Using an irish mobile in the USA.

Buttons_sb

Hey.
I have a V3X vodafone phone and im off to the USA tomorrow, Is this phone usable in the usa? How do i go about setting a vodafone phone up for use in the usa??

Please help as the vodafone website does not appear to have any information on this and im leaving tomorrow

neacy69

Do you want to use a US SIM or your Irish one?
are you pre-pay or billpay

Buttons_sb

neacy69 wrote:

Do you want to use a US SIM or your Irish one?
are you pre-pay or billpay

Im pre-pay

My irish one if possible but whats the sceal with a US SIM?

neacy69

Vodafone do not have any pre-pay roaming agreements with anyone in the US which means that they cannot guarantee you will get any service or what prices you will pay for calls or texts. In saying that we used our prepay sims worked ok the last time we were there prices were pretty high bout 60c for a message and €2 a minute for calls in or out.
If you wanted to buy an US then they are about $40 with $20 worth of minutes. You will have to make sure you phone is unlocked to accept the US SIM tho

Buttons_sb

neacy69 wrote:

Vodafone do not have any pre-pay roaming agreements with anyone in the US which means that they cannot guarantee you will get any service or what prices you will pay for calls or texts. In saying that we used our prepay sims worked ok the last time we were there prices were pretty high bout 60c for a message and €2 a minute for calls in or out.
If you wanted to buy an US then they are about $40 with $20 worth of minutes. You will have to make sure you phone is unlocked to accept the US SIM tho

Woooow thats pricey.
So do you buy the Sim in the US in a phone shop and then just put it into yours? And do you get a new number or how does it work?

neacy69

Yeah you buy a SIM in any phone store and put it into your (unlocked) handset. You will get a US number
Virgin have recently launched a network over there so things could be cheaper now!!!