you as they'll take a photocopy when you activate the phone - they'll do all the activation for you so it'll work straight away.
I actually chose to keep mine long term - I top up $100 once a year and that keeps the phone live.... so far it's done 8 trips to 25 different states and never missed a beat.
The last time I went I put the sim in my smartphone, bought a $10 data top up and had full 3G for my 3 week trip.
At no point did I have to show a passport. I bought the ones in target, off the shelf, and took it home, unwrapped, and activated. Done in a few minutes. very, very easy. Make sure you have your passport on you as they'll take a photocopy when you activate the phone - they'll do all the activation for you so it'll work straight away.
I actually chose to keep mine long term - I top up $100 once a year and that keeps the phone live.... so far it's done 8 trips to 25 different states and never missed a beat.
The last time I went I put the sim in my smartphone, bought a $10 data top up and had full 3G for my 3 week trip.
TheHeretic said:
K50 DEL said:
as far as I recall it came with $10 credit (you can buy $10 top up cards anywhere if needed) and yes, it'll work straight out of the box.
Make sure you have your passport on you as they'll take a photocopy when you activate the phone - they'll do all the activation for you so it'll work straight away.
I actually chose to keep mine long term - I top up $100 once a year and that keeps the phone live.... so far it's done 8 trips to 25 different states and never missed a beat.
The last time I went I put the sim in my smartphone, bought a $10 data top up and had full 3G for my 3 week trip.
At no point did I have to show a passport. I bought the ones in target, off the shelf, and took it home, unwrapped, and activated. Done in a few minutes. very, very easy. Make sure you have your passport on you as they'll take a photocopy when you activate the phone - they'll do all the activation for you so it'll work straight away.
I actually chose to keep mine long term - I top up $100 once a year and that keeps the phone live.... so far it's done 8 trips to 25 different states and never missed a beat.
The last time I went I put the sim in my smartphone, bought a $10 data top up and had full 3G for my 3 week trip.
As far as the data thing goes, I went into an actual branch of AT+T in Seattle a couple of months ago to enquire what I could do about data usage and was extremely surprised... no new sim card, just a code to put into the phone which took $25 of credit from my account and gave me enough data to last nearly 3 weeks with no issues at all (1Gb)
I had a TruSim for my last trip to the USA. Worked great - http://www.truphone.com/en-GB/Products/Tru-for-you...
blueheron said:
I had a TruSim for my last trip to the USA. Worked great - http://www.truphone.com/en-GB/Products/Tru-for-you...
It is 20 quid... Just for the sim... You could buy a phone with credit for that price from a supermarket. Linky
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Edited by TheHeretic on Thursday 3rd January 11:57
TheHeretic said:
It is 20 quid... Just for the sim... You could buy a phone with credit for that price from a supermarket.
Linky
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They sometimes have deals on so worth keeping an eye out. That's when I got mine.Linky
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Edited by TheHeretic on Thursday 3rd January 11:57
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