prepaid cell phones spain
prepaid cell phones spain
best cell phone in Spain?
i’m gonna be in Madrid for a semester and I want a low-cost, convenient cell phone for while i’m there. i’ve heard a prepaid phone or one you can add minutes to with a debit card are the best.
i’m not sure yet how i’m going to make my calls home. I will probably want text-messaging, but its not essential
anyone have any experience/suggestions?
is there anything i need to know about cell phones in spain?
I never heard that Sprint is in Spain, but it could be possible.
Here are a few options for your pre-paid card -many also offer the possibility of a contract, but I wouldn’t go for it, since you’ll only be here for 6 months:
If you want very very cheap rates, then try Yoigo. They have the lowest fares, and you won’t need to sign a contract. They have minimal fees and only require 6euros minimum consumption each month. Another cheap option is Carrefour, which is also quite cheap but doesn’t have as many services.
If you are planning to use your cell phone for making international phone calls, I would go for HappyMovil; they have the lowest fares for calling abroad thought you can only add money to your account at very specific places. Please bear in mind that you won’t be able to use this operator abroad, it only works while you are in Spanish territory -if you travelled to France, it wouldn’t work in there. I have this server and works great for calling abroad, and fares for Spain are also quite cheap.
If you want to go for well-known companies, you can try Orange or Movistar. They’ll offer you more services but they are a little more expensive or have time frames when calling is extremely expensive, but, as I just said, you’ll have more services and more customer service locations.
What you need to know:
1. unlike in many other countries, when someone -in Spain- call you on the cell phone, your minutes will NOT go down, i.e. if you have only 1 minute, you could still be talking to people on the cell phone forever if they are the ones calling you.
2. try to get a free-cell phone, meaning that you can use it with any company. You can either purchase it -but it’ll be expensive- or ‘liberar’ any cell phone you have or buy. It’ll cost about 20 euros to do this process and after that you can use it with any company.
Hope it helps. Good luck and enjoy your semester in here.