mobile phones

[DaveL]

You can get Sim cards for $30 from the T-Mobile cart just inside the Florida Mall. If you have an unlocked Tri-band phone just slip in the card and make reasonable priced calls to the UK or anywhere else.

The credit runs out between 30 days and a year after purchase depending on the value of the card. However after you have spent a total of $100 on your account then the minutes never expire.

If your an owner this is a good deal as after the initial $100 you only need top up when needed, you keep the same number and your phone is active the minute your in U.S. air space. So if you have a stop over or travel to anywhere else in the U.S. you have a working phone as soon as the plane lands.

Regards Dave

[MarkJan]

We bought a Tracfone last time we were here and although it is handy to give a US number out for US people to call us, it "eats" minutes. Approx $30 for 120 minutes but if you have a 352 phone and dial 407 etc, it costs 2 minutes per actual minute.

[Kimmyp]

Texting on UK triband phones in the US costs the same as it does over here doesn't it?

[bargainqueen]

I'm with 02 pay and go and texting from abroad is 49p as opposed to 12p. You will need to check with your supplier to see what rates apply.

[Kat7]

Ok,

This topic is now fairly old, so I feel like reviving it!
Has the situation with mobiles in the US changed?

I'm not sure if my PAYG is tri-band. Are PAYG cells in the US expensive still?
I'm not sure what the best thing to do is...we are going for 2 weeks in june and there will be some days when hubby will stay at the villa and I'll be out and about. Well, a girl HAS to shop!! [msnsmile2]
What would be the best option to keep in touch. it is unlikely that we will be doing the parks, and besides, we would stay together there...hubby gets easily stressed since his illness!

Thanks

Kat

[Lynne S]

We did the same as Karen and bought a set of 2 T-Mobile sim cards to put in our un-locked tri-band phones. These were from ebay and had 150 mins on each one, $26 including delivery to the UK for the 2.
We used them in the parks to contact each other and also when some of us went out and left the rest of the family back at the villa. Worth evey cent for peace of mind, I will do it again for our next trip
[msnsmile2]

[Albert the Frog]

We just sent texts as we found that we were only asking where people were? Where were we meeting? etc and the cost of texts was really low.

[Kat7]

Thanks guys....unfortunately, our phones are not tri-band[msnsad] (Samsung E700)
I thought they were, but the info on the net said...no!

Never mind....back to the drawing board, as they say!

Kat [easter1]

[anorak]

I just bought a Nokia payg color screen phone for $39 in Target with $30 worth of calls at 10c per minute included and 60 days service included. Seemed like a good deal, tried to get it enabled for international but it didnt happen, should have though.

[pieman790]

with most US PAYG phone you both to receive the call and its not per seconds billing like here in the UK so even if you are on the phone for a few seconds it classed as one minute