Phone Options for China?

EightImmortals on 29/12/2018 - 15:25

Looks like we're off to visit China in May and was wondering about out best phone options? Pay Telstra international roaming or is there a better plan?

Cheers

Travel

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  • [Deactivated] on 29/12/2018 - 17:18
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    Check this out it might help you decide https://www.finder.com.au/best-prepaid-sim-card-china & https://startuplivingchina.com/whats-best-china-sim-card/

  • 87percent on 29/12/2018 - 18:56
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    Free wifi everywhere in China, you could use that? Also, make sure you have your VPN on your phone before you leave and make sure it's fine for China

    • MSG on 30/12/2018 - 01:00
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      From experience, most will require a SMS code sent to a local phone number.

  • myusername on 29/12/2018 - 20:52

    buy a local prepaid sim card

  • blue_bug on 29/12/2018 - 22:07

    Few things to look out for when traveling to China

    1 - using local (Chinese Telcos, including from HK/Macau) pre-paid sim means you won't be able to access Facebook/YouTube/Google.
    2 - most VPN won't work from within China, you need OpenVPN over port 80/443 to have a chance and an IP address that has not been blacklisted before.
    3 - Free wifi will have the same restriction as the local telco, so no Facebook/YouTube/Google access.

    I would recommend the Vodafone with $5 roaming it will have the added benefit of un-restricted (but still monitored) access to Facebook/YouTube/Google.

  • EightImmortals on 30/12/2018 - 07:05

    Thanks all. :)

    Will mostly be used just to keep in contact with people back home so facebook/youtube wont be needed. It will mostly be phone calls/sms. Will my MotoG 4 work over there is the next question. :)

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