SIM card for Poland and Hungary?

[brikis98]

Originally Posted by Effendi

For Hungary, instead, it will be much more complicated...

How come? Are there no good SIM card deals in Hungary?

[Motel75]

Originally Posted by brikis98

How come? Are there no good SIM card deals in Hungary?

It's not quite as competitive a market as Poland is, where there are lots of MVNOs (none of which, however, has been particularly successful). The prepaid offers are a bit same-y - see PrePaidGSM: Hungary. You'd probably be fine with T-Mobile for calling the EU and US, but I'm not sure which would be the best data offer.

Note that all European mobiles offer free incoming calls, as long as you are within the country it is from (once you leave that country, roaming within the EU is regulated, so that incoming calls cost about 20 euro cents and outgoing cost about 50). Paying for incoming calls is a North American anomaly due to the lack of specific area codes for mobile numbers and the corresponding lack of a "termination fee" for calls to them.

You might also want to think about if you'll ever be back to Hungary or Poland and/or if you want to keep your SIM going - some cards have much longer or cheaper expiration than others (in Poland, the clear winner is Play Fresh, which is active for one year after only a 5 zloty topup).