UK Vodafone sim for sms

[Wyabcp]

Hi all 

Could anyone let me know if they have a UK Vodafone sim and whether they are able to receive SMS messages? I have O2 and it works fine, wondering if it's the same for Vodafone sims

Thanks

[it is what it is]

not be facetious, but, why don't you get the vodaphone number from google and give them a call, they'll be able to answer your question. 

[ukrules]

I've been using a Vodafone sim here for more than 15 years and it works just fine, it's one of those pay monthly deals.

But there's a problem - if you ever get a new sim it needs to be 'activated' in the UK which means you need someone there to activate it and then mail it over which means that unless you happen to be going back it's a bit of a pain.

Probably the same with most UK companies as I think as it's a 'telecom industry requirement' I believe.

 

So don't just get one and have it mailed out here - not without getting someone to stick it in a phone first and 'activate it' - whatever that involves.

I still have a larger sim card from before the current size was introduced and I can tell you that they can manually trim them down with some kind of cutting template but if that fails in some way then I'm stuck without the UK phone number for a while which is a bit of an inconvenience as I do use it for some things, so for now I leave it in a really old phone which is still chugging along - they don't sell phones which accept this type of sim any more - even used ones - I've looked and couldn't find any.

It may be the same with 'UK activation' for the modern e-sims issued in the UK as well. Activate first then never a problem....

So that's something to consider.

[Wyabcp]

1 hour ago, ukrules said:

I've been using a Vodafone sim here for more than 15 years and it works just fine, it's one of those pay monthly deals.

But there's a problem - if you ever get a new sim it needs to be 'activated' in the UK which means you need someone there to activate it and then mail it over which means that unless you happen to be going back it's a bit of a pain.

Probably the same with most UK companies as I think as it's a 'telecom industry requirement' I believe.

 

So don't just get one and have it mailed out here - not without getting someone to stick it in a phone first and 'activate it' - whatever that involves.

I still have a larger sim card from before the current size was introduced and I can tell you that they can manually trim them down with some kind of cutting template but if that fails in some way then I'm stuck without the UK phone number for a while which is a bit of an inconvenience as I do use it for some things, so for now I leave it in a really old phone which is still chugging along - they don't sell phones which accept this type of sim any more - even used ones - I've looked and couldn't find any.

It may be the same with 'UK activation' for the modern e-sims issued in the UK as well. Activate first then never a problem....

So that's something to consider.

That's great thanks, I'm in the uk at the moment before i head back to Thailand in September. I'm moving from O2 to a much cheaper deal on Vodafone network...