Anyone heard of Mobell SIM card

MATHA531 · 21-05-2007, 13:07

Mobal is pushed by some, especially in the USA, who are looking for an international roaming experience and are not on a gsm carrier where they can simply use the international roaming capabilities of their gsm carrier as well as their gsm handset.

For those only using the phone for emergencies and an odd call or two, it is a solution. Indeed it is O2 UK rebrand and you do get the free reception of calls but only in the UK. You pay through the nose to make calls back to the USA or locally; even higher than the already asininely high rip off roaming rates charged by T Mobile USA and Cingular for their international roaming plans.

It does come with a competitively priced true tri band phone (which is becoming more and more a problem in the USA as T Mobile USA no longer sells tri band phones with 900 but rather because it has some roaming arrangements in the USA to supplement its naitive coverage with roaming partners that operate on 850, the tri bands it sells are the USA 850/1800/1900.....

In any event, I got a mobal sim, never used it, for the phone which at the time was a Nokia phone (easy to unlock) but it was unnecessary as the phone arrived already unlocked. The phones they sell now are not Nokias and alas are locked.

snaimon · **OT -** 21-05-2007, 16:54

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Originally Posted by MATHA531

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It does come with a competitively priced true tri band phone (which is becoming more and more a problem in the USA as T Mobile USA no longer sells tri band phones with 900 but rather because it has some roaming arrangements in the USA to supplement its naitive coverage with roaming partners that operate on 850, the tri bands it sells are the USA 850/1800/1900.....
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Quad-bands are better and T-MO offers a bunch of those. 850 is highly recommended for US nowadays. Many of these QBs are also available in EU and Pacific.

Stan

MATHA531 · 21-05-2007, 17:12

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Originally Posted by snaimon

Quad-bands are better and T-MO offers a bunch of those. 850 is highly recommended for US nowadays. Many of these QBs are also available in EU and Pacific.

Stan

You're right of course but I'm not entirely happy with the relatively inexpensive quad band phones most of which are made by motorola...I'm more partial to nokia phones but understandably it's a personal matter but many others have spoken about deficiencies of motorolas as compared to nokia.

snidely · 21-05-2007, 18:16

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Originally Posted by MATHA531

You're right of course but I'm not entirely happy with the relatively inexpensive quad band phones most of which are made by motorola...I'm more partial to nokia phones but understandably it's a personal matter but many others have spoken about deficiencies of motorolas as compared to nokia.

Agree about how unfriendly the Moto line seems to be. The main advantage Moto has had is that they make LOTS of quad bands. Until recently it was hard to find a Nokia quad band. The few they had were expensive.

...mike

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MATHA531 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 869 Join Date: 15 Oct 2004 Country:	21-05-2007, 13:07 Mobal is pushed by some, especially in the USA, who are looking for an international roaming experience and are not on a gsm carrier where they can simply use the international roaming capabilities of their gsm carrier as well as their gsm handset. For those only using the phone for emergencies and an odd call or two, it is a solution. Indeed it is O2 UK rebrand and you do get the free reception of calls but only in the UK. You pay through the nose to make calls back to the USA or locally; even higher than the already asininely high rip off roaming rates charged by T Mobile USA and Cingular for their international roaming plans. It does come with a competitively priced true tri band phone (which is becoming more and more a problem in the USA as T Mobile USA no longer sells tri band phones with 900 but rather because it has some roaming arrangements in the USA to supplement its naitive coverage with roaming partners that operate on 850, the tri bands it sells are the USA 850/1800/1900..... In any event, I got a mobal sim, never used it, for the phone which at the time was a Nokia phone (easy to unlock) but it was unnecessary as the phone arrived already unlocked. The phones they sell now are not Nokias and alas are locked.