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I can tell you from my experience that when I travelled to USA, I used my common Nokia phone (on that period there weren`t smartphone), which was unlocked and bought a local SIM card If you came to arrive, you can do the same thing, just make sure your gadget isn`t locked. You will have plenty of prepaid services, according to the local market of telecommunication

Hi,

Thanks for your response. I live in the United States, though, so my question was regarding other countries – for example if I were to travel to England or Portugal (a country I’m hoping to visit next year!)

Costin said

thethunderchild said

I can tell you from my experience that when I travelled to USA, I used my common Nokia phone (on that period there weren`t smartphone), which was unlocked and bought a local SIM card If you came to arrive, you can do the same thing, just make sure your gadget isn`t locked. You will have plenty of prepaid services, according to the local market of telecommunication

Hi,

Thanks for your response. I live in the United States, though, so my question was regarding other countries – for example if I were to travel to England or Portugal (a country I’m hoping to visit next year!)

 

If you want to visit Portugal, you can use your current subscription on roaming mode, which might be quite expensive or you can buy a local SIM card, suitable for any unlocked smartphone or older phone

Meo sells the prepaid SIM suggestively called Hello, flexible for tourists or customers with a fixed budget

Vodafone promotes a prepaid service, charging you 0.8 eurocents/min

Excellent!  Thanks for all this info!  Meo sounds good!