Title: Guide to Buying a SIM Card in Europe | EuroCheapo.com
Headings: Buying a SIM card in Europe: The cheapest way to use a smartphone while traveling
Buying a SIM card in Europe: The cheapest way to use a smartphone while traveling
In this article
Traveling abroad? Your smartphone options
Purchasing an international package from your carrier
Winging it without a package
Purchasing a SIM Card abroad
The benefits of buying a SIM card in Europe
How does it work?
What about locked phones?
AT&T customers
T-Mobile customers
Verizon customers
What happens if you can’t unlock your phone?
Use an old phone
Buy a cheap phone in Europe
Buy a cheap phone before leaving for Europe
How do you install the SIM card?
Buying SIM cards in Europe
Considerations when shopping for SIM cards
Package or pay-as-you-go
How much do calls cost
Connection charge
Other countries
Wi-Fi hotspots
Finally, don’t forget…
When you place a SIM card in your phone, your phone number will change.
Your SIM card questions and stories
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Buying a SIM card in Europe: The cheapest way to use a smartphone while traveling
Oct 4, 2017
Tom Meyers
150 comments
This NanoSIM card might be small, but its savings are huge. Photo: EuroCheapo
On a recent trip, I spent two weeks visiting Paris and traveling around Bordeaux and the Loire Valley. To stay connected with my American iPhone this time around, I decided to try out a new strategy and buy a SIM card in Europe. Rather than purchasing a $70 “Passport” package from AT&T before leaving (as we discussed in this series of posts ), I instead bought a SIM card package in Paris from a French phone carrier for €39. Once I popped it into my phone, I just used my smartphone as I normally would, although I now was dialing with a French phone number. The experience was actually much simpler than I had imagined. In the end, it provided me with a much more cost-effective way of using my iPhone while traveling outside the States. The biggest difference?