I use an unlocked dual sim global GSM phone (China model) for my trips.\u00a0 This was not an expensive phone and I picked it up on Ebay after searching and researching for a while.<\/p>\n
Some cell phones are designed to use a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card, or microchip that stores subscriber data. The SIM card is issued by a carrier and provides cell service by activating any phone into which it is inserted.\u00a0 A locked<\/strong> phone, however, will only recognize a SIM card from a particular carrier, for example AT&T. If the cell phone is unlocked<\/strong>, it will recognize a SIM card from any<\/em> carrier. The “lock” is a software setting that keeps the cell phone “loyal” to one carrier.<\/p>\n In the past I’ve always had an unlocked tri-band (works in some countries) or quad-band phone (works in most countries), but the dual sim possibility now with an inexpensive option on Ebay\u00a0 is just too good to pass up.\u00a0 It’s a great option for anyone who wants to combine their work and personal phone and it’s perfect for\u00a0 international travelers who want a local number while retaining their U.S. number.<\/p>\n I’ll be using OneSimCard International Card <\/a>which will allow me free roaming in all the places I travel, as well free incoming calls and text messaging.\u00a0 If you don’t want your callers to incur an international call charge, then there is a toll free optional number add on you can give friends and family to call you for free, you pay per minute this way. \u00a0\u00a0 I’ve used a similar card previously and it worked great.\u00a0 The benefit of using this OneSimCard<\/a> is that I’m not tied into a US carrier that charges an arm and a leg for airtime!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 An example of this is AT&T global roaming charge is $3.49 per minute incoming and outgoing calls, while OneSimCard<\/a> maintains \ufeff\ufeffa cool free incoming text, free incoming calls and .59 a minute to make calls.<\/p>\n The bonus of using the dual sim phone with this OneSimCard is that I can have a consistent US phone number for people to call me in every place I travel.\u00a0\u00a0 I can also purchase airtime or internet time in any country I go and pop right into the phone while retaining my US phone number.<\/p>\n The new phone allows for the switching back and forth between sims, also has wifi and bluetooth.<\/p>\n Hopefully this will help people who are about to travel internationally, and my techie post isn’t too much info!\u00a0 It seems each time I travel, I end up giving my phone to someone in the country I’m in, so I have to purchase a new one nearly every trip.\u00a0 I don’t know why I do this, I guess I see a person that I know not be able to have good communication and my heart melts.\u00a0 I think my new dual-sim phone is a keeper though!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Using an unlocked dual-sim phone and an international OneSimCard is the best way to travel internationally and stay in touch via phone, have a consistent US phone number, and receive calls and texts for free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[16,17,20,24,34,31,21,32,23,22,18,26,33,28,19,27,29,30,25,35],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-dual-sim","tag-dual-sim-phone","tag-global-phone","tag-global-sim-card","tag-global-sim-cards","tag-international-cell","tag-international-phone","tag-international-phone-call","tag-one-sim-card","tag-onesimcard","tag-quad-band-phone","tag-sim-card","tag-sim-cards","tag-techie-post","tag-tri-band-phone","tag-unlocked-cell-phone","tag-unlocked-global-phone","tag-unlocked-world-phone","tag-world-phone","tag-world-sim-cards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thespicytexan.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thespicytexan.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thespicytexan.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thespicytexan.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thespicytexan.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/thespicytexan.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/thespicytexan.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thespicytexan.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thespicytexan.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thespicytexan.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}