View Full Version : Mobile Phone Sims
Is it possible to buy just the sims. I have some friends who are going over in a few weeks and there are three families and they want to keep in touch. Can they just buy 3 new simms, is it economical to do so and where can they purchase them from ??
Cheers
I don't think its the sims that matter, it is the fact you need a Tri-band phone but I could be wrong.
There used to be a chap with a stall in Osceola Square Mall who sold these but I'm sorry, I don't know if he's still there.
You do need a particular sort of phone (not necessarily a triband) to use them though. I think he said a channel 9 phone?
Sims are available, I was offered one in New York. If you have a triband phone and it's not locked to your current UK network then theory says you shouldn't have a problem.
I just use texting, a little more expensive than at home but I find it's the ideal solution. Set up your phone to divert all calls but you will still receive texts as long as you have a triband phone and you have setup roaming with your UK network.
I purchased one 4 months ago from the T-Mobile cart by the food court in the Florida mall.
All you need is a phone that will work in the U.S. which if you purchased in the UK means it will need to be Tri-Band and unlocked so that you can put the new sim in.
They were offering about 100 pay-as-you-go minutes for around $50 all in, but check what offers are on.
Dave
Most of the new nokias and other camera phones will work in the USA, im on orange payg and that worked(i have a nokia6230), but they charge you about £1.30 per min to make a call and 75p the receive a call, text maessages were 45p.
if you will only be making a few calls i dont think it would be worth buying anything new, but if you will be using them almost every day then it will be cheaper to buy a new sim / phone