Best way to get mobile internet in Spain?
Sep 18th, 2015 | 09:38 AM
#21
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Any GSM "dumb" phone will work. You can buy them on Amazon or eBay. They only problem with older mobile phones will be the battery. It may need to be replaced, which can be as expensive as buying the phone itself.
You can probably find a good deal on the iPhone 4 or even 4S.
It you're from the States, then you should consider T-Mobile. It's great for traveling, and not bad at home. The iPhone 6, and now the 6S, from T-Mobile allow for free WiFi calling.
You can probably find a good deal on the iPhone 4 or even 4S.
It you're from the States, then you should consider T-Mobile. It's great for traveling, and not bad at home. The iPhone 6, and now the 6S, from T-Mobile allow for free WiFi calling.
Sep 18th, 2015 | 12:01 PM
#22
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Thanks Robert, I looked at some sites and I see the phones you are talking about. Thanks for the tip on battery issue.
Will look into T-mobile when we upgrade our old flip phones, but that won't be until we are back from Spain.
Will look into T-mobile when we upgrade our old flip phones, but that won't be until we are back from Spain.
Sep 20th, 2015 | 06:26 AM
#23
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Nelson,
Depending where you are, you can buy a phone in a local store overseas for a reasonable amount of money.
In Spain, we were able to get a "cheapie" "dumb" Nokia at a El Corte Inglés department store for 15 Euros that included enough time credit for our entire trip. In Italy, however, where buying a new phone plus the time credit also cost basically the same as buying a new SIM, but our cost was around 30 Euros there.
Our cheapie Nokias' batteries DO die--after four or five years, though. We do not feel ripped off.
We only use our cheapie GSM phones for when we were doing cycling trips and will be split up or would need to call emergency services. If not on cycling trips, we ONLY take our smartphones and wait until we hit the hotel Wifi. Calls back home via Skype work out just dandy.
Depending where you are, you can buy a phone in a local store overseas for a reasonable amount of money.
In Spain, we were able to get a "cheapie" "dumb" Nokia at a El Corte Inglés department store for 15 Euros that included enough time credit for our entire trip. In Italy, however, where buying a new phone plus the time credit also cost basically the same as buying a new SIM, but our cost was around 30 Euros there.
Our cheapie Nokias' batteries DO die--after four or five years, though. We do not feel ripped off.
We only use our cheapie GSM phones for when we were doing cycling trips and will be split up or would need to call emergency services. If not on cycling trips, we ONLY take our smartphones and wait until we hit the hotel Wifi. Calls back home via Skype work out just dandy.
Oct 5th, 2016 | 06:09 AM
#26
Joined: Oct 2016
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We recently booked with spaininternet.net and they have a fantastic service. Extremely easy to book, get set up and use. Loved having to not worry about data limits and the speed was great (4G). It was delivered to our apartment and was easy to return. We would use their product and service again for wifi
