elalon Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 hi, should i buy Thai sim card to my cellular? if yes where in phuket is recomended... thanks!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katabeachbum Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 yes, if you want to save huge amounts, to be purchased at 59-300 baht in any mobilephoneshop. 1-2 call and DTAC works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 SKYPE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkt83100 Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 SKYPEWhich is a very wise hint, especially when you want to use your mobile phone instead of a computer and receive incoming calls. You might use Skype on your mobile, when you are connected to a WLAN or (E)GPRS, but it won't be an alternative to a SIM-Card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercallen Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 Cellular phones are very cheap to use here compared to back home, i think i pay 2 baht a minute in Thailand and using 008 instead of 0011 as the first number calls to Australia are 7 baht a minute instead of about 40 baht a minute, i am with one two call, they sell the sim cards at varying prices i think the more you pay for the card gives you a cheaper call rate, a lot of phone shops have sim cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keestha Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 It has become very common among tourists to buy a cheap Thai Sim card that they put in their homecountry mobile phone. After being refilled for the last time, usually they stay valid for just 3 months, so sometimes tourists who have come back home give the card to someone else who is going to Thailand soon. Of course it is much cheaper to use a Thai Sim card for calling inside Thailand then using a foreign Sim card, and also calling home can be done cheaply using a low cost international access code, to my experience 009 always works. Also they can be called from back home without any problems. Sometimes cards bought in the 7/11 don't do the trick, better buy a card in a phoneshop where they should know the score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game4shame Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 yes - buy a thai SIM. as mentioned previously, they can be as little as 50THB. you'll save a fortune on international calling (use the prefixes mentioned - 008, 009 etc) and have the advantage of a local contact number. I use a DTAC happy SIM and have done for the past 4 years - I can't remember exact cost but I think it was approx 300THB. I'm only in thailand for 2 months a year but because DTAC happy have good extensions on the SIM expiry date I've never needed to change my number. if you want to keep the same number for a long period of time then choose your SIM wisely - some SIM's will expire quicker than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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