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[wolfbln]

Originally Posted by 2088bob

Wolfbin

I now understand what you are saying sorry I am a late comer to the cell phone world My sister ask me if I wanted the data plan and I said no so what I believe I am getting is just a talk plan I will be traveling a lot in Germany so I will be mindfull of what advice you have given me should I decide to add a data plan

There are no "talk-only" plans in this country. All options for voice, include texts (SMS) and data too. Of course you can simply switch off data usage on your device. That still doesn't prevent your cell phone from jumping on a foreign network in border areas. And the roaming charges in Switzerland can be high for voice too.

I'm have to say that your new BLU Advance 4.0 may be unsuitable for data use in Europe: HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 1700 - A270A, HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 - A010U, HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - A010L. So only the model A010L has 2100 MHz which you are going to need in Germany (or Europe) for 3G. Otherwise you will only get 2G data up to EDGE speed. But for voice and text (SMS) all models are fine as they all have 1800 MHz 2G.