[JonnyC]

Hi guys,

Just wondering if they use sim card technology in HK similar to the UK, so can I bring my handset with me from the UK and then simply slip a HK pre-pay sim card into it? Or do they only sell phones with the sim card built into the phone like in Japan? And is text messaging something that exists in HK or is it only emailing from your phone again like in Japan?

Thanks

[yyzflyalot]

My phone from Canada (motorola razr) had the same type of sim card as what they use here. I havnt seen anyone sending text mesages like in th UK.

[TaLL|dUdE]

i use sms and mms here in hk. buying a prepaid sim card is easy and can get it in a lot of places.

[discobay]

Just wondering if they use sim card technology in HK similar to the UK, so can I bring my handset with me from the UK and then simply slip a HK pre-pay sim card into it? Or do they only sell phones with the sim card built into the phone like in Japan? And is text messaging something that exists in HK or is it only emailing from your phone again like in Japan?
Thanks

Yeah we use sim cards in our GSM phones and we also walk upright and have opposable thumbs.

[JonnyC]

Originally Posted by discobay

Yeah we use sim cards in our GSM phones and we also walk upright and have opposable thumbs.

Let me guess, you're the resident "I have more posts than anyone else and put the newbies in their place" forum hardman/smart-***e ? Congratulations, your mother must be proud.

In Japan, they have phones with the sim card built into the phone, so if you lose the phone you lose the number. This is the same for contract or prepay phones. You can't remove the sim card and put another one into the same phone. Just wondered if it was the same in HK.

Thanks to everyone else

[chamius]

With the caveat that some carrier operators (notably what used to be Cingular in the US) that lock their phones so another carriers SIM doesn't work, and that GSM phones in the US are 1900MHz, and thus will not work here unless they are tri-band or "world phones".

[dress]

the follows are mobile phone network service providers:

www.one2free.com
www.nwmobility.com

maybe u could take a look on mobile phone specifications and compare it with yours.

[kwanmichelle]

Originally Posted by JonnyC

Hi guys,

Just wondering if they use sim card technology in HK similar to the UK, so can I bring my handset with me from the UK and then simply slip a HK pre-pay sim card into it? Or do they only sell phones with the sim card built into the phone like in Japan? And is text messaging something that exists in HK or is it only emailing from your phone again like in Japan?

Thanks

same as the uk, i brought my mobile phone to uk when i was studying there. no problem. you can get a pay as you go sim card or a pay-monthly sim card, depending on how frequent you use your mobile phone. the pay-monthly plans are quite cheap while compared with the pay as you go, but then they usually require you to sign up a contract to use their service for a year.

text messaging like in the uk, no difference.

but one thing to note is that, both the caller and the receiver ( or whatever it's called ) are paying when you talk unlike in the uk where only the caller pays.

[chamius]

Also, if you don't plan on calling a lot or are not here for long, you can buy a "People's" SIM card at any 7-Eleven. Very very cheap with lots of free starter minutes. I think they are like under $100-$200 bucks.

[penguinsix]

They used to have a SIM card vending machine in the TST MTR station. Is it still there? It had GSM and CDMA sim cards.