Which Cell (mobile) phone plan is good for traveler to HK?
Dec 5, 2014, 10:19 am
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There are several threads here that answer your question: search "prepaid sim"
Plus over in technology thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...hong-kong.html
Plus over in technology thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...hong-kong.html
Dec 16, 2014, 1:19 pm
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This question relates to PitaPan's post about using a PCCW tourist Sim. Those look like the best option but on their website it says that the 8 day pass is only available with Micro Sim while most new phones (I will have an Iphones 6 and Moto X 2) use a nano sim. It seems really odd to me that they dont sell the 8 day pass for people using Iphones. Has anyone been able to use the PCCW Tourist sim in an Iphone?
Dec 17, 2014, 2:26 am
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This question relates to PitaPan's post about using a PCCW tourist Sim. Those look like the best option but on their website it says that the 8 day pass is only available with Micro Sim while most new phones (I will have an Iphones 6 and Moto X 2) use a nano sim. It seems really odd to me that they dont sell the 8 day pass for people using Iphones. Has anyone been able to use the PCCW Tourist sim in an Iphone?
I do this for my ipad every trip. Twice, actually. Once for the short term sim I get in HK, and then again for the faster china mobile sim I get for Shenzhen.
Dec 20, 2014, 7:12 pm
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I bought one on Tuesday, and the data cap was only 1.5 gb, but that's also more than enough, given the bandwidth throttle (i.e. get a different SIM if you need faster speeds).
Dec 20, 2014, 7:37 pm
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I already threw away the literature, but "5 day tourist SIM" was the name of the product. The cost was around $70.
Peoples (China Mobile) is the SIM I usually buy for $58. It gets you unlimited data for the first 24 hours (also slow), and then you have to start paying, but I've never needed a recharge during my 2-5 day visits.
My business partner has a semi-permanent China Mobile SIM, and he pays $38/day (24 hours) for very fast unlimited data.
Peoples (China Mobile) is the SIM I usually buy for $58. It gets you unlimited data for the first 24 hours (also slow), and then you have to start paying, but I've never needed a recharge during my 2-5 day visits.
My business partner has a semi-permanent China Mobile SIM, and he pays $38/day (24 hours) for very fast unlimited data.
Dec 20, 2014, 8:57 pm
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Ahh I see, seems like the 1.5gb is $68 and 5gb is $118. But as you said, I can't imagine using 5gb in 5 days under those speeds. Heck, I dont even reach my contracted 6gb limit every month.
The semi-permanent sounds like a good deal for short visits If the speeds aren't throttled.
The semi-permanent sounds like a good deal for short visits If the speeds aren't throttled.
Jan 21, 2015, 5:03 pm
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I just got back about a week ago. I picked up a prepaid from One2Free (which is run by CSL) simply because it was the first once I saw at the airport. I don't remember the original cost of the SIM, but unlimited data was $78 a week. Speeds are throttled heavily after 5 GBs but I never hit that. After 2 weeks I used less than 1.5 GBs using Google Maps, WhatsApp, Facebook, and casual web browsing. The speed was fine for all of that.
Jan 22, 2015, 2:49 pm
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>> One2Free (which is run by CSL) simply because it was the first once I saw at the airport. I don't remember the original cost of the SIM, but unlimited data was $78 a week
http://one2free.hkcsl.com/jsp/prepai...d_features.jsp
Used this on numerous visits in the last few years. 78HKD/week is not advertised but mentioned in the the enclosed literature.
Other prepaid cards on the website also have the same data option.
http://one2free.hkcsl.com/jsp/prepai...d_features.jsp
Used this on numerous visits in the last few years. 78HKD/week is not advertised but mentioned in the the enclosed literature.
Other prepaid cards on the website also have the same data option.
Last edited by beep88; Jan 22, 2015 at 2:57 pm