Prepaid phone for use in Canada
Looking for cheap dumb phone for use on 2 week trip to Canada (I have iPad for Wi-Fi so don't need data). We are landing on ferry from Portland ME to Nova Scotia so landing in Yarmouth. Thoughts?
I currently have a dumb Verizon phone that I cannot get on plan for time in Canada, I tried.
Best Answer
There are more than a few prepaid service alternatives in Canada, none of which are (IMO) really good value but nearly all of which will sell you a dumb phone to use. For a particular example Koodoo Mobile sells a basic phone for C$96, including the SIM card and a C$20 service credit. The Mobile Shop, 104 Starrs Road, Yarmouth may sell this. Looking at Koodoo prepaid plans it appears that an additional C$20 will buy 500 minutes of incoming/Canada calls or 250 minutes of US calls for a total of C$116 plus tax. 7-Eleven Speakout sells the same phone for less but their rates for actually using the phone are worse. These phones will be locked to the carrier so you'll be tossing the phone in a drawer or selling it on eBay when your trip is done.
An alternative would be to buy a month of service from T-Mobile USA. The US$50 no-credit-check plan includes Canada roaming, unlimited calling to the US and Canada, 2GB of data (which you say you don't want, but could share with the tablet with the right phone) and a US number, which you could forward the Verizon phone to and get calls made to that number while in Canada too. You could buy this before your travel so you wouldn't need to worry about it later. The slightly more difficult problem is getting the right phone to use since this requires being able to read cell phone specs. You need a phone that supports 3G(/WCDMA/UMTS/HSPA) on bands 2, 4 and 5 (850/1700/1900) to work on both T-Mobile and the roaming carrier (Telus) they prefer in Canada, and while I used to see unlocked feature phones like this on Amazon for less than $50 I can no longer find one. If you do buy an unlocked phone it might be useful for future trips as well, though, so maybe you could splurge a bit?
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Almost all unlocked smartphones above 3G will work there in canada but ideally prefer 4G LTE at least because their networks like rogers, at&t , virgin and all work primarily on 4G. You can always get unlocked Sim card and use that on your phone\u2026Can I buy a US phone and use it in Canada?
If it's older than a handful of years old chances are, it won't work in Canada because the technology used has changed in that time both in the US and Canada. Newer phones that pitch themselves as \u201cworld phones\u201d are likely good to go and you're almost certainly on a 4G phone at this point.Do international version phones work in Canada?
Most importantly, an international model may be designed to use a frequency band that is not used by Canada carriers. In the U.S. and internationally, different carriers use different portions of the available radio frequencies. This is noted in megahertz (MHz), and common bands include 800, 850, and 1900 MHz.I Got The Best Cell Phone Plan In Canada!
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