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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Content: a SIM card (which gives your phone the actual phone number), and
2. credits to make phone calls and use data. During a trip to France, I purchased a $49 SIM package from Orange, one of France’s largest carriers. This package, aimed at international travelers, offers: • a SIM card with a French phone number
• 120 minutes of phone calls throughout Europe (placed or received)
• 1,000 text messages throughout Europe (sent or received)
• 20 GB of mobile data throughout Europe
Sounds great, right? I didn’t even come close to using all of my minutes, let alone my text messages or 20 GB of data! ( I could dial #123# to track my usage.) If, however, I had exhausted my plan, I could have recharged it by buying Orange credits at any newsstand. Compare that to AT&Ts $70 “Passport” package (which lowers your per-minute calls to $1 per minute and offers only 200 MB data), and you’ll see that Orange packs a lot more juice. ( Sorry.)