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Im on holiday in Turkey how do i get my phone working
TraceyW_1493639 You need to take a look at the Price Guide: https://cdn.smarty.co.uk/files/SMARTY-Price-Guide.pdf?_gl=1*l0stpi*_ga*NTI1MTM3MTQ5LjE2OTM0NjU4MjU.*_ga_D8LNLN41LX*MTY5MzczMjk0Ni4xMS4xLjE2OTM3MzMyMjAuMC4wLjA.
You will see that Turkey is in Band 1 - page 19. Page 20 then shows the cost of data, calls, receiving calls, texts while in Turkey - you will need to add credit to your account to pay for that. The cost of data is very high (in my opinion) at 10p per Megabyte (and a Gigabyte is about 1000 Mb !!!)
If you can find wifi somewhere, that would be cheaper and you may be able to contact people via an App instead of making a call (WhatsApp etc).
Otherwise, follow info from JJP2 .
From what you say about the prices I might take a look at eSIMs.
From what I read, they look straightforward and possibly a fair bit cheaper.
Does anyone have any experience of eSIMs?Veronica833 I have also replied to another of your posts.
I used an Airalo Esim very successfully in S. America at a very reasonable rate.
You need to download their app and follow instructions. Effectively, you then tell your phone to use the Esim as a primary source rather than you Smarty sim.
