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| Thread ID: 123853 | 2012-03-21 00:47:00 | Mobile phone use in Singapore | kenj (9738) | PC World Chat |
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| 1266026 | 2012-03-21 00:47:00 | SWMBO and I are going to have 5 days in Singapore next week and as Telecom roaming is so expensive, I will look at buying a sim card there as we will have a few calls to make. I have an XT Samsung I5503T smartphone and am not interested in Data. Just Phone & text. Anyone had experience there and can offer a word of advice? Thanks Ken :banana |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1266027 | 2012-03-21 01:44:00 | NZ seems to be the only country that charges a lot to send overseas messages from a local network (something like 30c NZ per txt). So your calls and txts from the local provider will be much cheaper than NZ even if they are to international numbers. It's a good decision to ditch telecom! When I came back to NZ from china I found it was cheaper to call internationally on the China Unicom SIM roaming than it was to call from my Telecom SIM. NZ Rip off! The Galaxy 5 is quad band GSM/WCDMA from memory, so your network provider should not be an issue. Unfortunately I have no personal experience with Singapore network providers, so I cant recommend one. |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1266028 | 2012-03-21 06:20:00 | You could get a Skinny SIM before you leave. 39c/ min call back to NZ and 9c/ SMS. www.skinny.co.nz I think 2D has similar rates.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1266029 | 2012-03-21 07:16:00 | Friends says that in the past Starhub weren't that good but nowadays they are v good. SingTel isn't that liked by some locals and there is another one which I forget. Starhub has a prepay all you can use data if you want to pay around $5 per day for a few days package. Pick up simcards at the airport after arrival. In terms of roaming, generally speaking it's not that bad if you keep it to a minimum. 2Degrees is a bit cheaper than the other two I think. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1266030 | 2012-03-21 21:32:00 | You could get a Skinny SIM before you leave. 39c/ min call back to NZ and 9c/ SMS. www.skinny.co.nz I think 2D has similar rates.. I think you were looking at Aussie prices... $3.00 Calls within Singapore - $3.50 Call to NZ - $3.00 Calls to other countries - $1.00 texts Similar to Telecom roaming. Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1266031 | 2012-03-21 23:44:00 | Do you actually need to be in cell contact while away for just 5 days? I often wonder why people aprt from those on business need 24/7 contact while on holiday. My phone if the first thing to get turned off when I'm away | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1266032 | 2012-03-22 00:01:00 | Meeting people (expat Kiwis) there who are going to show us around. Other than that, I don't really need a phone. At NZ$3.40/minute even a wrong number will cost plenty. Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1266033 | 2012-03-22 01:05:00 | So is it worth all the hassle then? | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1266034 | 2012-03-22 08:06:00 | Geez Gary, I thought I had asked a simple question - and then I get 3rd degree from you on my relationship to my mobile phone. Apart from my job where I get 20 -30 texts a week during the school term, I would only make 5 or 6 calls a year on the stupid thing. Just thought it could come in handy for what I was asking. At $3.40/minute I was not feeling like lining Telecon's purse that much for half a dozen 2-3 minute calls. Feel better now? Thanks to you other guys that did put up something constructive. Ken :thumbs: |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1266035 | 2012-03-22 19:17:00 | Wasn't trying to be obtuse just trying to save ya some money :devil | gary67 (56) | ||
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