Lidl Smart-Tarif and German bank account

[1040Berlin]

Originally Posted by matt

I will be doing an internship in Berlin

I was considering Lidl Mobile since it's cheap and it uses O2 network (and there are stores near where I'll be staying)

What isn't clear to me is whether I need a German bank account to activate the Smart-Tarif. If yes, is there any other way to activate, maybe using a credit card?

You definitely need a German bank account because this tariff is beeing charged only by direct withdrawel.

And you are right the Lidl Smart-Tarif is the best of this kind. If you understand German keep in touch with teltarif.de site.

Edit: Aldi (competing with Lidl food chain) has a similar tariff: 300 mins or SMS instead of 400, 300 MB internet (as Lidl too), 7.99 EUR instead of 9.95 EUR. See this posting.