Anyone have experience with a Happy sim card? Are they on the AIS network? Thinking about acquiring a phone for the latest boy special and was wondering the plus and minus of this sim card.
Anyone have experience with a Happy sim card? Are they on the AIS network? Thinking about acquiring a phone for the latest boy special and was wondering the plus and minus of this sim card.
Happy is DTAC.
Let your boy chose which sim card is right for him.
Even with Happy, you need to read/listen in Thai to the many special rate offers that they have available to get the best deal (for you). He will likely have an opinion about which network he wants because some offer better coverage/reception depending on the area he lives or travels to. And if he doesn't already have an opinion, as soon as he gets a new phone, his friends are sure to tell him which network he should have!
If you're buying a phone in Thailand that comes with a sim card... I don't know whether they come locked to the network of the sim card provided, but its cheap (150B?) enough to get them unlocked.
Dick
Not a concern in Thailand. Phones are not sold with SIM cards anymore, and phones are not locked.Originally Posted by Dick
Thanks bg for the update. I couldn't see the reason for the 'which simcard' question, other than that the phone came with a simcard as might dictate from where he bought the phone.
So there you have it Monkeysee... just buy the phone and let the lad decide which simcard to get. Job Done :-)
Dick
This might be useful information for any Brits or British residents in Thailand who visit UK.
Virginmobile UK has one of the most competitive Pay As You Go rates in the UK. Their website always has offers on new PAYG phones, many of which come with substantial air time vouchers.
A Virgin simcard (they give you 2 with a new phone so you can give one to a friend) has no time limit. Any credit you put on the simcard remains there indefinately until you use it. Nor are you required to use your sim i.e. make a call within any pre-defined time periods. With Orange for example you are required to use your Orange sim/phone at least once every 6 months. Not so with Virgin. So its useful if you want a UK mobile number but only go back home periodically.
Virgin will give you the unlock codes to your phone for free once you have registered the phone and accumulated ┬г30 of airtime on the simcard registered with it. The free airtime vouchers you get with a new phone purchased from their website qualify. So buy a new phone with for example ┬г50 airtime as currently advertised, and you can unlock the phone for free. Then perhaps you might give the new phone to boy special without the Virgin sim, and keep the virgin simcard with its ┬г50 of airtime to use yourself in the UK on your old phone. After 3 months, you can if you prefer have that new simcard upgraded so you are billed by direct debit for your airtime monthly in arrears. The benefit is that your international and roaming calls are then billed at significantly cheaper rates. Handy if you need to call frequently whilst outside the UK.
Apologies to those that already knew that.
Dick
You forgot to say that there is no monthly standing charge with Virgin.
No calls = no lost credit or in my case no bill.
Virgin will also give a credit charge at the same pat as you go rates.
I take my old phone with me, nobody wants to steal it))
A local SIM, whatever network is best at the time, is to make calls.
My UK phone is "on" but not answered.
Caller ID allows me to return the call on the Thai card.
Family know, because of the time difference, to send text.
In reference to Bucknaway's problem in the other SIM card thread (which is now locked for some reason), I would recommend against mailing your SIM card back to thailand in an envelope. I have sent two greeting cards to my BF in BKK over the last two months, neither of which he recieved. My perception is that some Thai postal worker, Seeing the US postage and return address, assumes there might be money in the envelope and opens it, then throws it away once he see's it doesn't contain anything worthwhile. Anybody else experience such problems sending things to their Thai bf?
I don't know why my post became locked..... But I think I have a solution. I sent an e-mail to a friend of mine in Bangkok asking him to buy a few 300 baht re-charge cards and to send me the needed codes in e-mail and I will send him the money to cover the cost.
He has not replied to me yet but I am sure he can do it.
Today I tried using my Thai phone to send a sms to a few guys in my phone address book. I don't know if they got it or not. I am wondering if I can receive a reply SMS... At any rate, I will let you guys know what happens.
These are the good'ol days
We're on the edge of our seats in anticipation.
Anticipation... Is that a gogo bar or a host bar?
These are the good'ol days
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