Ebay ripit11/6/2022 ![]() If you only have European dual-band phones, they will not work in the US at all. This way next time you go to France your phones will ready to go without having to purchase a new SIM card and you will have the same phone numbers. For €0.30 you can keep the card active by sending a text message every 6 months or so from your home in the US. The reason I suggested tri- or quad- band phones is because some SIM cards expire after a certain amount of time if there is no activity. ![]() Ebay ripit free#There are also ways to save on outgoing calls by taking advantage of the free incoming calls using a call back service as was mentioned above. This means that calls to each other's mobile while in France will be €0.55 for the 1st min. ![]() This allows you to choose one SFR number to which your calls will be discounted 50% after the first minute. When you activate the SIM cards, choose the "50% vers un N°" Option. for outgoing domestic (within France) calls is €0.55 and the rate for calls to the US and the rest of Europe is €0.75. When you get to Paris, purchase 2 SFR sim cards. Since you mentioned that you are frequent visitors to France, IMO your best option is to purchase 2 unlocked tri- or quad-band phones on ebay for the lowest price you can find. Most solutions are going to be expensive.worth it perhaps if they are a frequent travellers to Europe but not so sure about a once in a lifetime trip. (BTW I have found some quad bands on ebay for as little as $85 but that may not be what they want to spend). Or maybe the time has come to switch their US provider to either t mobile US or cingular, port their numbers, keep their same numbers and use the roaming capabilities of these gsm US carriers (I don't know what everybody sees in Verizon anyway, their choice of phones stinks and you can't just get a new phone with the features you want by changing sim cards, they don't use sim cards).if they do that, the gsm carrier will give them a new phone and all they have to make sure is they get a tri band or preferably a quad band. Then there's mobal with the cheapest phone, the $49 phone.will come with a sim card but calling rates are very high and the phone is locked. It's doable of course but for a once in a lifetime trip not so sure how doable. Then they'll need French sim cards according to the scenario and French sim cards are among the most expensive in the world as well as French calling rates. ![]() However, I have found a shop I believe at that sells the Nokia 1100, unlocked, dual band and will ship to the USA (assuming that's where the OP is) for about £22 each so two would be about £44 and shipping to the USA about £10 (unfortunately the US$ has tanked against GBP) but that's about as cheap as I have found. The problem here is one has to watch very closely that the dual band they buy is a world dual band (900/1800) as opposed to a North American (850/1900) dual band.the ones the OP need are not easily found on ebay in the USA and other ebays don't always ship cheaply to the USA. ![]()
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