Prepaid SIM - UK/Great Britain/England/Scotland/Wales
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Jan 7, 13, 12:32 pm
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Prepaid SIM - UK/Great Britain/England/Scotland/Wales
Some UK airport WH Smith stores have started selling the UK version of Toggle - a Lyca Mobile brand. The main differentiatior is multi-IMSI capabilities. There is a group of countries which attract lower call/data rates and for which local numbers can be acquired. These "Toggle" countries currently include: Australia, France, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany & Poland.
Local numbers free for 30 days or 5 GBP/year to keep.
Details at: www.togglemobile.co.uk
Web site is currently offering a free Toggle SIM card to UK addresses:
https://account.togglemobile.co.uk/f...t.aspx?lang=EN
There is also a Netherlands version of the product at http://www.togglemobile.nl
At 15p/Mb the data isn't the cheapest but the list of countries that attract the low rate is good so not bad for city hopping with a smartphone. The UK version of the product has also started offering data bundles for use in the UK.
In some ways Toggle seems to be delivering what Truphone teased for so long....
UK numbers are 07438 Lyca numbers so may be chargeable from T-Mobile UK lines due to their longstanding disagreement.
Local numbers free for 30 days or 5 GBP/year to keep.
Details at: www.togglemobile.co.uk
Web site is currently offering a free Toggle SIM card to UK addresses:
https://account.togglemobile.co.uk/f...t.aspx?lang=EN
There is also a Netherlands version of the product at http://www.togglemobile.nl
At 15p/Mb the data isn't the cheapest but the list of countries that attract the low rate is good so not bad for city hopping with a smartphone. The UK version of the product has also started offering data bundles for use in the UK.
In some ways Toggle seems to be delivering what Truphone teased for so long....
UK numbers are 07438 Lyca numbers so may be chargeable from T-Mobile UK lines due to their longstanding disagreement.
Last edited by CelticFlyer; Jan 7, 13 at 12:37 pm
Jan 25, 13, 7:38 pm
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Originally Posted by CelticFlyer
Some UK airport WH Smith stores have started selling the UK version of Toggle - a Lyca Mobile brand. The main differentiatior is multi-IMSI capabilities. There is a group of countries which attract lower call/data rates and for which local numbers can be acquired. These "Toggle" countries currently include: Australia, France, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany & Poland.
Local numbers free for 30 days or 5 GBP/year to keep.
Details at: www.togglemobile.co.uk
Web site is currently offering a free Toggle SIM card to UK addresses:
Local numbers free for 30 days or 5 GBP/year to keep.
Details at: www.togglemobile.co.uk
Web site is currently offering a free Toggle SIM card to UK addresses:
Topup minimum is 10 GBP and they also take PayPal now. It does seem handy for city hopping with a smartphone.
Jan 26, 13, 11:30 pm
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Originally Posted by freecia
They'll also mail the SIM to the USA. I requested it via their contact page. There's a free sim offer without credit going on until Jan 30 which was already extended a few times.
Topup minimum is 10 GBP and they also take PayPal now. It does seem handy for city hopping with a smartphone.
Topup minimum is 10 GBP and they also take PayPal now. It does seem handy for city hopping with a smartphone.
Can anyone using the Toggle service let us know as to call quality and roaming outside the major cities? Also, reading their T&C's says that your info also goes to India and you agree that by activating the sim that your information would then be available to third parties, including your birthdate. Doesn't that invite lots of spam mail and possibly security issues?
bj-21.
Jan 28, 13, 5:23 pm
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Originally Posted by blackjack-21
Can anyone using the Toggle service let us know as to call quality and roaming outside the major cities? Also, reading their T&C's says that your info also goes to India and you agree that by activating the sim that your information would then be available to third parties, including your birthdate. Doesn't that invite lots of spam mail and possibly security issues?
bj-21.
bj-21.
Feb 3, 13, 2:09 pm
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Hey guys
I used to live in the UK and had a UK phone so didn't have to deal with SIMs. Here's what I'm wondering:
I'm on AT&T with a Galaxy S3 phone:
Can I just get off the plane, buy a pre-paid SIM (probably O2) with messages and data, switch it out with my US SIM - and I'm all set? I'm worried my US phone is gonna not work with the SIM or not be compatible.
Is there anything else I need to do?
Sorry for being a noob - heh.
thanks!
I'm on AT&T with a Galaxy S3 phone:
Can I just get off the plane, buy a pre-paid SIM (probably O2) with messages and data, switch it out with my US SIM - and I'm all set? I'm worried my US phone is gonna not work with the SIM or not be compatible.
Is there anything else I need to do?
Sorry for being a noob - heh.
thanks!
Feb 3, 13, 2:11 pm
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Originally Posted by dfree86
I used to live in the UK and had a UK phone so didn't have to deal with SIMs. Here's what I'm wondering:
I'm on AT&T with a Galaxy S3 phone:
Can I just get off the plane, buy a pre-paid SIM (probably O2) with messages and data, switch it out with my US SIM - and I'm all set? I'm worried my US phone is gonna not work with the SIM or not be compatible.
Is there anything else I need to do?
Sorry for being a noob - heh.
thanks!
I'm on AT&T with a Galaxy S3 phone:
Can I just get off the plane, buy a pre-paid SIM (probably O2) with messages and data, switch it out with my US SIM - and I'm all set? I'm worried my US phone is gonna not work with the SIM or not be compatible.
Is there anything else I need to do?
Sorry for being a noob - heh.
thanks!
If you have had your phone for more than two years (not likely, as the S3 is not that old), you can ask AT&T to SIM-unlock it for you, in which case you can then use a non-AT&T SIM in it. If it is not yet two years old, you can search for some services online who may be able to help you (not quite legitimately) SIM-unlock the phone for you.
Feb 3, 13, 2:15 pm
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Originally Posted by jackal
If your Galaxy S3 is SIM-locked, which it likely is if you purchased it from AT&T in the U.S., then you will not be able to use a non-AT&T SIM in it.
If you have had your phone for more than two years (not likely, as the S3 is not that old), you can ask AT&T to SIM-unlock it for you, in which case you can then use a non-AT&T SIM in it. If it is not yet two years old, you can search for some services online who may be able to help you (not quite legitimately) SIM-unlock the phone for you.
If you have had your phone for more than two years (not likely, as the S3 is not that old), you can ask AT&T to SIM-unlock it for you, in which case you can then use a non-AT&T SIM in it. If it is not yet two years old, you can search for some services online who may be able to help you (not quite legitimately) SIM-unlock the phone for you.
So what would be my options then? I have an iPhone 4 that I no longer use (it's what I had before the S3) and that one is more than two years old. Would I be able to buy a UK Sim and use it in that one? It's a normal sized SIM (not mini or micro).
Does it seem like that would work? Otherwise I might have to buy a whole phone over there and I don't fancy it.
How about Holiday Phone? Would that work in either case?
Thanks SO Much.
Feb 3, 13, 2:29 pm
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To use a UK SIM, you need a phone that is not SIM locked to a US carrier.
Feb 3, 13, 2:33 pm
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Originally Posted by dfree86
Hey thanks! What a quick response.
So what would be my options then? I have an iPhone 4 that I no longer use (it's what I had before the S3) and that one is more than two years old. Would I be able to buy a UK Sim and use it in that one? It's a normal sized SIM (not mini or micro).
Does it seem like that would work? Otherwise I might have to buy a whole phone over there and I don't fancy it.
How about Holiday Phone? Would that work in either case?
Thanks SO Much.
So what would be my options then? I have an iPhone 4 that I no longer use (it's what I had before the S3) and that one is more than two years old. Would I be able to buy a UK Sim and use it in that one? It's a normal sized SIM (not mini or micro).
Does it seem like that would work? Otherwise I might have to buy a whole phone over there and I don't fancy it.
How about Holiday Phone? Would that work in either case?
Thanks SO Much.
I'm sorry, I don't know what a Holiday Phone is.
Feb 3, 13, 3:05 pm
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Originally Posted by jackal
Your iPhone 4 should work if it's an AT&T phone (I did the same with my old iPhone 4, which I then used with a Claro SIM in Peru). However, you'll need to get AT&T to unlock it before you leave. You might be able to do that by going to an AT&T or Apple store; otherwise, you may need to do some research online to see how to get it unlocked by AT&T over the phone since it's no longer your active phone. Those instructions are probably a bit beyond the scope of this thread, but it should be doable.
I'm sorry, I don't know what a Holiday Phone is.
I'm sorry, I don't know what a Holiday Phone is.
By all counts - I should now be able to put a prepaid UK micro-SIM into it and use it while I'm in the UK? Hope so!
Feb 3, 13, 3:15 pm
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Originally Posted by dfree86
Okay - cool. Called AT&T and got my old iPhone4 unlocked. Just connected to iTunes and backed it up.
By all counts - I should now be able to put a prepaid UK micro-SIM into it and use it while I'm in the UK? Hope so!
By all counts - I should now be able to put a prepaid UK micro-SIM into it and use it while I'm in the UK? Hope so!
Feb 3, 13, 3:24 pm
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Originally Posted by dfree86
By all counts - I should now be able to put a prepaid UK micro-SIM into it and use it while I'm in the UK?
Feb 3, 13, 3:37 pm
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Great - so it should even work if I pop my buddy's US Sprint SIM Card in it, yeah? And it would effectively be like his phone since it has his SIM in it, yeah? If that works, then I'm golden.
thanks for all the help!
thanks for all the help!
Feb 3, 13, 3:56 pm
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Originally Posted by dfree86
Great - so it should even work if I pop my buddy's US Sprint SIM Card in it, yeah? And it would effectively be like his phone since it has his SIM in it, yeah? If that works, then I'm golden.
thanks for all the help!
thanks for all the help!
Feb 3, 13, 3:59 pm
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Great - so it should even work if I pop my buddy's US Sprint SIM Card in it, yeah? And it would effectively be like his phone since it has his SIM in it, yeah? If that works, then I'm golden.
thanks for all the help!
thanks for all the help!
