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Traveling to Spain for 1 week /SIM card

  • 01-04-2016 7:36am
    #1
    crixos30
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭


    Hi guys just looking for some info and advice here I'm traveling to Spain for 1 week in a couple of weeks and I have a contract with 3 unlimited calls internet etc,I don't want to come home to a whopper of a bill but need my phone as there is builders working on my house,I have a factory unlocked iPhone and can pop in any SIM card is there any company's that have good pre pay deals for Internet while abroad thank you in advance and sorry if this is posted in the wrong place.


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  • #2
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    Call into any shop and get a prepay card
    Bring your passport with you as I'd.


  • #3
    mirrormatrix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 652 ✭✭✭mirrormatrix


    Movistar had a good deal when I was there. Think it was about 25 quid for a month's pre-pay with the sim and a few GB of data.


  • #4
    crixos30
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75 ✭✭crixos30


    mirrormatrix wrote: »
    Movistar had a good deal when I was there. Think it was about 25 quid for a month's pre-pay with the sim and a few GB of data.

    Thanks a million will I need to restore my phone to activate it on the new sim though


  • #5
    cormie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,845 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    If you're travelling after April 30, new roaming regulations will be in place so it'll be wayyy cheaper so might not be even worth the hassle of a new sim card if it's only for one week.


  • #6
    mirrormatrix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 652 ✭✭✭mirrormatrix


    crixos30 wrote: »
    Thanks a million will I need to restore my phone to activate it on the new sim though

    Don't know what you're asking exactly. Your phone needs to be unlocked if that's what your asking (i.e. you can't be locked to any one service provider)


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  • #7
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,650 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    OP, have you checked the rates on the 3 website for roaming in Spain or elsewhere in the EU? Don't forget that if you get a local sim in Spain, you're just transferring the cost of an international call onto the people who may phone you from Ireland and the rates are probably less than you think if you use your own phone over there. For data, I use the 'EUPASS' option which gives me 50MB a day for €2.50 http://www.three.ie/web/roaming/eu-data-pass/

    http://www.three.ie/roaming/


  • #8
    rojito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭rojito


    If the builder or whoever you need to contact has whatsapp/viber/line and you have wifi access wherever you are in Spain you can make a call that way for free. The quality over each of them has improved considerably over the last year.


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