Where can I rent a cell phone in China?
Jun 11, 2007, 9:54 am
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Jun 11, 2007, 3:16 pm
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1. As stated above you can get a decent Chinese cell phone for next to nothing in China, 300Y is stated above, that's minimum, but you can get something decent for under $100.
2. Depending on what model you have almost any cell phone can be cracked in China for anywhere from 50-200 Renmenbi.
3. they sell SIM cards almost everywhere.
4. In many countries incoming calls are free (assuming you are in the same country as your service) charging for incoming calls is primarily a US centric pheonomena.
2. Depending on what model you have almost any cell phone can be cracked in China for anywhere from 50-200 Renmenbi.
3. they sell SIM cards almost everywhere.
4. In many countries incoming calls are free (assuming you are in the same country as your service) charging for incoming calls is primarily a US centric pheonomena.
Jun 11, 2007, 8:36 pm
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With respect to the countries with which I am familiar (I'm thinking of Japan, Phils, Thailand, and Singapore), "free" usually means "calling party pays (dearly)".
Jun 12, 2007, 6:03 pm
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I ordered a United Mobile card today. What I typically do with prepaids is forward my TMobile to Telcan.net and then have that forward to the prepaid. However, recently, Ive tried substituting Skype as a forwarding service. Skype charges a bit over 2 cents per minute to China so if someone calls me it shouldnt cost too much.
Jun 28, 2007, 5:46 am
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Going to Beiing in a couple weeks. Am I reading the United Mobile info on www.prepaidgsm.net correctly that incoming calls are free on the cell phone in China?? Im just a bit confused about the origination and destination zones but think that those apply only to outgoing calls. Also, has anyone used a United Mobile card in Beijing and can comment on the service? Thanks.
I also have a China Mobile SIM if anyone needs it. There are no credits left.