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Prepaid in Europe
I am going to Europe for two weeks in June and would like a prepaid phone for while i am there. Does anyone know who is the cheapest and how much they are?
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I just got back from Germany last week and I saw prepaid kits (phone and prepaid SIM) for as little as 60 Euros. Both T-Mobile (Extra Kit) or Vodafone (Call Ya) were available at phone stores, camera shops, and at discount electronics stores such as Quelle and Media Markt.
If you're going to England first however, you might be better off buying there as the user manual will be in English (a BIG Plus, unless you read German)!
You may also need to give them a local address to sign up for the prepaid so if you have any friends in the area it would help to be able to use their address (my fiancee is German and we used her parents address).
Note that although I window-shopped phones and kits, we only bought a prepaid SIM (both my fiance...
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If you're going to England first however, you might be better off buying there as the user manual will be in English (a BIG Plus, unless you read German)!
You may also need to give them a local address to sign up for the prepaid so if you have any friends in the area it would help to be able to use their address (my fiancee is German and we used her parents address).
Note that although I window-shopped phones and kits, we only bought a prepaid SIM (both my fiance...
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Miguelito:
This is a very comprehensive report about this issue. I have one question though, on the last paragraph you say: "I don't believe that an unlocked phone will be usable with a Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile Deutschland) SIM...", did you mean to say "locked" instead of "unlocked". In other words, a USA t-Mobile locked telephone was not sure to work with t-Mobile in Germany, even though they are the same company and one buys a German chip - the USA lock prevents it from working anywhere else.
Please let me know, as I am going to Spain this summer and am in need of a telephone.
Thank you.
This is a very comprehensive report about this issue. I have one question though, on the last paragraph you say: "I don't believe that an unlocked phone will be usable with a Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile Deutschland) SIM...", did you mean to say "locked" instead of "unlocked". In other words, a USA t-Mobile locked telephone was not sure to work with t-Mobile in Germany, even though they are the same company and one buys a German chip - the USA lock prevents it from working anywhere else.
Please let me know, as I am going to Spain this summer and am in need of a telephone.
Thank you.
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cai said:
Miguelito:
This is a very comprehensive report about this issue. I have one question though, on the last paragraph you say: "I don't believe that an unlocked phone will be usable with a Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile Deutschland) SIM...", did you mean to say "locked" instead of "unlocked". In other words, a USA t-Mobile locked telephone was not sure to work with t-Mobile in Germany, even though they are the same company and one buys a German chip - the USA lock prevents it from working anywhere else.
Please let me know, as I am going to Spain this summer and am in need of a telephone.
Thank you.
Yes, sorry - I meant to say "locked" - locking the phone precludes you from using another car...
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Thank you. Your explanations address the questions I have had regarding telephones abroad.
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