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Offline bluejay

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Over seas sims
« on: April 19, 2015, 06:27:27 PM »
Hi what is best buy a prepaid sim card here for data /calls/txt  or get when when we arrive in the states? and will the same sim work in iphone 5 as well as ipad air 2? if i get one here what is the best to get .Thanks in advance
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Re: Over seas sims
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2015, 06:48:38 PM »
Get them overseas in my experience.
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Re: Over seas sims
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2015, 08:21:47 PM »
Not sure but I think the GSM band is hard to find in the US. It might be one of the countries your Aussie iPhone wont work.
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Re: Over seas sims
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2015, 08:34:05 PM »
What about the option of buying a cheap prepaid smartphone in the states ?

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Re: Over seas sims
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2015, 08:38:22 PM »
You'll get a better deal there on simple or a throwaway phone

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Re: Over seas sims
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2015, 09:23:23 PM »
I use the AT&T GoPhone SIM prepaid. There are a couple of Aussie sellers on eBay who will sell you the SIM with good instructions to set it up. Works fine with an Australian iPhone 5s and probably others. Data allowance is good and I tether iPad, windows tablet and MacBook to the phone rather than get additional SIMs.

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Re: Over seas sims
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2015, 07:52:20 AM »
I travelled to Hawaii and Las Vegas last September. I Hawaii I purchased a sim car for my iPhone 5. I think it was AT & T and was very good. Travelled to Las Vegas and same sim worked fine.  I didn't worry about data plan for my iPad Air,  just used wifi when available.

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Re: Over seas sims
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2015, 08:53:31 AM »
We just spent four weeks in several European countries. We paid $50 for a Travel Sim from Australia post. This gave us $25 credit which we topped up by another $25. Top up is simple too. We came home with around $18 still on it & that included several calls to Broncos11 for World Cup Cricket reports. Cricket's not big in Europe >:(  It's easy to use as you just insert the card, turn off your regular package, turn off roaming & away you go. When we went from one country to another, it automatically switched to the country we were in. With Telstra, if your phone is locked (depending on your package), there may be a fee to unlock it so the sim will work. We took my 6 year old Android & had no problems. You are advised of your credit each time you phone a number. There is a bit of a time delay so you can talk over each other at the start.
Remember to put the Oz phone code in front of any numbers you wish to ring & remove it from those numbers when back home as they won't work here, as I found out ;D
Make sure you have "Roaming" disabled & Bob's your Uncle.
It's good for twelve months & longer if I use it here & top it up which means, if I go away next year, I just whack it in & away I go!
Wifi was freely available.
Have a good trip.
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