SIM/Netlock free phones start around 20-30 Euro in the electronic retail stores. But these are usually EU-dualband models and useless in the US.

Chris

The cheapest unlocked quadband phone, which would also work back in the US, is a Samsung SGH-M310 for € 61 incl. shipping within Germany.
A complete list of unlocked quadband phones available from German online retailers can be found at: GSM ohne Vertrag Preisvergleich bei Geizhals.at Deutschland

Thanks again for all the help!
If everything works out with the configuration, I should be all set for my visit to Germany!

Am looking forward to seeing how much things have changed there during the last 5 years!

Do you know if this offer is still valid? Because it says on the other forum that it is valid until the end of November 2008.


Thanks

Yes, in this posting from February 10th the seller stated, that the offer is still valid.

no, it is still valid as long as they can get new modems on stock. Verified by the dealer about a week ago here: Vodafone Websession PrePaid UMTS USB-Stick zum Sonderpreis - November TT Special! - Telefon-Treff

Chris

Thanks. My German is not that good any more (and I didn't see the first time that there were more page in that thread)

new problem: I have to select a payment option (Zahlungsweise) but there I can't choose anything, it will just tell me that there only one option available to me (Zur Zeit bieten wir Ihnen nur eine Zahlungsweise an.) I don't see any option to to log in to paypal or anyting. The only option is to enter a "Guthaben Gutscheine / Gutschriften" but if I understand correctly that is a discount code.

Can someone point me in the right direction? thanks again

I get the choice between PayPal, "Vorkasse" (vooruitbetaling) and "Nachnahme" (remboers). Maybe you can't chose any payment option because they don't deliver abroad. If you know someone living in Germany you could try ordering with his/her address.

Thanks.
They say they do deliver to the Netherlands.
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And on the Versandinformationen page they do add 15 euro's for delivery. I really don't understand. I will see tomorrow and otherwise I might just send them an email.

I managed to do it in the end. I changed my address to a fake German address. Then there were actually some payment options to choose from. And in the next screen I could change the address back to my real address in the Netherlands. Not really the way it is supposed to go, but it worked anyway.

So now I will just wait and see if it gets delivered to the right address