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Prepaid cellphone plan in the US
12gauge
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My girlfriend is going to stay in San Francisco for the next two months, she'll be leaving in a week. We were wondering what kind of options there are for her to have a prepaid cellphone plan, including data if possible.
She has a EU-spec HTC sensation, which supports the following frequencies:
HSPA/WCDMA:
Europe/Asia/T-Mobile US: 900/AWS/2100 MHz
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
850/900/1800/1900 MHz
The main draw for her is using Google Maps for Navigation.
I was also wondering is there is any good Navigation app for Android that does not rely on an internet connection - I am an iPhone person myself and actually use iGo since two years when travelling through Europe, but for my girlfriend that question did not come up yet. If such a solution would be cheaper than a data plan, we might go down that route.
She has a EU-spec HTC sensation, which supports the following frequencies:
HSPA/WCDMA:
Europe/Asia/T-Mobile US: 900/AWS/2100 MHz
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
850/900/1800/1900 MHz
The main draw for her is using Google Maps for Navigation.
I was also wondering is there is any good Navigation app for Android that does not rely on an internet connection - I am an iPhone person myself and actually use iGo since two years when travelling through Europe, but for my girlfriend that question did not come up yet. If such a solution would be cheaper than a data plan, we might go down that route.
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Will do, thanks. I did actually look into the plans that T-Mobile offers prior to creating the thread - how does prepaid work on a monthly basis? Also, I did see this here: Does that mean I put on $30, switch to the plan, once the month is over repeat?
The 100 minutes/5GB data plan would sound great otherwise.
Pretty much, or just get a $60 card and she'd be covered for both months up front. She'll also need to get a Sim card, a little chip that goes under the battery, either from a T-Mobile retailer or she can call customer service, there's usually a $5-10 charge for this.
Cool - I saw that they charge 6 bucks for it, no problem here. Looking at Google Maps, finding a t-mobile shop should also not prove too difficult.
Call ahead to verify that they have individual pre-paid sims available. Official stores usually have them, but if they're just a retail franchise, they may not carry them. The alternative, if you can't find one that carries sims by themselves is to buy the cheapest pre-paid phone you can find ($10-20) and just use that one.