Taking a phone to Goa, what's involved?
Taking a phone to Goa, what's involved?
Because of a family emergency last year, I'm taking a cheap pay as you go phone this time. If I buy a cheap phone in the UK on Vodafone, will it need to be unlocked over there? I'll go to The Elephant shop in Candolim if I need to. Is there anything else I need to know about? I shouldn't need the phone but after last year I'm taking no chances!
Thanks.
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A budget unlocked phone with sim and some talktime will cost you less than INR 2000 in india. If you want to bring one from home, make sure its unlocked and runs the same bands as used here. Airtel, Vodafone are good choices for a sim.
Seriously, it's so much easier to organise at home. Global roaming.
http://www.vodafone.co.uk/personal/p...elling-abroad/
http://www.vodafone.co.uk/personal/p...elling-abroad/
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Are you sure? I would have thought that was by far the most expensive option?
Originally Posted by DrRudi 
Seriously, it's so much easier to organise at home. Global roaming.
http://www.vodafone.co.uk/personal/p...elling-abroad/
Seriously, it's so much easier to organise at home. Global roaming.http://www.vodafone.co.uk/personal/p...elling-abroad/
Goa is totally geared to foreigners wanting a mobile connection and it is very inexpensive.
Jimmy, your suggestion to visit the Elephant Shop is the best suggestion by far. Rather than spend for out for a new phone surely you know someone with an old phone. If necessary, unlocking is dirt cheap.
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Not worth it. Better to get a local sim card.
Originally Posted by DrRudi Seriously, it's so much easier to organise at home. Global roaming.
http://www.vodafone.co.uk/personal/p...elling-abroad/
Seriously, it's so much easier to organise at home. Global roaming.http://www.vodafone.co.uk/personal/p...elling-abroad/
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Your best option is to buy a cheap phone in Goa. Yo can get a phone for about 14 GBP. When your holiday is over you can gift it to some needy person in Goa.
Originally Posted by jimmyg352 Because of a family emergency last year, I'm taking a cheap pay as you go phone this time. If I buy a cheap phone in the UK on Vodafone, will it need to be unlocked over there? I'll go to The Elephant shop in Candolim if I need to. Is there anything else I need to know about? I shouldn't need the phone but after last year I'm taking no chances!
Thanks.
Because of a family emergency last year, I'm taking a cheap pay as you go phone this time. If I buy a cheap phone in the UK on Vodafone, will it need to be unlocked over there? I'll go to The Elephant shop in Candolim if I need to. Is there anything else I need to know about? I shouldn't need the phone but after last year I'm taking no chances!Thanks.
Just to summarize, Jimmy, the OP already has a PAYG phone through Vodafone.
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This is not about buying a phone in Goa, Jimmy wants a phone that will work in Goa. He already has one. His provider can flick a switch so that it works wherever he travels.
Originally Posted by jimmyg352 Because of a family emergency last year, I'm taking a cheap pay as you go phone this time.
Because of a family emergency last year, I'm taking a cheap pay as you go phone this time.
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He doesn't expect to need the phone. The cost is immaterial. The rigmarole to get a phone or SIM card in India is not.
Originally Posted by jimmyg352 I shouldn't need the phone
I shouldn't need the phone
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Hope this helps?
Originally Posted by DrRudi Just to summarize, Jimmy, the OP already has a PAYG phone through Vodafone.
No he doesn't
" If I buy a cheap phone in the UK on Vodafone,"
This is not about buying a phone in Goa, Jimmy wants a phone that will work in Goa. He already has one. His provider can flick a switch so that it works wherever he travels.
[I]See above. [/I]
He doesn't expect to need the phone. The cost is immaterial. The rigmarole to get a phone or SIM card in India is not.
During a prolonged "UK situation", the potential cost on roaming is considerable. How do you know its immaterial? There is no rigmarole, people such as the guy in the Elephant Shop guide you through it. Most regulars to Goa take this route, even tweekers.
Or maybe roaming is a lot cheaper from Australia?
Just to summarize, Jimmy, the OP already has a PAYG phone through Vodafone.No he doesn't
" If I buy a cheap phone in the UK on Vodafone,"
This is not about buying a phone in Goa, Jimmy wants a phone that will work in Goa. He already has one. His provider can flick a switch so that it works wherever he travels.
[I]See above. [/I]
He doesn't expect to need the phone. The cost is immaterial. The rigmarole to get a phone or SIM card in India is not.
During a prolonged "UK situation", the potential cost on roaming is considerable. How do you know its immaterial? There is no rigmarole, people such as the guy in the Elephant Shop guide you through it. Most regulars to Goa take this route, even tweekers.
Or maybe roaming is a lot cheaper from Australia?
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The thread title is taking a phone to Goa, not buying one.
Originally Posted by jimmyg352 Taking a phone to Goa
Taking a phone to Goa
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Does this help?
Originally Posted by jimmyg352 I'm taking a cheap pay as you go phone this time.
I'm taking a cheap pay as you go phone this time.
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And if you're not going to need it the cost is immaterial - and I'd suggest no one has actually costed it.
Originally Posted by jimmyg352 I shouldn't need the phone
I shouldn't need the phone If I am NOT going to buy a Rolls Royce car, the cost is immaterial.
FFS
Rigmarole - I walk off the plane with a phone that works, or http://www.indiamike.com/india/elect...etworks-t8434/
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