Hi, I am from Germany .Would like to use a card by samsung galaxy with 25$-prepaid-plan per month. does it work? I will order it to my hotel. Thanks!
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Ralf, there shouldn't be a problem. When you go through the activation process, pick the $25 plan (which has do data), and you should be good to go. Remember that AT&T; requires data for all smartphones. Therefore, if you want the $25 plan and add no data to it, you have to use the 15-zeros-IMEI trick. This is to make AT&T; think that you're on a "stupid-phone" and not on a smart one.
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Ralf, This card should be fine with ATT prepaid account, but it is NOT compatible with 4G data network.
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If yours takes that sim card then you will need to contact the service provider, most you can do online. Type in sim card number and phone id number and they will tell you if it will work. This card, when i ordered it, came with instructions on what site to go to. This card was cut down to fit in the apple 4s. Email the seller of the card and ask them if it will work with your phone. They will give you good info.
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I bought this card for my ex son-in-law so I really don't know much about it . although he loves it and tells me how much money it saves him.
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Hi Omar, I live in Argentina and I´m using my experia here.Remember to buy it unlocked and that let you to use any company in your country.Good luck !!!
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Try Truphone.com it is a british company but cards work worldwide. $15 gets you about 1000 pictures i was told. not per month.
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Since you insert the mini card when you arrive in Germany, I really can't tell while trying here in the US just now. It worked great for us from Berlin down to Frankfurt with intermittent detours along the way, including cities in France. I would expect it to work in Luxemburg also. Sorry I can be more definitive
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José, I'm from Argentina. I bought this phone in late July and I used it without any problem. The only thing you have to do when you get here is call the carrier and tell them to enable the mobile data plan for your phone and it will work perfectly. It's an amazing phone, you won't regret it.Edit: It will prompt for an update, don't worry.
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Just came back from Italy with this phone. Any prepaid SIM card from TIM, Vodafone, Wind will do, but I read that TIM has good coverage, so I went with them. Basically you buy a prepaid SIM card which will give you a phone # in Italy for around 25 euros I think, but it gives you 15 euro of usage time. Incoming calls, even from US, are free. Talk is like 10-20 cents per min even overseas. Was told that texting to US is not worth it. As for texting, I received the text msgs from Trenitalia and TIM without any problems. Coverage from TIM and the phone's reception was great, no issues at all in Venice, Florence, and Rome. Battery life is good like the others have said.
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I'm sorry, I do not know about T-Mobile. I just went into a store in the Munich train station and bought a sim card for Germany. It worked great. SIM cards are sold throughout Europe.
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Its a sim card that you put into an unlocked gsm phone. I have used the same sim card in three different phones over the past year. You just need to know what size sim card your phone needs. Within germany and calls to home usa it works excellent. I recommend printing all of the ortel instructions prior to your trip so you have it to refer to when you are in germany.
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It is great phone you will care everywhere with you. It wirks in Europe snd Asia, there is no reason it woudn't work in the us! Trust Samsung :-)
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You shouldn't use the SIM in the USA since you get better rates with a local plan. I purchased the SIM by mail, brought it with me on the flight and popped it into my phone on the way to Germany. Once there, I turned on the phone, input the phones unlock code, and was good to go.
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Yes, you can. I have a T-Mobile sim card with a contract plan. I bought a T-Mobile Samsung Dart that's meant for prepaid use, put my sim card in it, and it works just fine (makes calls, gets 3G Internet, etc.). Make sure the Samsung Dart you're buying is built for T-Mobile though, I can't say how it'll work with a phone designed for another carrier.
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it is true, it worked perfect for Israel. I activated the phine in USA and had calls for cumullative 6 minutes (to be on the safe side).Back in IsraelI just trsnsferred the SIM card from my old phone to the galaxy S5 and it works fine. In USA try to find a cheap SIM with pre-paid air time for activation. I had no choice but to use AT&T; which is too expensive for the 6 minutes cumulatice air time. goog luck with your new phone
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Mostly it will matter which carrier you are buying the SIM card from and what (plans/rates) he is selling you? Pay as you phones bought in one country will be acceptable till you are having credit in the card. When you change country, international rates will apply and you will exhaust the balance. Globe trotters have little options. I hope international trade agreements will make this cost stable and affordable for people.
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At the risk of sounding dumb here, what's a sim card? I've had a very low-end motorolla phone for the last few years on my go-phone plan. Does every phone have a sim card, and are they able to work when you go from one brand of phone to another? Thanks again.
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I believe it will work w/ any phone that uses a SIM card (make sure you specify either "standard" or "micro" SIM, depending on the size of the card required for your phone). My experience was very positive and easy .... when I arrived in Frankfurt, I put in the new SIM card, turned my phone on and Voila, everything worked. The minutes got chewed up pretty quickly (and I didn't really use it for Internet browsing, but suspect that would use minutes on the SIM even faster) and never had to renew, but it seemed very seamless.
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Check if they use GSM in there, then it most likely will, you might need to get a SIM card there though, unless your provider in the US/UK have partners there. Very likely it is cheaper to get a card there
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I live in the US and had the same problem. I have AT&Tand they told me it is because the phone is not assigned to a specific carrier. So there is no guarantee your data plan will work with an unlocked phone. They told me to call Samsung which got me no where. Samsung told me to call AT&T and they were able to fix it.