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Offline steven moore

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« Reply #20 on: May 06, 2011, 21:49:16 PM »
im out in turkey 3/4 times a year, i want to buy a phone in england
i understand that i have to go to fethyie with my passport to register the phone then they will give me a number and simcard
the only thing i dont know is the phone that i buy does it need to be an unlocked phone for any network or is there a certain type of phone i need to get...



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« Reply #21 on: May 06, 2011, 22:33:05 PM »
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Originally posted by steven moore

im out in turkey 3/4 times a year, i want to buy a phone in england
i understand that i have to go to fethyie with my passport to register the phone then they will give me a number and simcard
the only thing i dont know is the phone that i buy does it need to be an unlocked phone for any network or is there a certain type of phone i need to get...



Any unlocked phone

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« Reply #22 on: May 06, 2011, 22:47:04 PM »
Any type of phone as i was told not Nokia !

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« Reply #23 on: May 06, 2011, 22:48:21 PM »
Not sure why you were told that - Nokia is fine, as are them all  :)

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« Reply #24 on: September 05, 2011, 18:24:15 PM »
We have a problem in that we are 12 months into a 24 month Iphone contract with Vodafone, I am going to ask them if I can 'buy' my way out of the contract as we would like to take the phone with us next year. To get the phone unlocked, is that something you can do yourself or is it a specialist procedure?

I can't find it on the search facility. Can anyone point me in the direction of where and how to register the mobile over in Turkey.

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« Reply #25 on: September 05, 2011, 19:25:35 PM »
Several answers to the above problem.

1: Just carry on paying your monthly direct debit but don't use the sim card (if you do this ensure you give them a months notice to end the contract when it's due).

2: You can pay the rest of your contract up front by closing your account with Vodafone UK & paying the balance by debit/credit card. If you do this make sure your iphone is completely synced with itunes as Vodafone may "zap" it thereby losing your contacts etc.

onto how to use the phone in Turkey:

3: Register the handset with Vodafone TR, the phone will not need to be "unlocked" as such, just the settings for the TR side of things to be changed & that's an automatic change on the iphone, you will be sent several text messages & "invited" to save the settings as default, these are for sms, mms, internet etc.

4: Getting the iphone unlocked in the UK is not quite so simple if it is currently locked to Vodafone, there are ways round it but you need to take it to a specialist phone shop, whatever you do don't waste your time paying for an unlocking "code" from EBay, most are simply a scam.

5: Getting the iphone unlocked in Turkey may be easier however I have no knowledge of this.

HTH

Mark.

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« Reply #26 on: September 08, 2011, 11:57:18 AM »
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Originally posted by gunna

we use payasyougo Vectone moblie sim and can phone many international destinations including turkey landline phones for £0.01p per min from the uk, we buy before we go a turkey bundle set which is 700 mins of calls or text for twenty pounds this gives us 400 mins to turkey land phones or 100 mins to turkey mobiles plus 300 mins back to the uk plus free vectone to vectone text or voice calls plus free voice messages, if you go outside this limit it will cost £0.07p per text from turkey to anywhere in the world we find it a good service and easy to use just pop in the new sim, top up on line or buy at any store like sanisburys and off you go, make sure your phone is unblocked otherwise you cannot use the service.

chris

ps you also get 170mb of internet per topup please note the topup can be as little as £5



I though that sounded really interesting Chris, so called them up. I may have spoken to a customer advisor who gave me incorrect info as she said there are no bundles available for making and receiving calls whilst in Turkey. She said it would cost me £1.80 per min to receive a call from uk (landline or mobile) and £2.00 to call out. For calls to Turkish phones she quoted £1.80 incoming and £3.00 outgoing per minute.Texts 50p to send.
My orange phone costs me less than that.
I am keen to buy a sim to call Turkish numbers cheaply in Turkey but now I'm confused.
Have you used them recently Chris?

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« Reply #27 on: September 08, 2011, 14:13:10 PM »
Lynnj, I'm sad to report that Chris passed away recently, but I'm sure he would be proud to know that the posts he left on here continue to help people.

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« Reply #28 on: September 08, 2011, 21:02:14 PM »
"I am keen to buy a sim to call Turkish numbers cheaply in Turkey but now I'm confused"

Simple answer, go to Turkcell or Vodafone (personal choice) when you're in Fethiye, get a new sim, they will register your phone to their network (Turkcell may need to unlock it but afaik Vodafone wont as you're already with them), wait appx 3 days (again only knowledge of Turkcell not Vodafone), job done! The choice of how much you pay is also up to you, depends on how many minutes & texts you need.

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« Reply #29 on: September 09, 2011, 10:21:13 AM »
I never met Chris but it is always sad to hear of someone passing away.

Thanks Supacabby - I will buy one this time. We did buy a SIM about 5 years ago and had it topped up regularly by our agent when not in Turkey but it still got locked.From everyone's comments it sounds like it is worth another try.




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