Mobile (cell) phone advice request (slightl OT)
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Guys, need some advice on mobile phones, you call them cellphones. Do you have options like we have here, either contract or whatt we call 'pay as you go'? When I am over there I seem to spend a load of money on my cell as I have to dial out of the country to get back in.
Can I pick up a cheap cell in a mall or some place and just put some credit on it? I use mine a lot over there when calling clubs and more likely when I am texting or callng girls on their cell phones. Even whe they call me it costs me money. If I can get a cheap cell what can I expect to pay, $10-$20 or more? Over here they are less than $10 for a real cheap one.
Thanks
Can I pick up a cheap cell in a mall or some place and just put some credit on it? I use mine a lot over there when calling clubs and more likely when I am texting or callng girls on their cell phones. Even whe they call me it costs me money. If I can get a cheap cell what can I expect to pay, $10-$20 or more? Over here they are less than $10 for a real cheap one.
Thanks
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Also there is a program called Skype that might help you make international calls.
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Tracfone might be cheaper with less service
As for the option of Google Voice, I'd suggest that *only* if you have an American cell phone, and if you're considering buying a "burn" phone anyway, the only advantage you'd get with GV would be all the screening features. Not insignificant, but probably not worth the extra trouble, since GV is somewhat less convenient if one doesn't have a smart phone like Android, iPhone or Blackberry, which has either a native or web app specifically for GV, or a readily available computer.
According to what I can tell, when you place and receive calls from and to your GV number, it's just like making a call from the States to Great Britain, i.e. at the international rate. Making calls *from your home country* to others is, in general, less expensive because you're not using your carrier's network to actually make the call. In your case, where you're traveling away from your home country, you are still making an international call, i.e. from your carrier in England to the U.S., to get to one of GV's numbers, so you aren't saving anything.
Now, getting Google Voice on your American carrier pay-as-you-go phone, in order to make cheap calls back to your friends and family in England might be a good idea.