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Buying a mobile phone in dublin airport

  • 01-02-2013 08:59PM
    #1
    i_steal_sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 196 ✭✭


    Im on my way to the airport, and i've just discovered i forgot my phone. Is there somewhere at the airport that i can buy a new one? Preferably Vodafone but anything will do.


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  • #2
    jjbrien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,678 ✭✭✭jjbrien


    what terminal are you going to i think theres a PCWorld in T2


  • #3
    hfallada
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,179 ✭✭✭hfallada


    Why not buy one where you land. Whenever I have been in mainland Europe where small town has a phone shop and just buy the cheapest one like a €20 nokia. Depending on the country your going to you might get one in a supermarket. Or if your in a biggest city had to an area where it has a large immigrant population and buy a sim free one that you can use in Ireland.


  • #4
    ballooba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    hfallada wrote: »
    Why not buy one where you land. Whenever I have been in mainland Europe where small town has a phone shop and just buy the cheapest one like a €20 nokia. Depending on the country your going to you might get one in a supermarket. Or if your in a biggest city had to an area where it has a large immigrant population and buy a sim free one that you can use in Ireland.
    Because it won't have a SIM card. OP can possibly port their number to the new SIM obtained at airport.


  • #5
    jjbrien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,678 ✭✭✭jjbrien


    Just looked at the ariport maps OP there is a dixons in T2

    http://www.dublinairport.com/Libraries/Maps_-_Terminal_2_New_Dec_2011/Terminal_2_The_Loop.sflb.ashx

    Plus they are in T1 also would be your best bet for a mobile at the airport

    http://www.dublinairport.com/Libraries/Maps_-_Terminal_1_New_Dec_2011/Terminal_1_The_Loop.sflb.ashx


  • #6
    athtrasna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭athtrasna


    Isn't there a Vodafone place at arrivals in T1? Used to be anyway


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  • #7
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    ballooba wrote: »
    Because it won't have a SIM card. OP can possibly port their number to the new SIM obtained at airport.
    Depends if you want the phone for making calls to local numbers in the destination country or for receiving calls from your home country. Actually either way it will be cheaper to have a local phone number as you'll get charged international rates for both making and receiving calls between your home country, make the person who wants to call you pay for the international rate with a foreign number.


  • #8
    i_steal_sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 196 ✭✭i_steal_sheep


    Cheers all. I ended up buying a €10 Nokia when I arrived and out credit into it. It did the job finest - it actually worked out cheaper than roaming for the week.

    P.S. Vodafone in T1 is now closed and Dixons only sold sim-free smart phones.


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