Originally Posted by
zyxlsy
Dude, which is your base of operation...?
Your arsenal intrigues me so much that I really have some questions~
1) Why you have both China Unicom and China Mobile? What is China Unicom HK?
2) I don't know China Mobile has super cheap data roaming in South Korea. How much is it? I think China Unicom has 200 CNY for 200MB data monthly package.
Using China's SIM cards for data can create all sorts of problems. I guess if you have a phone from China now, just try Google "USD to CNY" and tell me whether you are taken to Google or blocked...
Base of operations is a long story, but here goes:
1. China Unicom HK- it's a China Unicom SIM issued from HK. I get HK and mainland numbers, and I can make calls in the mainland for HK$0.45 (Guangdong)/HK$0.60 (elsewhere) per minute. Internet is HK$78/500MB unfiltered, lasts a week on the mainland. In Taiwan, Japan, and Macau it's HK$68/day. And it can be reloaded with a Visa/MasterCard issued outside HK- or PayPal. I just sold one to a classmate going there for the first time who wanted cheap, easy-to-use unfiltered internet on his phone.
2. China Mobile
used to. They closed the option to new customers half a year ago, but I still have it. 88RMB/day for unlimited data usage in HK/Macau/Taiwan/S.Korea/Japan/Singapore/Malaysia/Thailand/Philippines/Indonesia/Pakistan. Now it's 30RMB for 50MB data in S.Korea. (Yes, it suffers from the usual mainland internet restrictions but it's quicker than T-Mobile roaming).
(sorry for the off-topic)