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Originally Posted by Pinot
I would like to have a cell for the next two weeks I have left in Patong. I won't use it much and god knows when I'll be back. What's the best/cheapest way to go?
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I bought a low-end Nokia for about 1400 Baht that came with a SIM card. I bought it at the cell phone store in Robinson's department store in Phuket town(on the first floor near the travel place). To recharge it, I buy
1-2-Call pay-as-you-go cards at 7-eleven etc. It is a very cheap way to go...much much cheaper than roaming and you can text etc.
I recently spent 3 weeks in Singapore slumming around...I decided to buy a tri-band phone so I can use it (almost)anywhere in the world(Nokia Misic Express). I found out that it is cheaper to call long distance with a pay-as-you-go SIM card than to use either the hotel phone or a long distance phone card. The SIM card is very cheap too. When I got to Australia a couple weeks ago I did the same thing...I bought a SIM card and made lots of long-distance calls and got a great deal(for $30AUD I got $180 worth of talk time). From now on when travelling I'll be buying a SIM card wherever I go as it seems to be a much better way to go in the last few places I've been. The only drawback is keeping track of all those little SIM cards.