Price Of Non-contract Mobile Phones

[khaojao]

Hi,

I'm trying to buy a mobile phone (Nokia 3120 or SonyEricsson K750) with built in thai language. I'm wondering if anyone can help me with a price list of the phones w/o contract? I'm not fluent in thai so I can't read thai websites selling phones.

Also, would the price differ if I were to purchase it in Bangkok or Chiangmai?

Thank you very much...appreciate it heaps.

[Tywais]

http://www.tohome.com/catalog.aspx?catalog_id=541

I believe the k750i (which is what I have) is replaced with the k790i. Pretty much any phone you buy in Thailand has no contract associated with it, just buy a prepaid SIM card and you're ready to go.

[khaojao]

thanks so much for that!!!

[StateSix]

You could also try Jaymarts website - http://www.jaymarts.com/product_and_servic...bile/mobile.asp

Choose the brand of phone you want and it lists the ones they sell. Its in Thai, but you can see the prices.

Alternatively walk around MBK (floor 4??), and ask the stallholders.

[pampal]

A low end Nokia or Sony Ericsson will set you back between 4000 to 8000 baht depending on the model and if it's new or used.

[khaojao]

thank u all

i'm not in thailand, but am trying to buy one for a friend as a gift. i have another question...

between DTAC & AIS, which gives a better deal for prepaid cards? i went to their websites but i can't decipher the thai words in the AIS one...although i think i managed to figure out that the DTAC one offers calls at 1? per min & SMSes at 5? per SMS...am i correct?

thanks again. appreciate it heaps!

[bendix]

If it's for a 'friend' you probably want to go to much a higher spec model, even if your 'friend' can't use 90% of the functions. Otherwise your 'friend' might not consider you to be an exclusive 'friend' for much longer . . . . . These things (highest end mobile phones and associated trinkets) matter to a certain class of 'friend'.

Edited March 27, 2007 by bendix

[singa-traz]

If it's for a 'friend' you probably want to go to much a higher spec model, even if your 'friend' can't use 90% of the functions. Otherwise your 'friend' might not consider you to be an exclusive 'friend' for much longer . . . . . These things (highest end mobile phones and associated trinkets) matter to a certain class of 'friend'.

It always amaze me when I see our company driver with a mobile phone three time more expensive than mine ...

Edited March 27, 2007 by singa-traz

[khaojao]

hahaha...my 'friend' has requested for something simple and easy to use. and nah...not exclusive friend, just someone without spare cash to upgrade an old beaten up phone

furthermore i dun wanna give the wrong impression by getting too fancy (& expensive) a phone. as for the prepaid card, it's for myself when i go to bangkok in a couple of months...just planning ahead to see which telco is offering the best for local calls & SMSes. do u know if we get to choose the telephone number? or do we just take what is given? do thai mobile shops do mobile phone offers with prepaid card purchases by any chance?

thank you v v much for all ur help & advice

[jaede]

thank u all

i'm not in thailand, but am trying to buy one for a friend as a gift. i have another question...

between DTAC & AIS, which gives a better deal for prepaid cards? i went to their websites but i can't decipher the thai words in the AIS one...although i think i managed to figure out that the DTAC one offers calls at 1? per min & SMSes at 5? per SMS...am i correct?

thanks again. appreciate it heaps!

I believe DTAC is the cheapest prepaid to use

[khaojao]

gee thanks...

another question...i don't wanna start another thread so i'll continue here and hopefully someone will read and answer.

do u get to choose ur phone number for pre-paid phones?

thanks

[Tywais]

do u get to choose ur phone number for pre-paid phones?

thanks

No except for being able to select from the list of available numbers that each vendor will have who sells the sim. I believe 'special' numbers are auctioned, such as one's with nearly all 9s in them.

[The Dan Sai Kid]

thank u all

i'm not in thailand, but am trying to buy one for a friend as a gift. i have another question...

between DTAC & AIS, which gives a better deal for prepaid cards? i went to their websites but i can't decipher the thai words in the AIS one...although i think i managed to figure out that the DTAC one offers calls at 1? per min & SMSes at 5? per SMS...am i correct?

thanks again. appreciate it heaps!

I believe DTAC is the cheapest prepaid to use

I think it depends on what sort of package you get from the service provider. There are many.

[think_too_mut]

If it's for a 'friend' you probably want to go to much a higher spec model, even if your 'friend' can't use 90% of the functions. Otherwise your 'friend' might not consider you to be an exclusive 'friend' for much longer . . . . . These things (highest end mobile phones and associated trinkets) matter to a certain class of 'friend'.

Nice, Bendix.

When my "friend" - being my wife - saw my discarded Japanese mobile phone with 1.2 megapixels cams (2 of them) that I gave to our daughter to play with and trash it - she said - no such a good phone is available in Thailand.

The little girl is using it to take pics, videos and as a remote control for TVs and stereo. She figured out how to do it.

In Japan, when the phone's replacement came after 3 years - the shop said - I could chuck the old one in the bin or keep it or pay some company to dispose it.

Poor Nokia, has to catch up with companies 5-7 years ahead of them.

Back to the topic, I would be getting a new phone for my wife for no real reason other than I need the old one (bought in Thai 6 years ago as top end, 15K baht) to be my contact with Japan with JP SIM card..

The top range phones are 12-15K baht still, no contract, although the wife said some model at 8K would be good. While I have the best in the world, I don't want her to have a cut-down version of it, whatever she choses would be ok.

The prices do not differ - almost identical at any shop in BKK and Pattaya.

[khaojao]

khop khun mak mak na kha!!