-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/16/2013 09:52 AM, David Edmondson wrote:
> How easy is it to replace a device in a new country? > > In the UK I can easily walk into various stores and pay £20 for a > (possibly network locked) phone, no questions asked. > > Is it that easy if I land in the US? France? Germany? China? Pre-paid cellular (and smart-) phones are reasonably easy to get in stores in the States. Bare-bones candybar phones that can only make and receive phone calls and sometimes send and receive text messages can be purchased for $20-$40us (GSM, with SIM). Pre-paid smartphones cost correspondingly more (starting around $100us). They must be activated online with a valid e-mail address. More and more stores are starting to lock them up on the rack or display them behind the counter, meaning some form of interaction with store personnel to buy them (I do not know how you feel about that, your call). It is decreasingly possible to purchase them at self-checkout lines, they will refuse to register and flip on the "call a clerk" light. - -- The Doctor [412/724/301/703] [ZS] Developer, Project Byzantium: http://project-byzantium.org/ PGP: 0x807B17C1 / 7960 1CDC 85C9 0B63 8D9F DD89 3BD8 FF2B 807B 17C1 WWW: https://drwho.virtadpt.net/ When I was a kid, I was an imaginary playmate. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlHlYKEACgkQO9j/K4B7F8Hq9wCg3xXkOM2y0xUFhPY0zASqCLYa P9wAoPd1b4CaZkY3SivQocX6gAvVfYxH =7CFb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
