Using Italian Wind in Canada

BLC · 05-11-2008, 22:53

I've got a Virgin mobile, $100 for 1 year but the battery is dying. They want $40 for the battery so I was hoping to use my Wind instead. I've got several phones so I don't want another phone and you have to buy the phone with Petro Canada or 7Eleven. Maybe I'll try my wife's TIM card and see if it works.

bylo · 06-11-2008, 13:57

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Originally Posted by BLC

I've got a Virgin mobile, $100 for 1 year but the battery is dying. They want $40 for the battery

By "they" you probably mean Virgin. "They" are a rip-off. Try eBay. You may be able to find an OEM battery for ~$10.

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you have to buy the phone with Petro Canada or 7Eleven.

Officially, yes, but you can find individual SIMS and/or airtime top-ups at http://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/

There are also rumours of another SpeakOut promotion starting 16Nov. Usually that means buy $100 of airtime (~500 local minutes) and get a free Nokia 1600 or 1208. You could use the SIM out of that and sell the "free" phone (it's unlocked) on the site above or eBay. By contrast, at 2€/min you'd go through $100 in ~30min.

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BLC (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 79 Join Date: 23 Sep 2008 Location: Canada & Italy Country:	05-11-2008, 22:53 I've got a Virgin mobile, $100 for 1 year but the battery is dying. They want $40 for the battery so I was hoping to use my Wind instead. I've got several phones so I don't want another phone and you have to buy the phone with Petro Canada or 7Eleven. Maybe I'll try my wife's TIM card and see if it works.