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06-20-2012, 04:25 PM
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#1 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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| 3g Service in Hong Kong/Taiwan
Hi all,
I did a search and nothing came up in this or the vacation sub threads, so I figured I'd ask it here since it's phone-related.
I'm heading down to HK/Taiwan in 2 weeks (for a month), and I had a couple of questions about prepaid (data+voice) plans.
For those of you who have traveled (or travel frequently) to Hong Kong/Taiwan, what sort of options do I have if I want 3g coverage there.
From what I understand, the 3g bands here and there are incompatible, meaning that I'll only get 2g on my unlocked Captivate.
Is my only option to buy a cheap phone down there? Basically I'd like to have 3g to have GMaps available to me, and to have a personal hot spot for my laptop in the hotel.
(On a side note, which prepaid provider do you guys suggest? I hear a lot of chatter about 3 and their plans, but aside from that I don't know anything)
Thanks in advance for your help everyone!
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06-20-2012, 05:53 PM
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#2 | | (╯°□°）╯聽不到 ╮(°□°╮)
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Originally Posted by m3thods  Hi all,
I did a search and nothing came up in this or the vacation sub threads, so I figured I'd ask it here since it's phone-related.
I'm heading down to HK/Taiwan in 2 weeks (for a month), and I had a couple of questions about prepaid (data+voice) plans.
For those of you who have traveled (or travel frequently) to Hong Kong/Taiwan, what sort of options do I have if I want 3g coverage there.
From what I understand, the 3g bands here and there are incompatible, meaning that I'll only get 2g on my unlocked Captivate.
Is my only option to buy a cheap phone down there? Basically I'd like to have 3g to have GMaps available to me, and to have a personal hot spot for my laptop in the hotel.
(On a side note, which prepaid provider do you guys suggest? I hear a lot of chatter about 3 and their plans, but aside from that I don't know anything)
Thanks in advance for your help everyone! | go to 3HK
your phone will work
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06-20-2012, 06:18 PM
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#3 | | Bieksa eats bears for breakfast...
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Seconded. Service in either place is waaaaaaaaaay better than what crap we have here.
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06-21-2012, 09:09 AM
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#4 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by darthchilli go to 3HK
your phone will work | Sorry but I need to ask for clarification-
Will 3g data from 3HK work on my North American Captivate? I'm aware that voice/2g works down there, but I was mostly interested in getting 3g there. I did a search for bands and apparently HK uses 2100 for 3g, which isn't used for Robellus here.
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06-21-2012, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by m3thods Sorry but I need to ask for clarification-
Will 3g data from 3HK work on my North American Captivate? I'm aware that voice/2g works down there, but I was mostly interested in getting 3g there. I did a search for bands and apparently HK uses 2100 for 3g, which isn't used for Robellus here. | HK uses 2100 and sometimes 1900 for 3g
Your phone has 2100mhz UTMS band
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06-21-2012, 11:49 AM
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#6 | | Snapping away
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remember that if you need to cancel your 3 HK plan to leave some time to do it. retail at airport will direct u to phone in to cancel, which apparently takes a long time.
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06-21-2012, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by ddr remember that if you need to cancel your 3 HK plan to leave some time to do it. retail at airport will direct u to phone in to cancel, which apparently takes a long time. | unless its changed..last time i was there, 3HK had prepaid data..
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