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need a temp phone for 3 months - what is best for me?
Jul 31, 2010 @ 09:55

hello,


i've just moved to geneva for three months and want to get a swiss mobile to use during that time... i have a UK mobile with me but my contract ends on friday and i don't know how this stuff works... and my UK provider is orange - i don't know if they'd let me use a swiss sim card in it.


sorry i'm really bad with this sort of stuff!


so, does anyone know what is best for me? i want: 1) to be able to call the UK - maybe once a week - for an 'ok' price, and 2) to be able to call and text swiss numbers (mobile numbers more than land-line numbers)


thanks in advance!


rachel

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hello,


i've just moved to geneva for three months and want to get a swiss mobile to use during that time... i have a UK mobile with me but my contract ends on friday and i don't know how this stuff works... and my UK provider is orange - i don't know if they'd let me use a swiss sim card in it.


sorry i'm really bad with this sort of stuff!


so, does anyone know what is best for me? i want: 1) to be able to call the UK - maybe once a week - for an 'ok' price, and 2) to be able to call and text swiss numbers (mobile numbers more than land-line numbers)


thanks in advance!


rachel


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Jul 31, 2010 @ 12:00

Go and get a new sim card from one of the companies. Prepaid are easy to buy practically from every shop on a street. If your phone is locked, buy a phone at the same time. I guess a new phone with a sim card might cost some 40+ francs with some credit in it. yallo, lebara, sunrise, orange, all of them have prepaids and packages for expats who stay here for short perioid of time.


In future, have a phone separetad from the carrier. Gives you freedom.

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Go and get a new sim card from one of the companies. Prepaid are easy to buy practically from every shop on a street. If your phone is locked, buy a phone at the same time. I guess a new phone with a sim card might cost some 40+ francs with some credit in it. yallo, lebara, sunrise, orange, all of them have prepaids and packages for expats who stay here for short perioid of time.


In future, have a phone separetad from the carrier. Gives you freedom.


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Jul 31, 2010 @ 20:24

thanks a lot pepso, i went to interdiscount and got a samsung with 5chf credit for 30chf so am happy enough with that! yallo is the provider. do you know how much it costs to text or call swiss numbers?! sorry for all the questions. the guy at the shop couldn't tell me

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thanks a lot pepso, i went to interdiscount and got a samsung with 5chf credit for 30chf so am happy enough with that! yallo is the provider. do you know how much it costs to text or call swiss numbers?! sorry for all the questions. the guy at the shop couldn't tell me


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