mob phone tarrif info

poss going abroad soon and need info on best mob phone tariffs/contracts if anybody knows about these things before I visit local shops and get sold something I don

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t need anything flash, just a phone that can make int calls cheap, no need for frilly bits.

why do bits go missing from post txt?

where are you going? I’m on contact with Vodafone. Most of Europe and some other countries are part the Vodafone Passport, which means you pay a connection fee of 70p (or there abouts) and the rest of the call is the same as a domestic UK call (or part of my inclusive free minutes)

vodafone passport

Are you staying in one country? It’ll be cheaper to buy a phone out there than use a UK phone a lot.

All the standard UK contracts are pretty pricey to make calls from Europe, and insanely expensive outside.

The best thing to do is use an unlocked phone, and get international sim cards. To get an unlocked phone, buy it not on a network. International sim cards you can buy either from dodgy small phone shops, or online. Sometimes it is best to get them in the country you’re going to, it is worth checking on google for the countries you’re interested in.

If you’re going to Europe, almost all UK phones will work (dual band ones). Other places you could do with a tri-band or preferably quad-band phone, which rules out the cheapest ones, but you can get a slightly more expensive one. Or if you already have a phone, find out if it is multi-band and if so get that unlocked (shouldn’t cost masses at a dodgy phone shop).

Joe

There are set rates for international calls now. So prices have come down.

There are set rates for international calls now. So prices have come down.

Only in the EU. EU is 40p a minute – which is still more than an international sim.

Outside the EU they can just make up numbers so it can be crazy still (mine is £1 a minute from the US). It has got worse recently with the currency (for example from South America, it can be £1.50 a minute or more). In the EU it makes a small difference having a cheap sim, outside the EU it makes a massive difference.

Joe