gt sim / UM+

mart.lu · **gt sim / UM+ -** 09-04-2009, 11:51

Last year i buy a UNITED MOBILE sim card (UM+) and when they decided to improve their prices i changed to GT SIM

This is my experience of this two global sim cards

FIRST
UM+ seems to have better quality calls than GT SIM specially in Europe country (one exception LITHUANIA), calls are more stable (time and quality) and it's more easy to use, GT sim seems more difficult to use specially with the phone that i use a NOKIA 6680
For example i use this two cards in FRANCE, SPAIN, ITALY, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, ROUMANIA, DENMARK, SWEDEN, PORTUGAL, LUXEMBOURG, TUNISIA, SERBIA

QUALITY
FRANCE: UM+ always ok / GT SIM works better with ORANGE and BOUYGUES
ALL the other countrys booth works , the only big problem is in lithuania where i cannot use the UM+ to call or get called and they charge me (i get my money back)
GT SIM quality calls are not perfect in any country some times you cannot call or get call because they delete your number from the database, some times you cannot call some country for any reason and it's easy that your call drops, UM+ seems better with a lot less problems
Nb GT sim gets usually a better coverage for example TUNISIA, and SERBIA there is only one network available for UM+ and all for GT sim

PRICES
GT sim seems to be cheaper the prices are for fixe lines 0,29 Euro with a lot of exceptions but not in th UE. UM+ tell the same but a lot of UE country are more expensive and get a connection charge for ALL the calls (booth ways)

VOICE MAIL
GT sim gets a better web site where you can listen your Voice Mails for free (if internet it's free)
with UM+ you can record a personal message but you have to use your phone to get the VM

TOP UP
This two cards are prepay cards then you only put the money you need (good) but you have to take care of the following

UM+ you can only had money on your account using paypal or moneybookers in GT sim you can use a credit card but you can only charge your account after they send you some amount and then you log on your account and tell them how much they send you (it's always less than 1 Euro) this process takes minimum 3/5 days

SERVICE
It's easy to get the customer service from UM+ and quality of the answers always nice but not from GT sim because it's at Hong-Kong and a lot of hours from UE, the good thing it's always free to get get the customer service with one internet acces you can ask them to call you back in any phone.

FUTURE!?
Right now GT sim seems to do not offer free incoming calls (9 cents /min) it seems only for the new customers. But the good part the calls that you make for the fixe lines are at 19 cents instead of 29
For UM+ they do not change the prices for the calls since January the bad thing is the prices that are high

MY OPINION
If you are like me just look at the price it's better to use GT sim because in almost all the times they are cheaper, the only thing to consider it's that you can stay with no network because of the quality then i suggest you to use another big network (i use SFR)
If the quality is what you need then use UM+ and in this case you almost can use only them (take your home cellphone network with you , you nether know)

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mart.lu (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 14 Join Date: 22 Mar 2009 Country:	gt sim / UM+ - 09-04-2009, 11:51 Last year i buy a UNITED MOBILE sim card (UM+) and when they decided to improve their prices i changed to GT SIM This is my experience of this two global sim cards FIRST UM+ seems to have better quality calls than GT SIM specially in Europe country (one exception LITHUANIA), calls are more stable (time and quality) and it's more easy to use, GT sim seems more difficult to use specially with the phone that i use a NOKIA 6680 For example i use this two cards in FRANCE, SPAIN, ITALY, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, ROUMANIA, DENMARK, SWEDEN, PORTUGAL, LUXEMBOURG, TUNISIA, SERBIA QUALITY FRANCE: UM+ always ok / GT SIM works better with ORANGE and BOUYGUES ALL the other countrys booth works , the only big problem is in lithuania where i cannot use the UM+ to call or get called and they charge me (i get my money back) GT SIM quality calls are not perfect in any country some times you cannot call or get call because they delete your number from the database, some times you cannot call some country for any reason and it's easy that your call drops, UM+ seems better with a lot less problems Nb GT sim gets usually a better coverage for example TUNISIA, and SERBIA there is only one network available for UM+ and all for GT sim PRICES GT sim seems to be cheaper the prices are for fixe lines 0,29 Euro with a lot of exceptions but not in th UE. UM+ tell the same but a lot of UE country are more expensive and get a connection charge for ALL the calls (booth ways) VOICE MAIL GT sim gets a better web site where you can listen your Voice Mails for free (if internet it's free) with UM+ you can record a personal message but you have to use your phone to get the VM TOP UP This two cards are prepay cards then you only put the money you need (good) but you have to take care of the following UM+ you can only had money on your account using paypal or moneybookers in GT sim you can use a credit card but you can only charge your account after they send you some amount and then you log on your account and tell them how much they send you (it's always less than 1 Euro) this process takes minimum 3/5 days SERVICE It's easy to get the customer service from UM+ and quality of the answers always nice but not from GT sim because it's at Hong-Kong and a lot of hours from UE, the good thing it's always free to get get the customer service with one internet acces you can ask them to call you back in any phone. FUTURE!? Right now GT sim seems to do not offer free incoming calls (9 cents /min) it seems only for the new customers. But the good part the calls that you make for the fixe lines are at 19 cents instead of 29 For UM+ they do not change the prices for the calls since January the bad thing is the prices that are high MY OPINION If you are like me just look at the price it's better to use GT sim because in almost all the times they are cheaper, the only thing to consider it's that you can stay with no network because of the quality then i suggest you to use another big network (i use SFR) If the quality is what you need then use UM+ and in this case you almost can use only them (take your home cellphone network with you , you nether know)