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| Thread ID: 141499 | 2015-12-28 21:58:00 | Using my mobile in OZ | Tony (4941) | PC World Chat |
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| 1413491 | 2015-12-28 21:58:00 | I'm off to Orstraya for a week and I'm tossing up whether to get a SIM when I get there or stand the roaming costs. I'm not going to be calling NZ. If I use it at all it will be for a few texts and maybe a couple of calls, i.e. very minor use. Watcha reckon? |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1413492 | 2015-12-28 22:07:00 | Is it locked to here tho?? If it is, will another sim work? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1413493 | 2015-12-28 22:40:00 | Is it locked to here tho?? If it is, will another sim work? Good question. How do I find out? Ask Spark? |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1413494 | 2015-12-28 22:41:00 | If your use is going to be as you describe you have no problem with the costs. They are relatively minor. If however you start making some long calls or downloading a lot of data that would definitely be a different matter. | CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1413495 | 2015-12-28 22:54:00 | Good question. How do I find out? Ask Spark? If you put another sim in (ie: Vodafone/other) if it doesnt work, it's locked to Spark. If it's locked you could pay them $30 to unlock it If it's on the Spark site, it may tell you that it's locked to them as well |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1413496 | 2015-12-28 22:55:00 | If your use is going to be as you describe you have no problem with the costs. They are relatively minor. If however you start making some long calls or downloading a lot of data that would definitely be a different matter. I suspected that would be the case, which was why I am asking. I certainly won't be downloading any data except via my host's wifi, and if I make a long call it would be an emergency in which case cost is a minor consideration. It is entirely possible that my entire usage will be limited to a (very) few txts. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1413497 | 2015-12-28 22:56:00 | If you put another sim in (ie: Vodafone/other) if it doesnt work, it's locked to spark. If it's locked you could pay them $30 to unlock it OK, gotcha. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1413498 | 2015-12-28 23:45:00 | Some folks from Holland have just left the inlaws, they use and suggested https://www.whatsapp.com/ You use it on a wireless connection and its completely free. The lady talks to friends all over the world, both text and actual phone calls,says it hasn't cost her a cent. she showed us by sending a txt to my phone Via whatsapp, and my phone was connected only via 4G. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1413499 | 2015-12-29 00:28:00 | Looks like it's free for a year, and 0.99 a yr US after that | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1413500 | 2015-12-29 00:37:00 | From the WhatsApp website: WhatsApp Messenger uses the same internet data plan that you use for email and web browsing, I pay for all my data, so I suspect straight SMS is still going to be cheaper. |
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